Easy Clay Tortoise | Polymer Clay Tutorial

Hi everyone! Today I will show you how to make a tortoise out of polymer clay. For someone wanting to start small, this is perfect. Keep watching for step by step instructions on how to make your own mini clay animal.
Clay Tortoise Steps:
Take a ball of dark brown/grey clay and shape into a dome with a rounded bottom by laying it on your finger and rounding the edges.
Using a sculpting tool, start adding the shell texture. Start with a single shape on the center of the shell and draw lines coming down from each corner of the middle shape. Finally connect the lines going down with lines going across the shell.
When the texture is done, roll out a tube of the same colour clay and wrap it around the entire shell’s edge, cutting off any excess and blend the edges together.
You will now bake the shell according to its package instructions. This makes sure that you don’t smudge the shell design while you sculpt and add the tortoise to it.
For the tortoise’s head, roll out a tube of clay and pinch around the neck to shape the head. Add a line for the mouth, indents for the eyes, and two dots for the nostrils.
As for the legs, add a ball of light brown clay to the inside of the shell with a bit of liquid sculpey to attach them together. Roll out four balls of clay and roll them into slightly curved cone shapes. Add some winkle texture and then attach to the bottom of the shell.
Attach the head after all the legs are on, adding additional winkle texture as you see fit.
For the underbelly, take some clay the same colour as the shell and roll out small tubes of clay. Squish those onto its belly and that will form the tortoise’s underbelly shell.
Bake once more and the only thing left is to add some more color with some brown paint watered down. Add on some toes as well and your tortoise is done!
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The type of clay used in this video is Sculpey and Fimo. I use what’s available as most brands are similar to each other. Always follow your clay’s baking instructions on the package when making clay creations. I baked mine at 225 degrees in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. Leave to cool before handling them as they are still soft and handling them may leave dents.
Tip: When shaping the clay, if you find that you are leaving a lot of fingerprints, you can use a q-tip and rubbing alcohol to wipe the surface of the clay clean.
If you have any questions just leave them in the comments below and I’ll be happy to answer them. Any suggestions on what you want to see next are always welcome too :)
Hope you have a great rest of your day!
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[@ETicketTrip]

I've been searching for a tutorial to help me make a little desert tortoise. This tutorial is the ONLY ONE I was able to find that was in keeping with the correct anatomical features. Thank you so much for being faithful to the the turtle while still making it a cute little character. This will be a gift for my sister, who is part of the movement to save the desert tortoises, who are being threatened by a Raven population thast is not native to the desert. She'll love it!

[@CluelessCrafts]

Yes! They are cute all on their own and I wanted to show that. Good luck to your sister and the movement to save the desert tortoises!

[@juniperreyclay4703]

Cool turtle!

[@CluelessCrafts]

Thanks so much!

[@rajeevgarg9021]

OMG I can't belive you seriously made an amazing tortoise 🐢🐢

[@CluelessCrafts]

I'm so glad you liked it!

[@AdasAtelier]

1:50 😂
Cutie! Very nice tutorial and easy to follow 🙂

[@CluelessCrafts]

Lol thanks, glad you liked it

[@clayartideas]

Amazing job!
Thanks for the video.

[@CluelessCrafts]

Thanks for watching :)

[@elishastananought6653]

Wow❤

[@Fizzle538]

Cool

[@sirblackhammer3045]

Turtle club, I use to have lil turtles in a little sandbox 🐢

[@CluelessCrafts]

That's so cool!

[@jam4787]

It looks so cool, you are very creative. Could you make a tutorial on how to make a bee hive with some bees? :)

[@CluelessCrafts]

Thanks so much! A beehive would be cute, thanks for the suggestion!

[@juniperreyclay4703]

Ooo yeah! That would be neat

[@Fizzle538]

Look s so coooolĺlllllllllll

[@basheerbilal4427]

👍🏻

[@ارجوانهاني-د3ح]

GOOOOOOOOD I'm EYGBT😍😘

[@CluelessCrafts]

Thanks for watching!

[@chloepark2471]

What tool did you use in this video?

[@CluelessCrafts]

I used tools from a variety pack of clay sculpting tools I got from Michaels, but any craft store will have something similar. You could also use a toothpick or bobby pin if you want to use household items.

[@ChukwumaChioma-dk9re]

You are creative . Can you coach me.

[@ChukwumaChioma-dk9re]

Is red clay applicable . If it's please show us

[@sheenakmohan4725]

Thankyou for the video it is very easy so can you make a unicorn . By the way i am from kerala 700 crossed woo hoo 1000 coming wait for 1 month

[@CluelessCrafts]

Thanks for all your support! Unicorn would be nice, thanks for the suggestion!

[@DIS_KITKATX33]

Teach us how to make A bunny because I love BUNNIES

[@CluelessCrafts]

I have a bunny tutorial in my easy clay animals playlist if you want, but I'm sure I'll make another bunny video in the future too :)

[@curllypoll]

i hate this video

[@Artwork-studio-a]

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[@Jmgcr2022]

Cool