Makin® The Turkey (and Plymouth Rock Too!) by Pat Krauchune

MAKIN® THE TURKEY

Designed by Patricia Krauchune

Thanksgiving is just around the corner...are you "makin" a turkey for the holiday? Here's how I did!

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The size of the gear you use will determine how much clay you will need. You need brown, red and yellow clay for the next step.
Run the brown clay through the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine® on the # 1 setting. Using the larger of your three circle cutters, cut a circle from the brown clay big enough to cover 3/4 of the gear.

After running the red and yellow clay through the clay machine on the #1 setting, cut a circle in the red clay (a little smaller than the brown circle) and the yellow clay (a little smaller than the red circle). Use the Loctite® Super Glue to attach the brown circle to the gear. Now add a little Beacon'sTM Tacky glue to stack the red circle to the brown circle, then the yellow circle to the red circle.
I used a ruler to impress lines into the circles to give a "fan" appearance.
Roll some brown clay into a ball.
Next roll the ball of clay into a teardrop shape then press onto the tail feathers. Add a little tacky glue for better adhesion.
For the eyes, roll two small balls of white clay and press into place. Add very tiny balls of black clay onto the white circles. Make a small beak from yellow clay, then form the turkey's wattle from red clay and press into place next to the beak.
Using the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® and the # 2 disc, extrude a small piece of yellow clay. Put a few drops of super glue on the gear next to the brown circle and add the yellow trim. Then do the same with some brown clay and attach that next to the yellow. I used a toothpick to scallop the edges of the brown.

9. Take some aluminum foil and bunch it up to look like the Plymouth Rock. Mix some white and black clay together.

Run the white and black clay through the clay machine until it is of uniform color.
Next, I sprinkled some pepper on the clay, folded it in half and ran it through the clay machine. I continued to do this till it had the look of stone. I learned this technique from design team member Lisa Haney who used this technique in one of her tutorials...thanks Lisa!
After several passes through the clay machine I was happy with the results. Next I draped the clay over the aluminum form.
I used a small piece of gritty sandpaper to add even more texture to my "rock".
Stamp 1620 onto the front of the rock.
Glue the turkey to the top with super glue.

GOBBLE GOBBLE done!

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