Step 1
Make your polymer clay cactus pots
Make a brown clay ball.
Step 2
Push it inside your wooden pot and flatten the surface.
Step 3
Insert a 1cm (⅜") jewellery wire halfway into the clay using flat nose pliers. Make one per cactus.
How to make the leafy clay cactus
Step 1
Make 10 to 12 4mm (¼") diameter green clay balls. Roll each into a bicone (fat in the middle and thin at each end) and smooth out.
Step 2
Hold the bicones side by side and press them gently together.
Step 3
Using a thin polymer clay blade, cut the end to create a flat bottom. Attach to the pot using some translucent liquid clay.
Step 4
Use your fingers to gently curl the ends of the cactus stems.
How to make the prickly clay cactus
Step 1
Make four clay balls in different colours for the pot, cactus body and flower. Roll the green clay into a long teardrop shape. Cut some small pieces of toothbrush bristle.
Step 2
Using flat nose pliers, insert each toothbrush bristle piece halfway into the clay to create thorns in a straight line. Repeat to create five equally-spaced lines.
Step 3
Cut the end of your cacti with your blade to create a flat bottom and attach to the pot using some translucent liquid clay.
Step 4
Slightly flatten your flower ball and gently press it on top of the cactus. Indent it using your needle, forming a star shape.
Step 5
Place the smallest ball on top and push it very gently with your finger to stick it to the cactus.
How to make an orange flower clay cactus
Step 1
Roll a ball of green clay into a short, chubby teardrop and cut the end to create a flat bottom.
Step 2
Use a needle to pierce tiny holes in the clay surface to create a dotted line. Repeat four more times to create five equally-spaced dotted lines. Attach it to the pot.
Step 3
Make five 3mm (⅛") clay balls and form each one into a pointed petal. Arrange them into a flower and press together.
Step 4
Attach the cactus to the pot using liquid clay, then attach the flower to the cactus.
Step 5
Make three small balls, flatten them and stack them on the centre of the flower. Press gently to stick, then pierce a hole in the centre using a needle.
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How to make an pink flower clay cactus
Step 1
Make a 1cm (⅜") green ball and two smaller contrast colour balls.
Step 2
Roll the green ball into a long teardrop shape, then place on a flat surface and shape into a long pyramid. Cut the bottom and tip.
Step 3
Gently create a dotted line using a needle. Repeat two more times on each side.
Step 4
Slightly flatten the pink clay ball by pressing it gently between your fingers.
Step 5
Apply translucent liquid clay onto the tip of the cactus and attach to the pot as before.
Step 6
Attach the ball to the cactus.
Step 7
Place the smallest ball on top and flatten it using your nail.
How to make a pear clay cactus
Step 1
Roll a small log of red clay.
Divide it into five equal segments, and then roll each one into a 1.5mm (⅛") ball.
Step 2
Make two green balls, one 1cm (⅜") and one 4mm (¼"). Roll the green balls into teardrop shapes and flatten with your finger.
Step 3
Use a needle to create a dotted pattern on each of the cacti stems. Cut off the bottom of both stems using your blade.
Step 4
Place the smaller stem on the big one and push it to stick. Roll each red ball into a teardrop shape.
Step 5
Using the needle, make fairly big holes on the edge of the cactus stems. Widen them by rotating the needle in a circular motion while the tip is in the clay.
Step 6
Insert each little red teardrop into these holes and push very gently to fix them in place securely. Attach the cactus to the pot using translucent liquid clay. Arrange in a miniature home.
