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Katy-A — Clay Eye Tutorial
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Due to Popular Demand~I've made a tutorial on how to make clay/sculpey eyes for plush!
I actually had a really fun time making this one. It only took me around two hours, versus the 10+ it took to make
the Toothless one. Not to mention I could do this one outside. It was such a beautiful day out.
Watch out when using the super glue! I glued my fingernail to my finger on several occasions. See what I do for you guys?
If there's anything you don't understand, ask me! If this tutorial isn't clear, I'd love to go back in and change it.
I'll have a text version up soon. I just need to get it formatted correctly.
once again, i do love those llamas
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Maybe ^.~
It's funny because my OC is married to Ed (actual dream sparked this romance) but my fiance looks like Roy o.O
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where can i get plastic safety eyes or how coud i attach them if i cant get any, i looked on the joan fabric and craft website but cant find them
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Michael's sells them. They're in the teddy bear/googly eye section.
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where can i get the plastic saftey eyes ?
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You could use felt, but it's flatter and won't be as defined as if you did it in Sculptey. Just get thread matching the iris and pupli colors and embroider them on. That's what I'm doing for back up if my Sculptey doen't work.
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for some reason the ckay is super duper hard and doesnt want to roll, it keeps cracking, is there anything to fix that ?
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Oh yeah..... Do you bake in the oven or in a kiln?
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You bake sculptey in the oven. I had to bake my model of 3 (from Shane Acker's '9') on my family's oven for about an hour. There should be instructions on the wrapper.
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FANTASTICK!!!!!
Thnx to you I can even do this!!!!!
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Where do you buy your safety eyes? My friend and I are having a hell of a time trying to find some. >.<
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if you have a michaels by you, they sell them. That's where Ibought mine. However, I find you can use a screw and a nut instead of a safety eye in the clay.
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Yeah, we checked our Micheal's but couldn't find any! I was shocked, haha. But that's okay, we found some at Joanne's. But thank you for the tip! I'm trying to make this plushie for my boyfriend for Christmas, and, obviously, I'm running out of time. I'll keep that in mind next time though. Thank you so much.
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how would you go about making a fabric eye for say your design of a toothless plush? (seeing as how I can't get the stuff for the eye)
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Try light green and black felt, and find thread matching the iris and pupil, them embroider it onto the plush. It'll look flatter and less realistic than sculptey, but it's another (kind of cheaper) way.
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Hey Katy me again hope u don't mind me asking another question what colour did you use for toothlesses iris's? I am toying with a pale yelllow or green...
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how do you attach the eyes to the plush? wont wobble about jus being attached buy a little plastic loop? sorry im new to plushie making and am being way to ambitious in attempting a toothless plush 
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If you mount them on plastic safety eyes, then they have a washer and peg sort of thing in them that helps. I also like using super glue.
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Thank god I found your tutorial! I need to make eyes for a Poring plushie I'm making and I was starting to freak out about how I was going to do that! Thanks for posting this!
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After glazing do the eyes come out hard of kinda squishy
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It shouldn't. They should be hard.
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This is awesome! Thanks for putting it up
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where did you get your supplies from?
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one question, how am i supposed to attach the eyes to the face?
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Do you have them mounted on plastic safety eyes?
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Where would I get the plastic eye from step 5?
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YES!!! Thank you so much for this!
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hey I have a little problem, I want to make my toothless plushie, but I can't seem to find one item, the plastic safety eyes. I've gone to all the art and crafts stores in my area and can't find those things anywhere! Where did you buy yours?
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I bought mine at an AC Moore- I've found that Jo Anns and Michaels don't have them. If you can't find them there, you could try online? This place looks promising ---> [link]
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thanks! I'll try Acmoore tomorrow
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wow this is soooo useful!! now i can get the colors of eyes that i want :3
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Ok dumb question...
I don't understand what that black piece of plastic is or what it is for? How does that attach to the plush?
Thank you again for making this, it's help me discover that I can sew xD!
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You mean the black, plastic safety eyes? They get glued into the clay eyes, then you use the peg on the safety eye to secure the eyes to the head.
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Where in the world would you find a plastic safety eye? xD;
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Ah! So they're actually something they sell? Thought maybe you had to make them or something xD thanks for your help!! :]
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Nope, you can buy them at most craft stores ^^.
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