I have been wanting to do this tutorial for a while and since the weather at least this week while I am filming is pretty cold here I thought the time is perfect. Although if your dolls are anything like my grandson it is always hot cocoa time.
I am beginning with a mug I made pretty much the same way I made them in this tutorial from a few years ago. The only real change I made was to use gloss Mod Podge instead of the Triple Thick. I have pretty much quit using the triple thick for the most part and I don’t have any right now. I have used Mod Podge on things that I have baked with polymer clay for a couple of years and so far have had no problems. If you are concerned about the fumes that might be there you could wait and finish the outside of the cup after you finish. But like is said I have not had problems so far.
Since the mug is about 1 ¼” tall that would be a lot of clay if we used clay to fill the mug. Instead I chose to use a piece of the same dowel (actually a wood handle from a plunger from the dollar store) that I formed the mug over when I made it. I simply cut a piece of the dowel 1” long and used a bit of Tacky glue to adhere it inside the mug. This way my area to fill is much less.
Now I didn’t want to add the hot cocoa directly to the top of the wood. The wood will be very porous and might soak up a some of our liquid clay mixture. So I used a bit of liquid clay to attach a thin layer of a medium brown color polymer clay and baked it for 10 minutes at the temperature recommended for your brand of clay. I tried to be careful to make the top somewhat even but more importantly I worked it to the edge of the mug to form a seal so I wouldn’t loose my liquid clay down the sides. This will need to cool to room temperature before you do the next step.
We can also make your marshmallows now so they can bake along with the mug. For that we just need some white polymer clay. Roll our a snake about 1/8” in diameter and cut little slices about 1/8” long. Once cut squish gently between your index finger and thumb just enough to round off the edges and make them slightly bulge.
Drop them into a small container. Once you have as many marshmallows as you want dust in some cornstarch and coat them thoroughly. Then put them onto your baking container and bake for 10 minutes.
Now we need to mix the liquid polymer clay, I am using Liquid Sculpey in white, with some brown oil paint. It is important to use oil paint and not any water based paint for this step. The ones I use came in a really cheap set from the craft store many years ago. I use them all the time but they will last for a very long time. The color I used was Burnt Umber. You just want a tiny bit of the paint mixed into the liquid clay. Keep in the mind the color of the baked clay could be darker than what it looks in the liquid state. I highly recommend putting a small drop onto a piece of foil and baking it for 10 minutes and allow it to cool. Then check color and also you can make sure it cured properly. Too much paint and the liquid clay won’t cure it will remain sticky and soft.
Once you have the correct color add the liquid clay to the top of the brown clay in your mug. I love using a small dotting tool for this job. Work the layer of liquid clay all over the top all the way to the edge. Once you have a nice coat of it in the mug we can add some bubbles if you want to.
For the bubbles I am using some really tiny clear no-hole beads, they are sometimes called micro-beads. The clear ones make wonderful bubbles when added to the liquid clay mixture. Just don’t over do it. I added just a few and tried to keep most of them around the sides of the mug.
Now drop in as many marshmallows as your dolls would like to have.
Bake the entire thing for another 10 minutes at the recommended temperature for your clay and allow to cool.
Now the dolls can enjoy a nice mug of hot cocoa.
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