1. Begin the polymer clay turkey by pressing the ball of red clay flat
to form a circle. Make the size of the circle the size you want the
turkey to be.
2. Using a blade or cutting tool, but the bottom 1/3 of the circle
away.
3. Next, flatten the orange ball of clay into a circle. Make the circle
slightly smaller than the red circle, and place it over the red circle
slightly under the red edge, as shown. Cut away the bottom of the
orange clay to be flush with the red edge.
4. Do the same thing with the yellow ball of clay. This the tail
feathers of the turkey.
5. Make cuts in the tail with a blade or cutting tool, for more detail
and definition.
6. Create a depression in the tail for the turkey body. I did this by
pressing by polymer clay tool into the clay (you can use a pencil to do
this as well).
7. Create the turkey body out of the brown clay. Roll it into a rounded
off cylinder, and push it into the depression.
8. Create two large holes for the eyes, using the tip of a pencil or a
polymer clay piercing tool.
9. Making two small balls out of white clay, and then push them in the
eye holes.
10. You can then make two additional holes
in the white eyes for the black pupils, or you can draw a black dot on
them with a marker after the clay has baked and cools. If you make them
out of clay, just roll two teeny tiny balls of black clay and place
them into the tiny holes you made in the white eyes.
11. Make a little gizzard out of a bit of red clay, and place them
below the eyes. Then make a little yellow beak like a triangle and
place it under the eyes but over the gizzard.
12. For the feet, you can make two flat circles out of orange clay and
push them on the bottom.
13. Bake the clay piece in the oven according to the
manufacturer’s instructions.
14. Apply a polymer clay sealing coat if
desired, after the piece has cooled.
