I really wanted to make a soccer ball like this for a keychain, because... I support football. I present an excellent MK.

For such a ball we need a hexagonal sausage. I don’t have such a syringe attachment, so I made it myself. I found a set of these keys from my husband, they are all hexagonal and of different sizes.

I took the one with a side of 4 mm. I put a piece of unnecessary plastic into the removable part of the syringe into which the nozzles are inserted.

Then I carefully inserted the key to create a hexagonal hole and bake)


Squeeze out the white plastic. The sausage is slightly rounded, probably the key needs to be inserted straighter. I did not straighten it, so as not to deform future hexagons.

Now the main thing is that you need to bake for a minute or two so that the plastic remains flexible, but does not deform when cutting. I succeeded) Cut the cooled sausage with a blade.

Now you need to determine the required amount of black plastic for the base. In my case, I needed a ball with a diameter of approximately 20 mm. If 5 hexagons fit tightly to each other, then the diameter is chosen correctly.

Cover the entire ball.

Roll it in your hands and bake it. Then we fill the pentagons and the joints between the hexagons with black plastic.

We bake again, sand, varnish... and rejoice! Good luck!
I forgot to write, you need 20 hexagons, and then there will be 12 pentagons.

Useful tips

Polymer clay - a relatively new and very popular material, which is very malleable and allows you to make unique products. We have already talked about what interesting flowers come from polymer clay, and today I would like to talk about another very popular product: jewelry.

DIY polymer clay decorations. Sausages made of polymer clay

Sausages made of polymer clay- these are blanks for future jewelry, including beads, from which thin pieces are cut plates-drawings. "Sausages" also called "canes" or "kanes"(English) cane).

We offer you a master class on how to make a very beautiful black and white sausage, which can be used to create stylish and very original jewelry.

What you will need:

- White and black polymer clay

- Knife or metal plate with blade

- Ruler

- Extrusion press

Let's get started:

Take two identical pieces of white and black clay and roll them into two squares 8 by 8 centimeters thickness approximately 0.5 centimeters.

Place one layer on top of the other and then divide them into two equal parts. Do this procedure again. You should end up with something like this striped "sandwich".

Squeeze the resulting rectangle so that you get elongated round sausage.

Then twist the sausage with your palm to get spiral. Simply press the sausage onto the table with your palm and roll it in one direction. Do this very carefully so as not to damage the drawing.

If you cut the resulting product in half, there should be here's a drawing:

Place the sausage inside clay extrusion press and squeeze out a thin long sausage.

In cross section it will look like this:

Thinly slice the sausage drawing up a drawing:

As a result, you can use the drawing for a variety of original decorations:

The simplest sausages made from polymer clay master class (video lesson):

Polymer clay beads

Multi-colored beads, which can be used to make a wide variety of jewelry, can be made from multi-colored polymer clay. If you don’t know the specifics of their manufacture, it seems as if the design was applied to these products using paint, but only multi-colored clay was used.

See for yourself.

What you will need:

- Self-hardening polymer clay of 5 colors (in this case white, gray, green, brown and yellow, but any others are possible)

- Knife or metal ruler with blade

- Rolling pin and board for clay

- Rubber gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints

Let's get started:

In order to get a design in the form of a daisy, first you need to “make it” out of clay different colors. Take white clay and roll it into a sausage about 8 centimeters and diameter 4 centimeters.

Roll out a plate of gray clay about 2 millimeters.

Wrap the gray platinum about halfway around the white cylinder, cut off the excess knife or ruler.

Take green clay, roll it into a plate and also wrap the first piece on top of the gray layer. Trim the resulting sausage, remove excess from the sides.

Using a ruler, make cuts on the white part of the piece as shown in the picture. First in the middle, then two more cuts on the sides, so that between them there is approximately same distance.

Then insert the cut out rectangular pieces of the gray plate into the cuts.

Squeeze the resulting sausage, but not too hard, so that all the parts stick together and between them the air layer has disappeared. With your hands you can form the shape of the future petal. The photo shows a petal in the form truncated triangle. The entire sausage reached a length of approximately 30 centimeters.

The length of the sausage depends on how many petals you wish to receive. For example, for this flower the author of the master class is going to make 9 petals, so the length is 32 centimeters, that is 3.5 centimeters for one petal. Divide the sausage into 9 parts.

Let's start making the center of the chamomile. Take yellow clay and roll it out into a sausage length 5 centimeters and diameter 2 centimeters.

From brown clay, roll out a plate with a width of approximately 6 millimeters and completely wrap it around the yellow sausage.

You should get something like this chamomile:

Fill in the empty spaces between the petals pieces of green clay:

Wrap the chamomile completely in the rolled out green plate.

Squeeze chamomile sausage so as to release all the air between the parts.

Then you can start slicing. If you have some of the chamomile sausage left over, save it for future products. wrapped in film without air access. Cover the clay ball with daisies cut from the sausage, then smooth it out.

You can make several options beads:

Polymer clay decoration master class. Beads (video lesson):

Hairpins made of polymer clay

Very simple hairpins can be made using invisible and polymer clay. Here's one option:

What you will need:

- Polymer clay of the desired color

- Invisibility pin

- Glue

Let's get to work

Roll from a piece of clay small ball, and then crush it into a round disc with your fingers.

Pinch the edges to get petal. Make as many petals as you wish.

Connect all the petals together. If you have fire clay, bake the flower to harden the clay. Then you can stick it on a bobby pin with using a piece of thick fabric.

With this simple technique you can make a variety of bobby pins:

By the way, hairpins can be made using ready-made flowers and base accessories. You can take advantage of the master classes from the article Flowers made of polymer clay.

Here are some examples:

Polymer clay earrings

Very simple earrings can be made from clay, foil and wire. They are ideal for winter outfits.

What you will need:

- Self-hardening polymer clay (white and pearlescent)

- Knife

- Accessories for earrings (wire, rings, hooks)

- Foil

- Molds

- Sequins

- Needle nose pliers

Let's get to work

Roll out the clay to the desired thickness (approx. 3 millimeters). Divide the white piece into three parts. The fourth will be pearlescent color. From them you will cut mugs for details. Place foil on one sheet.

Using round molds with a diameter of approx. 5 millimeters cut circles from each sheet.

Cut the wire into lengths of approximately 7 centimeters. Place each circle on a wire. Do this very carefully so as not to make a hole in the circle in an unnecessary place.

Wrap the shiny circle again foil.

Roll some of the white circles in glitter.

Make as many details as you wish. The author of this master class used 13 parts for each earring. Allow the clay to dry and harden.

Wire tip on each piece bend it into a loop using needle nose pliers.

Shorten some parts wire.

Connect the parts in pairs different colors and different lengths(one part remains without a pair).

Connect the parts of one earring using wire ring.

Attach accessories for earrings.

Original earrings made of polymer clay (video tutorial):

Polymer clay pendant

What you will need:

- Self-hardening polymer clay (black)

- 2 sheets aluminum foil(golden and silver)

- Drop shape

- Cutting blade for working with clay

- Shiloh

- Pasta machine or rolling pin with a board for rolling out a thin layer

Let's get to work

Roll the foil into tight ball. This will be the central element of our pendant. This core will allow the product not to be too heavy. You can make the center out of clay, but if you wear such a pendant for a long time, it will remain on your neck. imprint from the chain.

Roll out using a pasta machine or by hand thin layer of clay and cut out an even circle. Wrap it around a ball of foil. Remove excess clay.

Once the ball is ready, pierce it pin for jewelry through.

Roll out a sheet of black clay to a thickness of approximately 3 millimeters, cover it with a very thin layer gold foil and squeeze out drop parts using a mold.

Then start attaching the drops one by one to round base future big shot. Don't worry if the thin layer of gold cracks, it will give a special stylish look to your product.

Cover with drops all over bump until the very end.

If you are using baked clay, bake the product at recommended temperature. Once it has cooled, attach the chain.

Modeling from polymer clay. Pendant (video lesson):

Polymer clay beads

We invite you to get acquainted with unusual technology creating jewelry using polymer clay, balls and wire using the following example of creating beads. You can make entire sets in the same way: beads, earrings, bracelets, pendants.

What you will need:

- Self-hardening translucent polymer clay (several shades)

- Small rubber balls

- Thin wire

- Scissors

- Accessories for jewelry (pin with loop, chain)

- Pasta machine or rolling pin with a board for rolling out a thin layer

- Pin

Let's get to work

1. Inflate rubber balloons desired size. You can make balls of different sizes, as shown in this master class, or the same ones. The number of balls will determine the size of the product.

2. Twist several segments wire as shown in the photo to make a loop.

3. Place a loop on the ball where it is tied knot.

4. Wrap the ball with wire to make it net.

5. You should end up with a covered ball wire mesh.

6. 7. Remove excess wire ends using scissors.

8. Roll out very thin sheet made of translucent polymer clay.

9. Completely wrap the clay sheet around the ball. wire mesh.

10. 11. Pop the ball inside with a pin and pull it out out through a small hole.

12. Press the clay inward to make a little dented sphere. Do this very carefully so as not to damage the thin layer of clay.

Let the clay harden thoroughly, and then use special paints to apply desired drawing.

Polymer clay video. Beads

Polymer clay bracelet

This original bracelet is made using an old glass dish with floral relief pattern. Perhaps there is something similar in your kitchen.

What you will need:

- Baked polymer clay (desired color)

- Metal forms for bracelet

- Glass saucer with relief

- Nail polish of different colors

- Satin wide ribbon

- Scissors

- Pasta machine or rolling pin with a board for rolling out a thin layer

- Glue

Let's get to work

1. Roll out the clay into a long strip approximately 0.5 centimeters. Use a saucer to draw a design. You can use any molds that you have in stock.

2. Using scissors or a clay blade, cut out an even rectangular strip width, which is slightly larger than the width of the metal bracelet mold.

3. Wrap clay around a metal mold.

4. Fold edges of clay inward. Then bake the product until the clay completely hardens.

5. If desired, you can paint the product nail polish. To hide the metal shape inside, you can glue satin ribbon.

DIY polymer clay. Bracelet (video tutorial)

Polymer clay ring

We offer you a master class on making very simple but original polymer clay rings in the shape of a bow.

What you will need:

- Polymer clay (desired color)

- Blade

- Pasta machine or rolling pin with a board for rolling out a thin layer

- Sequins

Let's get to work

Knead the clay in your hands so that it becomes more pliable, and roll out a plate with a thickness of approximately 0.5 centimeters.

Use a blade or knife to cut details for the bow: two rectangles (one wider, the other narrower). Fold the edges of the longer one inward, and wrap the other rectangle around the first piece.

You should end up with something like this bow:

Make it out of clay ring, then attach a bow to it. In order for the ring to fit you, you need to wrap it first around own finger and fit it to right size. Don't worry if there are fingerprints or imperfections on the ring. By using sequin this problem will be masked.

Cover the ring glitter and let it harden.

Polymer clay for beginners. Ring (video lesson):

Polymer clay rings photo

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Content

IN Lately Handmade products are in great demand. Modeling from polymer clay and cold porcelain is very popular; any novice needlewoman can make such crafts with the help of master classes and even without tools. To ready product It turned out to be of high quality, it is necessary to follow a certain technique and sequence of actions.

What is polymer clay

This substance was created artificially by a German woman, Fifi Rehbinder, to create heads for dolls. self made. Polymer clay for modeling has a specific herbal smell and contains plasticizers, which give it plasticity. When baked, they are absorbed, the mass hardens and can no longer change its shape. Polymer clay (or plastic) comes in two types: self-hardening and thermoplastic.

The latter requires heat treatment, but you can sculpt anything from it - from small details to large figures. The self-hardening material dries naturally in the sun, which will take at least a day. If you have not heard about the properties of clay before, then know that after drying, the finished product decreases slightly in size, the surface is uneven, but it can be drilled and processed with a file. This type of material is more suitable for sculpting dolls and other large crafts. The mixture should be stored in closed packaging.

What can you make from polymer clay?

Modeling from polymer clay opens up great scope for imagination. You can make anything from fine jewelry to handmade dolls and figurines. Thanks to the unique properties of plastic, working with it is easy and simple. Some types of thermoplastics can imitate the properties of different natural materials: stone, wood, metal, fabric. For beginners in sculpting, it is better to start with simple techniques and techniques, gradually moving on to more complex ones.

Products

Decorations, costume jewelry, key chains, pendants, souvenirs, and refrigerator magnets are often made from plastic clay. Plastic is non-toxic, so it can be used in games with children. It’s easy to teach a child how to make vegetables, fruits, and simple flowers. More experienced needlewomen sculpt complex items from polymer clay, such as doll heads, arms and legs. The properties of the mass allow you to make crafts as similar and realistic as possible.

Ideas for modeling with polymer clay

Inspiration for creating masterpieces from polymer clay can be found in different sources. There are special printed publications on sale that teach such modeling. There you can find a lot useful information, step by step instructions and many craft options. Modern needlewomen find ideas for modeling on the Internet, where there are photo/video instructions with detailed description actions.

How to sculpt from polymer clay

To create with polymer clay, you don’t need any special skills, because the mass is similar to plasticine. In your hands it becomes soft and pliable, ready to create any crafts. To make the product beautiful and durable, choose high-quality material for your creativity. There are many types of polymer clay: Sculpey, Cernit, Viva Pardo, Deco (Japanese), Kato Policlay, Sonnet, Pro, Flower (sold in sets) and others. Most jewelry is created from Decoclay and Fimo clay.

Tools

Polymer clay tools can be purchased at any arts and crafts store. Some items can be replaced with improvised materials, but some special tools cannot be done without. Before starting work, you need to prepare for the process. You will need:

1. Large work surface made of glass or plastic.
2. PVA glue. It is useful for connecting thermoplastic parts together.
3. Sharp knives, maybe stationery ones.
4. Sandpaper to remove roughness.
5. A piece of suede fabric that adds shine to the finished product.
6. Toothpicks, rolling pin for rolling.
7. Cutters are special molds for cutting out figures.
8. Extruder, rolling pin.

Modeling techniques

There are several popular techniques that are used in creating crafts from different types plastics:

1. Smooth transition. The method is to mix two different colors.
2. Sausage (sape, cane, millefiori). Several layers of different polymer clay are combined, and then the mass is rolled into a roll.
3. "Kaleidoscope". Multi-layered, using the kaleidoscope technique, the pattern is symmetrical and multi-colored.
4. Watercolor. Technique by smooth transition colors when sculpting.
5. Filigree. Complex, requires professional skills and patience.
6. Salt technology. Salt is used in sculpting to add texture to the creation.
7. Mika-shift. Creates a 3D effect.
8. Mokume Gane. It consists of layering several layers of plastic clay of different colors.

Some parts need to be glued together after firing to avoid damage during baking. Use liquid or gel glue for this purpose; it is better if it is fast-acting and will set in 15-20 seconds. This way you will have the opportunity to fit the parts as best as possible to each other. Do not apply glue in strips to avoid smudges, do it in the form of separate droplets.

Baking

This process requires compliance certain conditions. The most important thing is to adhere to the baking temperature indicated on the packaging by the manufacturer. If you violate this indicator, the product may not bake or change color. It is better to bake the mixture in the oven on a ceramic tile or a regular baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Small parts need to be pinned onto a toothpick and placed on a ball of foil, so they are baked better. Flat parts are laid on a flat surface.

Complex crafts can be baked in several stages, for example, if they are made using the filigree technique. Each stage lasts a certain amount of time (from 1 to 15 minutes), and the total duration of the process can take up to half an hour. It is also necessary to remember that in its raw form the material is not toxic, but when heat treated it emits an unpleasant, harmful odor. Follow safety precautions: ensure the room is ventilated, remove food from the kitchen, and wash the oven after firing.

Varnishing

Finished products are coated with a special varnish, which gives them a finished look. There are matte and glossy varnishes; you need to choose them based on the desired effect of your craft. Many plastic manufacturers also make varnishes, so you can purchase products from the same brand. It has a composition that will not fade over time and will not begin to stick to your hands. Some needlewomen varnish their creations with varnishes for wooden floors on water based. The main thing is that they do not contain latex, which is incompatible with thermoplastics.

You can apply the varnish with a brush, but it is better to “put” the product on a toothpick and dip the whole product into the liquid, twisting it around its axis. This way the substance will be distributed evenly and the excess amount will drain off. Next, the toothpick with the craft is inserted into a piece of foam plastic (or other material) and left to dry. If after a while a drop of varnish forms at the bottom, it must be carefully removed. It is necessary to cover the crafts in several layers, drying each of them for a certain amount of time (indicated on the packaging), sometimes this time is several hours.

Safety precautions

Working with any material, even food, has its own safety rules. If you decide to sculpt from plastic, take the following precautions:

1. After sculpting, be sure to wash your hands with soap, or better yet, wear rubber gloves.
2. Do not burn the mass in the oven where you cook. If there is no other, and you are forced to do this, wash the oven thoroughly and ventilate well.
3. Observe the baking temperature, and if the material is burnt, be sure to ventilate the room and wash the oven.

Having prepared all the necessary materials and tools, you can begin to create various masterpieces. Watch a few simple modeling lessons and start with the basics, moving on to complex crafts as you gain specific skills. Over time, this exciting hobby can develop into small business, bringing a good regular income.

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Polymer clay crafts for beginners

For those who have basic knowledge and are starting to work with plastic for the first time, a simple master class on sculpting a refrigerator magnet from polymer clay will help:

1. Stock up on: self-hardening polymer clay in pink, yellow, white, green, light green colors, a soft magnet, acrylic paints, glue, scissors, toothpick, beads.
2. Roll small balls from yellow, white, pink polymer clay, form a drop out of them, cut the thick edge into 4-5 pieces with scissors.
3. Flatten them and give them relief with a toothpick. You will get flowers.
4. Form droplets from green-colored material, flatten them, and make veins with a toothpick. These will be the leaves.
5. We make buds: we press stripes on a white droplet, imitating unopened petals. We wrap the bottom of the workpiece with a piece of green mass.
6. Paint the magnet with paint of a suitable shade and glue the resulting blanks onto it, creating a composition. Complete it with decorative beads. Leave until completely dry.

New Year's crafts

An excellent gift for New Year will become a magic ball made at home from polymer clay:

1. Prepare: a small transparent spice jar with a screw-on lid, plastic (white, black, red, pink, beige), glitter, glitter, glycerin, vodka, pin, glue.
2. Roll 2 white balls of different sizes, put them on a pin (thin wire) to make a snowman.
3. Make indentations for the eyes and insert 2 black balls there. Insert a carrot made of red plastic into the recess for the nose. Draw a smile.
4. Roll 4 white balls, flatten 2 on one side - these are the legs. From the rest, make elongated droplets - these are hands. Build a snowman.
5. Roll out 2 thin long sausages from beige and pink polymer clay. Twist them with a rope. Form them into a scarf and hat for a snowman. In the same way, we make a candy in the form of a hook (we use red and white mass), insert it into the hand. Bake.
6. Coat the inside of the jar lid with waterproof glue, place a snowman in the center, and sprinkle glitter around it.
7. Pour different medium-sized glitters into a jar, pour 1 tbsp. l. glycerin and vodka, add water, taking into account that the snowman should still fit.
8. Coat the lid threads with cream, tighten, and let dry. Shake, turn over.

Decorations

As a decoration, try making a simple “knitted” bracelet for your wrist that imitates real yarn:

1. You will need: a base for a bracelet, plastic of the desired color, liquid gel plastic, an extruder, a knife.
2. Place the plastic mass into the extruder and extrude. Take 2 strips and twist them into a rope. Do the same with the other two strips, twisting them in the other direction.
3. Coat the surface of the base with gel, apply the first tourniquet, cut the required length. Then attach the second tourniquet as tightly as possible to the first one, cut it off.
4. You will get an imitation of knitting. Repeat the steps until you have knitted the entire bracelet. Do the same on the inside (optional). Bake it.

Toys

Modeling toys using thermoplastic is a great pastime with children. Try making a turtle like this:

1. Stock up on baked polymer mass (blue, light green, pink), a brush and 2 small black beads.
2. Make 4 large drops from the blue color - this is the preparation of the legs.
3. From a piece of light green plastic, form a blank in the form of a bell with a recess inside - this is the future shell.
4. Place the legs side by side with the wide part down and put the shell on top. Using the handle of the brush, holding it vertically, make a depression in the front of the future turtle - a place for the head.
5. We form a head blank: roll a ball and a cylinder out of blue plastic, connect them. You should end up with a head on your neck. Attach it to the body.
6. Roll pink balls, flatten them, stick them to the shell - these are spots. Make eyes from beads. Roast the turtle.

Working with polymer clay is easy and pleasant. The process of making earrings with your own hands will remind you of your childhood and modeling from plasticine. Necessary materials You can easily buy it in craft and craft supply stores.

Materials and tools:

1. Ear hooks - 2 pcs.
2. Double ring - 6 pcs.
3. Screw pin - 10 pcs.
4. Fastening cap - 10 pcs.
5. Fimo Effect polymer clay
6. Water-based polymer clay varnish
7. Clear adhesive (for metal or plastic)
8. Stationery knife
9. Toothpicks
10. Foil
11. Work surface (glass, ceramic tiles)

If this is your first time working with polymer clay, be sure to first carefully study the information on how to handle it.

Making ball earrings from polymer clay

Knead the clay in your hands and roll out a “sausage” with a diameter of about 1 cm on a work surface. Cut the tip evenly with a knife. Place a ruler nearby. Cut the clay with a knife: 2 pieces of 2 cm, 2 pieces of 1.5 cm and 2 pieces of 1 cm.

Roll each piece into a ball in your palms, trying to keep it even.

Carefully insert pins into the largest 2 balls from one edge exactly in the middle. Insert the pins into the other 4 balls on both sides: top and bottom, trying to ensure that they are located exactly in the middle of the balls.

Then the pins will need to be carefully removed from the balls.

Unwind about 1 meter of foil and crumple it. Insert 6 toothpicks into the foil. The lump of foil should be stable.

Use a toothpick to slightly widen the holes in the balls. The pins will need to be glued in, so there needs to be room for the glue. Secure the balls to the ends of the toothpicks.

Place the foil on a baking sheet and bake in the oven. See the polymer clay packaging for baking time and temperature. Do not exceed the permissible temperature, as if it is exceeded, the clay will begin to burn and evaporate toxic fumes.

If your oven does not have a thermometer, then you will not be able to bake the clay. Don't even try. In this case, the clay can be boiled. But this method has disadvantages. Firstly, the boiling point is only 100 degrees. If baking polymer clay requires 130 degrees, then you won’t be able to cook such clay either. It will not harden properly and will crumble. Secondly, after cooking, a white coating appears on the clay. But after varnishing, the color is restored and becomes bright.

For Fimo clay, the baking temperature is 110 degrees. These earring balls were welded.

How to cook polymer clay:

You will need small metal utensils (for example, an enamel mug with a capacity of 250 ml) and a spoon. This eating utensil can no longer be used. Pour filtered water into the dishes. You need enough water to cover the products by two-thirds.

Calculate the cooking time: for 1 centimeter of product - 1 minute. Add another 3 minutes to this time.

So, 2-centimeter balls will need to be cooked for 23 minutes; 1.5 centimeter balls - 18 minutes, 1 centimeter balls - 13 minutes.

Place a container of water on the stove. When the water boils, carefully lower the beads. Reduce heat, but keep the water boiling constantly. If the water begins to boil away, stir gently with a spoon (without touching the beads) or remove from heat and then immediately put back.

If you cook all the beads together, then after the cooking time has elapsed for each pair of balls, you need to take them out with a spoon, and leave the rest to cook further. After removing from the water, immediately rinse the balls under running cold water and leave to cool.

After 10-15 minutes, wipe the balls with a soft cloth (for example, velvet).

Secure the balls back onto the toothpicks in the wad of foil. Take out one toothpick at a time, coat the ball with varnish and reinsert the toothpick into the foil. So cover all the balls with varnish. It is necessary to apply 3-5 layers of varnish with an interval of 20 minutes for each layer so that the varnish dries before the next layer.

Let's start assembling the earrings. Place 2 pins on 4 rings. For 2 rings - one at a time.

Then insert the pins into the mounting caps.

Before gluing, bend the fastening caps so that they fit snugly against the balls. Insert pins into the balls to ensure that the holes in the balls are wide enough. Remove the pins and start gluing.

You can glue a cap with a pin, and then fasten the pins together with rings. You can glue caps with pins already connected by rings. As you prefer. Instead of double rings, you can use single ones. It is easier to connect the balls with single rings than with double rings.

Don't forget that the pins must be inserted into the fastening caps.

Insert the pin into the neck of the tube of glue and lightly press on the tube. The leg of the pin should be covered with glue so that it fills the hole in the ball. Insert the pin into the hole, press the cap with the pin and hold for a few seconds. If the glue comes out, carefully remove the excess. However, it’s good if you get a drop of glue on top of the cap - it will be stronger. Transparent glue will not spoil the appearance of the product.

Glue the pins into the largest balls.

Then into medium sized balls on both sides.

And to the smallest ones.

Leave the earrings for 24 hours to allow the glue to set (or for the time indicated on the glue package). If after a day the pins turn in the holes, it means they are poorly glued. You'll have to take them out and re-glue them.

Then assemble the balls together into rings (if you glued pins with caps without them) and put earrings on the top rings.

Polymer clay ball earrings are ready.

If you have clay left over, you can make beads from it (the holes in the beads are made with a toothpick using a gentle screwing motion before baking or boiling). From the beads you can weave a Shambhala bracelet, which will be an excellent addition to the earrings.

And these are the earrings after almost 5 years of wearing them. The fittings, of course, have changed color, but overall they still look very good. Nothing came off or cracked.