Clay Sculpting Tutorial with Cookie and Dinos
Have you seen the adorable dinosaurs that are from Cookie and Dinos? You can find out more about her in her awesome interview with us. She is walking you through how to create a cute dinosaur using a crochet hook, clay, needle, and wire. What a great way to combine fiber arts and clay sculpting!!! And to introduce each world to the other :). So gather your materials and let’s get started on creating your own adorable dinosaur :). I can’t wait to see what you make!!
How to Create a Dinosaur - A Step by Step Clay Sculpting Tutorial
Supplies needed (List of some places where you can find these are at the bottom of the tutorial):
Step 1: How to Create a Dinosaur Head
Step 2: How to Create a Dinosaur Body
Step 3: How to Create Dinosaur Legs
Step 4: How to Create Dinosaur Smile and Nose
And now you’ve got an amazing dinosaur all of your own!! :) Tag us on social media so we can see what you make and share it!
Thank you to Cookie and Dinos for this amazing tutorial and for sharing your knowledge of creating these adorable creatures!
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To help you get started with the tools to create your own little dinosaurs, you can find your supplies here:
Clay:
Etsy Shops with Clay:
1 - ASC Supplies is a great place to find all types of Sculpey polymer clay, clay cutters of various types and sizes, slicers, texture sheets, molds, and so much more in their Etsy Shop .
2 - Linda's Art Spot is another great shop that carries polymer clay, tools, blades and molds, and much more in their Etsy Shop .
3 - ClayFacotryInc in the USA has over 120 Cernit modeling clay colors and amounts in their Etsy Shop.
4 - C&R Crafts has a number of clay tools, clay, liquid sculpey, molds, and much more in their Etsy Shop.
5 - CraftMonkees in the USA carries several colors of Sculpey in their Etsy Shop.
6 - Polymer Clay Express is an Etsy Shop full of polymer clay, tools, and inks. They carry a variety of colors of clay and ink as well as tons of different sizes and shapes of molds.
7 - Happy Kawaii Supplies is a fun place to find different colors of air dry clay, tools, molds, and much more in their Etsy Shop .
8 - Daisy Slime AU is another fun place in Australia to find different types of air dry clay, slime, and fun fimo slices in their Etsy Shop.
9 - Art Clay World USA, Inc is a great Etsy Shop to find clay, texturing materials, metal clay tools, glass tools, tempates and much more.
10 - ArtLuja from Latvia, has a great Etsy Shop that has polymer clay, clay tools and other materials.
Websites:
1 - Discount School Supply has a good sized offerings of clay.
2 - Walmart has a good collection of clay as well.
3 - Staples also has a good clay collection.
4 - Teacher Supply Source is a place you can find clay and more.
5 - Hobby Craft has a good number of clay and much more that you can find in their store and it ships worldwide.
Crochet Hooks can be found in the Ultimate List of Crochet Hooks
Wires: There are several Etsy Stores with 18 gauge wire and include the following:
SmartParts 18 Gauge Silver Craft Wire, Tarnish Resistant
Creating Unkamen has Artistic Wire in over 35 colors or in different gauges.
Jewelry Toolscom has Artistic Non-Tarnish Silver Wire.
Made of Metal has 18 Gauge gold filled wire.
Website:
Walmart carries 18 gauge wire as well as clay.
Thank you for joining us for this tutorial with Cookie and Dinos and thank you Cookie and Dinos for creating this awesome crochet-sculpting combo tutorial!
If you have other makers you recommend for a feature or any tutorials you would like to see, comment below or send me an email. We’d love to see what you make!! Tag us on social media so we can share and see what you make!! Take care my friend and wishing you safety and health.
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