We make decorations for the New Year: snowflake earrings made of polymer clay. Earrings "Christmas balls" made of polymer clay New Year's earrings made of polymer clay
On the eve of the new year, we are all waiting for a miracle, the fulfillment of desires and we are just in a hurry to complete unfinished business in order to breathe out and step into new Year with new forces. But we must not forget about the holiday itself. Why not make a bright, symbolic decoration with your own hands and celebrate the new year in it?
In this master checkout, you will see how to make earrings from polymer clay DIY "Christmas balls"
For work you will need:
- polymer clay (I use white, gray and red);
- acrylic paint;
- brush;
- glue moment;
- blade;
- rolling pin or paste machine (if there are no special tools, you can use a glass object with a smooth surface, for example, a glass);
- varnish for polymer clay;
- sparkles.
How I make earrings "Christmas balls" from polymer clay
I knead white and gray polymer clay. I roll it into a sausage, cut and form balls. The approximate ball size is 1 cm.
Why did I use different colored plastic for the base? If you use glitter in dark shades, then they look better on a dark base. Light - on light.
By the way, multi-colored polymer clay can also be made in the form of a Teddy bear.
I string the ball onto a toothpick and dip it into a jar of sparkles. I twist the toothpick in a circle so that the sparkles cover the entire surface without voids.
The balls can be rolled in the palms. Then the glitter will stick better to the surface. But remember to wash your hands after each color to avoid mixing them with each other.
I knead the red polymer clay and roll it out to an approximate thickness of 2 mm.
I cut off the uneven edges of the layer and cut it into thin, identical stripes, from which I will make bows for earrings from polymer clay "Christmas balls". Fold the strip with the ends in the center, forming a bow, and press the edges to secure them to each other.
I cut a strip thinner and glue it to the middle of the bow, pressing it down with a stack (or a toothpick), thus fixing the two halves of the bow.
I cut the remaining end of the thin strip in the middle. It turns out little bow tails.
I glue the bow to the center of the ball, in the place where I left the hole from the toothpick. I press the bow with my fingers. Trying not to damage its shape. I insert a toothpick into the middle of the bow to make a hole for the pin.
I send the bows to bake at the temperature indicated on the polymer clay package (I bake for 10 minutes at 130 degrees).
I take out the balls and, while they are warm, I remove them from the toothpicks. Since it will be very difficult to do during cooling.
I take a thin brush (you can use a toothpick) and acrylic paint... I draw white and blue polka dots on the bows.
I put back the future earrings "Christmas balls" made of polymer clay on toothpicks and varnish them to fix the glitter and acrylic paint on the surface.
I dip the pin in the glue. I also drip glue into the center of the hole and insert the pin. I press it down with my fingers for a few seconds to secure the pin to the ball.
I bite off the head with nippers. I bend the tail of the pin to the side and twist it into a loop with round-nose pliers.
If you still do not know what gift to present to your friend or niece for the New Year, then take a closer look at polymer clay products. Jewelry made from this material will be a great gift. Firstly, they are exclusive, and secondly, they can be created with your own hands, which makes them simply priceless.
Christmas earrings
Any woman can wear earrings for the New Year made of polymer clay, especially since today you will find a lot of options for such jewelry on different topics.
So, for the New Year's celebration in 2015, earrings in the form of sheep and goats are suitable, because the Goat (Sheep) is a symbol of the coming year. You can also wear earrings in the form of Christmas trees, Santa Claus hats. In addition, if earrings in the form of flowers or circles are suitable for your suit, then they will be in place.
If you want to make polymer clay jewelry yourself, then you will need the following tools:
- polymer clay of several colors
- special glue
- sharp knife
- rolling pin
- toothpicks
- gloves
- sandpaper
- accessories for jewelry (molds)
- oven for drying the product
Remember: creating jewelry from such a plastic material as polymer clay is a process that requires maximum imagination, attention and perseverance. If you want your Christmas earrings to turn out beautiful, you have to work hard.
Polymer clay master class
Let's take a closer look at the process of creating earrings directly:
Step 1
We prepare workplace... Lay out all the materials and tools on the table so that you are as comfortable as possible with them.
Step 2
Create a mockup of your desired decoration. Before starting work, you must definitely know which earrings you want to see in the end.
Step 3
We knead polymer clay in our hands for one to two minutes. It is important that it becomes soft like plasticine, and you can safely give it any shape you need.
If you don't have the desired clay color, don't despair. Do you need a beige shade, for example? Then take a large piece of white clay and a small brown or terracotta one. If these two colors are thoroughly kneaded, then they will mix with each other and will have the beige shade you need. You can do the same with any other color.
Step 4
We give shape to each element of the product. If you need small parts, then form them from small balls of clay using all the tools at hand.
Step 5
When we already have our decoration in molded form, then we proceed to baking it. A conventional oven can be used as an oven. Kitchen baking dishes are also useful to us. The temperature at which it is worth keeping the clay in the oven and the baking time is always on the package.
Step 6
After baking, you need to degrease the clay using any detergent. Next, we sand all the irregularities and prints. This process is easily accomplished with regular sandpaper.
New year is coming soon. Toys, tinsel, tangerines and, of course, the tree. And why not make your own Christmas tree earrings from polymer clay for a symbolic meeting of the new year? After all, we select beautiful outfits, prepare delicious ones.
to make the holiday a success. In this turmoil, do not forget about the little things. For example, such as jewelry. Celebrating the New Year in such cute earrings, you will delight yourself and your loved ones. And the winter is so long, and hand-made earrings will warm you and delight you throughout its entire length.
To make New Year's Christmas tree earrings from polymer clay you will need:
- polymer clay (red and white);
- roller (you can use a glass with a smooth, glass surface);
- blade;
- fabric with a large texture (I use a mosquito net, you can replace it with jeans or burlap);
- metal fittings (rings and ear wires);
- a sketch of a Christmas tree.
How I make herringbone earrings from polymer clay with my own hands
1: On a piece of paper in a box I draw half a Christmas tree. I fold the sheet in half so that the branches of the tree are symmetrical. 
2: With scissors along the contour I cut out the blank of the Christmas tree. Thus, both sides are completely the same. 
3: kneading red plastic. I roll it out 3-4 mm thick. The main thing is that the plastic is not rolled out very thinly. Since after firing it will be fragile, and New Year's Christmas tree earrings made of polymer clay may break.
I apply the fabric to the rolled layer and press it into the workpiece with a rolling pin. You don't need to press hard. When you remove the fabric, it can tear the material behind it, and the printed pattern will come out with torn edges. 
4: I put the Christmas tree template on the layer and lightly press it with my fingers, so that it would be more convenient to cut it. With a sharp blade, I cut a herringbone along the contour of the template. 
5: Using a stack or a toothpick, I smooth out irregularities around the edges. 
6: Roll the white material into a thin sausage. Approximately 1 mm in size and cut into small pieces. 
7: I form droplets from each piece of white plastic. And I create a flower with five petals from them. Pressing each petal with a needle in a circle. 
8: I make notches along the contour of each side of the Christmas tree with a needle 
9: I roll the white plastic into a thin thread and cut pieces from it, which I insert into each notch on the New Year's Christmas tree earrings made of polymer clay, imitating threads. 
10: With a toothpick at the head of the tree I make a hole for which the fittings will be attached. 
11: I roll out small balls of red material and insert them into the center of the flowers. This makes the flowers look more interesting. 
I send the blanks of earrings made of polymer clay "Yolki" to be baked in the oven at the temperature indicated on the package (I bake for 10 minutes at 130 degrees).
12: Let the Christmas tree-shaped polymer clay earrings cool and collect their decoration. With the help of platypuses, I unbend the ring in different directions and insert it into the blank of the Christmas tree. I hang the hooks for the loop and close the ring. 
DIY Christmas earrings "Fir-trees" made of polymer clay. 
Experiment with colors and fabrics and you'll end up with an interesting, unique DIY piece.
And also one decoration can be made of polymer clay for the New Year's theme -
You will not find it more unusual. This beautiful handmade jewelry will delight your beautiful ladies, little princesses, or if you are one of the fair sex, then do this miracle for yourself and you will not go unnoticed. We will make funny and cute earrings made of polymer clay for the coming fabulous and magical holiday - New Year. You and the one to whom you are going to present this unforgettable gift will be delighted! These lovely snowmen can also be used for interior decoration.
To work you need:
- Polymer clay (baked): white, red, black, orange
- Toothpicks
- Stationery knife or blade
- Work surface (glass, sheet of paper or ceramic tiles)
- Wet wipes
- Fimo varnish (or any other special varnish for polymer clay)
- Glue (moment)
- Ear hooks
- Connecting rings
- Pins with an eyelet
Step-by-step instruction
Before starting work, we will give you a piece of advice: before proceeding with our jewelry, you must thoroughly wipe your hands wet wipes or wash them with soap and water to avoid contamination of the polymer clay. It attracts dust, dirt, various lint, and so on very strongly. We do the same with each transition to a different color.
- Let's move on to making our unusual earrings. Let's start with white clay. We take and knead polymer clay in our hands until it becomes soft and plastic. Then we will divide it into two identical pieces (since there will be 2 earrings). Roll up balls from the separated material.
- From the resulting balls, we will make two more. One larger (for the bottom of the snowman), the second larger (for the head of the snowman). We try to roll equal balls so that the earring is the same size.
- We connect two balls (large and small) by overlapping each other, attach them to each other. We do the same with the second pair.
- And so, the basis for our beautiful snowmen is ready. We start making hats for them. Take the red polymer clay. We roll up small red circles, then stretch each circle a little, creating the shape of a small cone or drop.
- So that our hats can be put on the heads of snowmen, we stick a toothpick in the center of our cone. You need to stick it not through, but just create a hole in order to then put on hats on our handsome men. You will get two identical red caps, which will then serve as an excellent addition to the figures.
- Now we put our hats on the heads of the snowmen. The next step: we roll out two thin strips of red clay.
- To decorate our resulting hats, we attach our red stripes along the edges. Cut off the excess strips with a knife.
- Take a toothpick and add volume to our caps' edges. Using point movements loosen the edging, give a certain texture.
- Let's start making cute faces for our snowmen. Let's take orange polymer clay to create carrot spouts. We roll two small balls out of clay. Flatten these balls a little in order to get the shape of a cone or droplet (elongated). We have made our little carrots.
- In the next step, we glue our carrots to the faces of the snowmen. Right under the piping of the cap.
- Let's go back to our hats. Take again white polymer clay, roll up two small balls, which we will then use as pompons. We attach the rolled balls to the end of the cap for each snowman. In the same way as for the piping of the caps, give the pom-poms a loose texture. We take a toothpick, with point movements we go around the entire perimeter of the pompom. The three-dimensional effect is ready, the hats look like real and warm.
- Let's dress our snowmen in scarves. And then New Year is winter time, we will not let them freeze. Take the red polymer clay. Roll out two strips and flatten them a little with a toothpick or hands.
- Now we put our scarves on the snowmen, create a loose texture in the way described earlier (with a toothpick).
- Next, we finish the faces. Roll up two small balls of black clay and attach.
- We roll up two more small black balls (peas) and decorate the fur coat for our snowmen. Our snowmen are completely finished and decorated.
- Now we stick a pin with an eyelet into the upper part of the cap, which will hold our jewelry.
- We pass already to the end of our work. We bake our handsome men in the oven. When baking, you need to follow the instructions on the clay packaging. For example, for German polymer clay Fimo, it takes 20-30 minutes at a temperature of no more than 110 C.
- After we have baked our snowmen, we will stick them out and wait until they cool down. We cover them with varnish (preferably special for polymer). Now we are waiting for the varnish to dry. We take Moment glue or universal glue of your choice and glue the pins.
- And the most final stage is attaching hooks to our snowmen.
We have finished making our beautiful and unusual earrings - Snowmen. They will be an unforgettable gift and decoration. You can change colors and make snowmen with blue or green scarves and hats. Use them as Christmas tree decorations or decorative elements. Good luck, you made an unusual thing that everyone will be delighted with, and which will look great everywhere!
Making polymer clay jewelry is a very popular hobby today. Making beads and earrings is not difficult at all, the process takes a little time, and the result is amazing. You feel like a real jeweler, ready to create an original piece for any event. Try to mold polymer clay earrings for the New Year. They will be a great gift for your sister or girlfriend, or they will make you look original and festive.
Master class: choosing materials and tools
If you are not yet a very experienced sculptor, then let's figure out the material. Polymer clay is a thermoplastic, that is, a material resembling plasticine in consistency, easily taking the desired shape and hardening in the oven. You can buy clay of the color you need in the online store. The most popular are Fimo products from Eberhard Faber. It is softer - Soft and traditional - Classic.
If you start working with polymer clay, you will also need to purchase a glass work surface, blades and needles, glue, etc.
Now it's time to think about how our earrings will look like for the new year. To begin with, we choose a design suitable for the theme of the holiday. Herringbone earrings or lollipops will look cute. It's easy to make them. To create Christmas trees, we need:
- Green polymer clay
- Thin and thick blades
- Needle
- Rings and hooks
- Printed template
As you can see, a little material is needed. 
Master class: we sculpt a Christmas tree
First, find a beautiful template for our Christmas tree on the Internet and print it. It is better if the paper is thick, because it will be easier to work with in the future. 
Cut out our stencil and start creating from polymer clay.
Roll out the plate to the thickness you need, remember that the product should not be too thin, the best option - 0.5 cm. Now attach our stencil to the material and lightly press it into the mass. Take a thicker blade and carefully cut the tree out along the outline. Remember that the two earrings must be perfectly symmetrical. Now let's make a hole at the top of the tree. After drying, we will insert a clasp into them.
Our New Year's earrings are almost ready, but to harden them, we will place the product in the oven. Carefully read the instructions on the polymer clay plate: how long and at what temperature the heat treatment is carried out.
When the earrings have hardened, you should wait until they cool completely. After that, the craft can be coated with water-based varnish, which will give durability and prevent the colors from fading. We insert rings into the holes, on which we will attach the hook, that is, the hook lock. Now our Christmas earrings are completely ready. 
If you are more sophisticated in working with polymer clay, then the product will seem too boring. If you want to decorate the product, then it will take a little more materials, skills and time.
Purchase additionally:
- Multi-colored polymer clay
- Liquid plastic
- Sequins, glitters
After you have cut the trees out of the green clay, knead the white clay and mix it with the liquid plastic until creamy. Use the colored resin to create small balls that you attach to the tree. Start painting with white gel on a green surface, the drawing should resemble fluffy white snow lying on the branches of a tree. Attach miniature Christmas tree toys to the snow. The final stage is sparkles scattered over the entire surface of the product. After that, you can bake it. Now your earrings look really festive and bright.
Which version of the product to choose depends on you, in any case, with such a decoration you will be unique. 