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How to make a polymer clay hedgehog

A hedgehog with lots and lots of brown spines.

Hedgehog
Level
Medium
Time
About 25 minutes
Steps
8 steps

What you need

Clay in these colours

  • Beige
  • Brown
  • Black
  • Pink
  • Sculpting tools from the kit
  • An electric oven and baking paper. An adult does the baking.

Step by step

  1. Roll a beige ball for the body.

  2. Pinch a pointy snout on one side.

  3. Press a black nose, two black eyes and two pink cheeks in place.

  4. Roll four small beige ovals for the feet.

  5. Press the feet in place under the body.

  6. Make two small beige ears and press them on top of the head.

  7. Roll lots and lots of small brown teardrops for the spines.

  8. Press the spines onto the back row by row, overlapping. Done!

Tip

Start the spines at the back, so they overlap nicely.

An adult does the baking

  • 110–130 °C, never higher
  • 10–15 minutes per 6 mm of thickness
  • Electric oven only
Polymer Clay Kit – 82 Colours
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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.