Polymer Clay Mallard Duck Tutorial

A quick, easy, simple and fun polymer clay duck tutorial featuring the colorful Mallard Duck!

Materials:

• Polymer Clay in Emerald Green, White, Brown, Orange, & Granitex Grey
• Pasta Machine or Acrylic Brayer
• Kemper Teardrop Cutters
• Tiny-medium sized beads for eyes
• Craft Oven to bake your figurine

Polymer Clay Mallard Duck Tutorial

Now that you have gathered all of your materials, let’s get started a make a cute little duck … a mallard duck!

• Condition ALL colors of clay.
• Roll a ball of emerald green polymer clay for the ducks head.
• Roll a smaller ball of orange polymer clay and form it into a triangle.
• Run the white polymer clay through the pasta machine, using a round cutter, cut a circle of clay on the thickest setting.
• Roll a ball of brown polymer clay for the ducks body that is approximately one and a half times larger than the head.
• Run the granitex polymer clay through the pasta machine, using a teardrop cutter, cut two teardrops of clay on a middle setting.
• Using the photograph as a guide, assemble the duck in the manner show at left.
• Attach the grey wings to the brown duck bodies.
• Attach the white neck piece to your brown body.
• Attach the emerald green head to the white neck piece.
• Attach the orange beak to the front of the green head.
• Insert the black eyes to the front of the head.
• Bake in the oven at 265 degrees, covered in foil, for approximately 35-45 minutes.
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Happy Claying,