A Christmas (or post-Christmas) craft for all-ages

I had wanted to do a craft for the holidays that I could share with you all.  I'm still working on pulling those ideas together... not leaving much time to blog about it (if it happens at all!).  Instead, I was blessed to find a lovely tutorial courtesy of an amazing artist, Christi Friesen.  I absolutely love her books, products and easy-to-follow tutorials.



image courtesy of Christi Friesen

The adorable penguins above can be made with a couple of packages of polymer clay (like Sculptey or Fimo) in dark blue and/or black, orange and/or gold, and white.  Everything needed would be available at your local craft store.


 courtesy of Christi Friesen

They make great gifts, snow globe figurines, or toys for the little ones (they're not as hardy as the little plastic ones in your happy meal, but they will probably last a long time all the same). You can even use a conventional oven or toaster oven to bake your finished product and you're good-to-go for last minute gifts, or simply something fun to do during the holiday break.

Visit Christi's page to download a PDF of the instructions.  Her step-by-step guidelines make it super-easy for anyone to do... Whether you are a child or adult, sculptor or self-proclaimed anti-artist.

If you have a chance to check out the link and play with some clay, please leave a comment and let us know how it went!  We'd love to see pictures if you have them!

And don't forget to check Christi out at www.christifriesen.com

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