Makin's Clay® Autumn Pumpkin Magnets - How-To Project

We're all guilty of it - collecting bits of this and that on our refrigerators!  Photos, school projects,

newspaper articles, appointment reminders……   Why not create some seasonal magnets to hold it all in place?

Materials: 

Makin’s Clay® - White, Olive Green
Makin’s Clay® clay roller
Makin’s® Professional™ Ultimate Clay Extruder 
Makin’s® Professional™ Clay Tools 
Makin’s® New Halloween Cutter Set - 37052
Acyrlic Paint - Pumpkin Orange
DecoArt® Metallic Lustre - Gold Rush
Westcott® Craft - Self-Healing Mat 
3/4” Round magnets 
Beacon® Adhesives Tacky Glue 

Instructions:

Custom mixing shades of Makin’s Clay® is easy - whether you use our Clay Mixing Ruler, or acrlyic paint - a rainbow of shades can be achieved.  

1 - Add approximately 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin orange acrylic paint to 60 grams of white clay.   

2 - For easier, less messy, blending and mixing, place into zip lock bag.   Massage to thoroughly mix paint into clay. 

3 - Roll clay with hand roller to approximately 1/4” thick. 

4 - Cut 6 pumpkins with pumpkin cutter. 

5 - Roll olive green clay to approximately 1/4” thick.  Using top of pumpkin cutter, cut 6 stem sections.  

6 - Use blade to remove orange stem from each pumpkin.  Use blade to cut green stem and mount to pumpkin.  

7 - Use point tool on handle to draw “grooves” in each pumpkin.  I allowed my grooves to be someone jagged and irregular rather than smooth lines. 

8 - Fill Ultimate Clay Extruder® with olive clay and very small hole disc.  Extrude clay.

9 - Mount extruded clay to stem on each pumpkin, coiling some pieces to create vines.  

10 & 11 -  Use fingertip to apply DecoArt® Metallic Lustre to pumpkins.  Let clay dry. 

12 - Mount magnets to back of each pumpkin with Beacon® Tacky Glue.