Clay

Clover Headband

By  Sandy Rollinger 

  • Clover Headband

Materials

  • Fabric-covered headband
  • Polyform Premo! Sculpey Fashion Art Metallic Glitter Set: Gold
  • Polyform Sculpey Pluffy Clay: Green
  • Shamrock cookie cutter
  • Jacquard Lumiere Paint: Pearlescent Emerald
  • Clear rhinestones, in assorted sizes
  • Ribbon, 24” length
  • Clay-dedicated rolling pin
  • Parchment-lined baking sheet
  • Oven
  • Aleene’s Super Thick Tacky Glue

Basic Supplies

  • scissors, ruler, foam brush, toothpick, newspaper (to cover work surface)
  • Note
  • 1. Adults, help kids when baking clay in oven.
  • Clover
  • 1. On clean work surface, remove clay from package. To condition, roll clay in hands until soft, bending and rolling until pliable. If clay cracks, keep conditioning.
  • 2. Roll Green clay to 1/4"-thickness. Use shamrock cookie cutter to cut out shape from clay. Lightly dab shamrock with Gold paint. Position shamrock on parchment-lined baking sheet. Follow manufacturer's instructions to bake shamrock in oven. Let cool completely.
  • 3. On covered work surface, paint headband Pearlescent Emerald. Let dry.
  • 4. Wrap and glue green ribbon around headband. Let dry.
  • 5. Glue large rhinestone on center of clay shamrock. Glue clay shamrock onto center of headband.
  • 6. Use toothpick to apply glue on headband; press small rhinestones on glue. Let dry.