Today I have another simple polymer clay doll food project for you, some cheese puffs! As I was walking through the grocery store this morning I saw that almost all the salty snacks were on sale and since I hadn't had any cheese puffs in a very long time I decided to pick up a bag of them.
Since they are such a basic shape I knew immediately that they would be a perfect subject for a clay food tutorial.
For this one you need a light yellow clay, a softer brand is going to work better for this project than on of the firmer ones. I am out of light yellow clay so I mixed 1 part yellow Fimo with 2 parts Original Sculpey to give me the color I was looking for. Since we are going to be mostly covering this color up and only a little hint of it will show in the finished project you don't need to get this color perfect, just don't go with a really bright or dark color of yellow since we want the contrast between the yellow clay color and the bright orange of the chalk we will be using.
Start by rolling a snake of the clay and cutting bits off that will for balls about ¼” in diameter.
Once you have the little balls start to roll each ball into a snake then move onto a dish scrubby pad (the kind that is made up of a sponge covered in mesh) and continue to roll to form the shape.
I like to use a toothbrush to roll the clay on the scrubby for this because it mutes the texture just a bit and I get just the look I am after.
Once you have your cheese puff shapes rolled move them to a container to chalk them. I like to use a plastic lid for this. It contains the mess and makes the job of coloring all the pieces of clay with the chalk much faster, easier, and neater.
Scrape a piece of bright orange artist chalk onto the container you are using and then using a slightly damp brush coat the clay pieces with the chalk. By using a damp brush we get a very different look than you get when we normally use a dry brush.
You can see in this picture with examples of clay cheese puffs colored with chalk using a dry brush vs a damp brush. The pieces on the left were done with a dry brush and the ones on the right with a damp brush, I took the photo with the real cheese puff so you can really see how much more realistic the damp brush effect is.
Once all your cheese puffs are colored with chalk, you can bend a few of them just slightly if you wish.
The finished clay cheese puffs need to be baked at the temperature recommended for your brand of clay for 10 minutes.
Once cooled you are ready to use them as you wish with your dolls.
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