Nature & flowers
How to make a polymer clay acorn
An acorn with a little cap, like the ones you find in the woods in autumn.
- Level
- Very easy
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Steps
- 8 steps
What you need
Clay in these colours
- Light brown
- Brown
- Black
- Pink
- Sculpting tools from the kit
- An electric oven and baking paper. An adult does the baking.
Step by step
Roll a light brown ball.
Roll one side of the ball thinner to make an egg shape.
Roll a brown ball and press it half flat into a little cap.
Press the cap in place on the wide end of the egg shape.
Use the needle tool to poke small holes in the cap.
Roll a small brown sausage for the stalk.
Press the stalk in place on top of the cap.
Press black eyes, pink cheeks and a black mouth onto your acorn. Done!
Tip
Bring a real acorn indoors to use as an example.
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.
