Cupcake Charms and Polymer Clay Charm and Magnet Crafting Tips

So today's post is mostly just going to be a showcase of some of the cute clay things we've made. We talked about how we go about making these things last week but we'll go over it again so you can go out and make your own. 

Here's what we use to make magnets

• Sculpey brand polymer clay
• Acrylic paints 
• Pledge with Future Shine for a shiny finish
• Epoxy glue and round magnets from Michaels 

Here's how we go about making the magnets:

• We figure out a theme we'd like to do and start sculpting. If you've ever played with play dough or anything similar then you should be able to work with the Sculpey. It's pretty user friendly.
• After we sculpt, we follow the directions on the box and bake the clay in the oven, let them cool and paint them. Then we take rubbing alcohol and clean off the figurines. It helps the future shine stick better.
• After cleaning the figurines off we apply a couple layers of the future shine and let them dry a bit before baking them again at 215 degrees for 10 minutes. 
• After we let the figurines cool off we use the epoxy glue to attach the magnets. Epoxy glue sets pretty fast so you don't have to wait too long before you get to use the magnets.

Here's what we use to make charms:

• Sculpey brand polymer clay
• Acrylic paints
• Eye Pins
• Split Rings
• Pledge with Future Shine for a shiny finish

Here's how we go about making the charms:

• We figure out a theme we'd like to do and start sculpting. If you've ever played with play dough or anything similar then you should be able to work with the Sculpey. It's pretty user friendly. 
• Then we insert an eye pin in the top of the figure.
• After we sculpt, we follow the directions on the box and bake the clay in the oven, let them cool and paint them. Then we take rubbing alcohol and clean off the figurines. It helps the future shine stick better.          
• After cleaning the figurines off we apply a couple layers of the future shine and let them dry a bit before baking them again at 215 degrees for 10 minutes. 
• After we let the figurines cool off we attach the split rings. Now you can use the charms for jewelry or anything else you want!

Now on to the stuffs!!! 

Cupcake charms for cell phones 

A very royal cupcake! 

Strawberry Cupcake

Cupcake with a cherry on top! 

An adorable bear cupcake! 

Elmer Fudd magnet....shhhh he's hunting wabbits! 

Chopper from One Piece 

So that's all for this week folks! Go out and make some cute things for yourself and remember to be creative and have fun with it! ♥