Animals
How to make a polymer clay dolphin
A blue dolphin with a white belly, a dorsal fin and a tail fin.
- Level
- Medium
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Steps
- 8 steps
What you need
Clay in these colours
- Blue
- White
- Black
- Pink
- Sculpting tools from the kit
- An electric oven and baking paper. An adult does the baking.
Step by step
Roll a blue ball for the body.
Shape it into a teardrop and pinch a short snout at the front.
Press a flat white patch under the belly, all the way up under the snout.
Make a small blue triangle and press it on top as a dorsal fin.
Press two small flat fins onto the sides.
Make a tail fin from two small, flat blue teardrops.
Press the tail fin on at the back.
Press a black eye and a pink cheek on each side. Done!
Tip
Bend the body a little and it will look like it’s jumping.
An adult does the baking
- 110–130 °C, never higher
- 10–15 minutes per 6 mm of thickness
- Electric oven only
Get started with polymer clay
Polymer Clay Kit – 82 Colours
€54.95incl. VAT
82 colours of oven-bake clay, a work mat, a roller, sculpting tools and keyring parts in a storage box. Recommended from age 8; an adult does the baking.
