Clay strawberries that you can apply Christmas ornaments, gift toppers, jewelry, or just cute niggling figurines.

DIY clay strawberries, all lined up.

Clay strawberries coming at ya! For the last few years, I've fabricated a new batch of DIY ornaments and information technology

After I fabricated the clay mushroom ornaments concluding yr, I decided I would practise more clay ornaments this year flake was so much fun. And I wanted to make something that Hayes would like, and so I created a TON of clay strawberry ornaments. Strawberries are one of his favorite foods and he calls them 'hearts' and information technology's really cute.

But you lot're here for the ornaments, not the story. So, click through to discover out how I made all this strawberry ornaments.

Materials needed to make DIY clay strawberries.

Materials for Clay Strawberries

  • air dry out clay (and hither's a 2nd air dry clay selection)
  • wire
  • wire cutters and wire pliers
  • something to poke small holes (toothpick, etc)
  • acrylic paint (or gouache) and pigment castor

Phases of making a clay strawberry.

How to Make Clay Strawberry Ornaments

Pinch off a small chunk of air dry out clay and roll it into a ball. I like to coil the ball on the table because it will get super shine that manner (no wrinkles or cracks).

Then lightly pinch on the end to make the lesser a fiddling more pointed, like a strawberry.

Then flip it over and press the meridian against a flat surface to flatten the acme of the strawberry.

Poke small holes / indentions all the way around the strawberry to look like seeds. I used a drill fleck to create indentions, but you tin can utilize a toothpick, the prong of a fork, etc. Set side.

Phases of making a clay steam with leaves for strawberries.

Grab a small pinch of clay and scroll into a ball so squish information technology out flat. This part will become the leaves. Cut little triangle shapes around the circumvolve to brand information technology look like leaves for the strawberry. See photo.

So attach to the peak of the strawberry. You tin score the elevation of the strawberry and bottom of the leaves base and then push them together.

Clay circle that gets rolled into a long stem for a clay strawberry.

Then poke a pigsty through the center (down through the leaves and a piffling scrap into the strawberry.

So compression off a very small slice of clay (smaller than the leaves piece) and roll out into a thin tube. This will exist the stem. Poke the stem down into the hole yous made in the previous footstep. Cut off any excess of the stem and so that it'due south relatively short.

Twisting wire into an eye loop with a straight end for poking into clay.

Now it's time to make the hook and so it can hang and be an ornament. Cut a piece of wire ii-3 inches long. And twist the wire into a loop with a tail, for lack of a better way of explaining. Cutting off the long function of the tail (leaving a short length that will stick into the dirt).

Air dry clay strawberry with wire loop for hanging.

Press the wire tail into the strawberry, though the leaves, by the stem.

Wait for the air dry out clay to dry over night or 24 hours.

Painting clay strawberries with a small paintbrush.

Then, pigment the hardened strawberries with acrylic paint or gouache. I wanted the color to be very paint, and so I dry out brushed the pigment on to make the color more muted.

Add together a string or a wire claw to the loop y'all created in a previous step. I used a small piece of velvet ribbon for each ornament to add a lilliputian flair and and then a wire hook to actually hang onto the tree.

More DIY Clay Ideas

  • These DIY earrings, with several different polymer clay techniques, are one of my most pop projects ever.
  • These mushroom ornaments are probably my all-time favorite DIY ornaments I've made.
  • I besides shared how to make terra cotta rainbow ornaments that I nevertheless love hanging on the tree.
  • And final just not least, a tutorial for how to make a bolo tie, using clay.

Step by step guide for making clay strawberries.

Pile of handmade clay strawberries in various shades of pink.

Clay strawberries with paint palette nearby.

Closeup of clay strawberries in various reds and pinks.

Clay strawberries in a pile shaped like a Christmas tree.

DIY Dirt Strawberries (to Utilise as Ornaments and Souvenir Toppers)

Clay strawberries coming at ya! For the concluding few years, I've made a new batch of DIY ornaments and information technology Afterward I made the dirt mushroom ornaments concluding year, I decided I would practice more than clay ornaments this twelvemonth scrap was so much fun. And I wanted to make something that Hayes would like, so I created a TON of dirt strawberry ornaments. Strawberries are i of his favorite foods and he calls them 'hearts' and it'south really beautiful. Just you're here for the ornaments, non the story. So, click through to observe out how I made all this strawberry ornaments.

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  • air dry clay and here's a 2nd air dry clay selection
  • wire
  • wire cutters and wire pliers
  • something to poke modest holes toothpick, etc
  • acrylic paint or gouache and paint brush

  • Pinch off a minor chunk of air dry clay and curlicue information technology into a ball. I similar to roll the ball on the table because it will become super smoothen that way (no wrinkles or cracks). Then lightly compression on the finish to make the bottom a little more than pointed, similar a strawberry. Then flip it over and printing the top against a flat surface to flatten the top of the strawberry.

  • Poke small holes / indentions all the way effectually the strawberry to look similar seeds. I used a drill fleck to create indentions, simply you lot tin can use a toothpick, the prong of a fork, etc. Set up side.

  • Take hold of a minor pinch of dirt and scroll into a ball and so squish it out flat. This part volition become the leaves. Cut fiddling triangle shapes around the circumvolve to go far look like leaves for the strawberry. Come across photo. And then attach to the top of the strawberry. You lot can score the height of the strawberry and lesser of the leaves base and and so push them together.

  • Then poke a hole through the center (down through the leaves and a picayune chip into the strawberry.

  • Then pinch off a very small slice of clay (smaller than the leaves piece) and roll out into a thin tube. This will exist the stem. Poke the stem down into the hole y'all made in the previous stride. Cut off any backlog of the stem then that it's relatively short.

  • Now it's fourth dimension to brand the hook then information technology tin can hang and be an ornament. Cut a piece of wire 2-3 inches long. And twist the wire into a loop with a tail, for lack of a better style of explaining. Cutting off the long part of the tail (leaving a short length that volition stick into the clay). Printing the wire tail into the strawberry, though the leaves, by the stem.

  • Look for the air dry clay to dry over night or 24 hours.

  • Then, paint the hardened strawberries with acrylic pigment or gouache. I wanted the color to be very paint, so I dry brushed the paint on to brand the color more than muted.

  • Add a string or a wire hook to the loop y'all created in a previous footstep. I used a small slice of velvet ribbon for each ornament to add a little flair and then a wire hook to really hang onto the tree.

What else could you use these clay strawberries for?

I was thinking that these would really exist really cute to use for jewelry. Possibly some earrings or niggling charms for a bracelet or necklace? Only on a smaller calibration.

If yous decided to create picayune clay strawberries for jewelry, I would probably use polymer clay instead because information technology'southward a footling more than durable subsequently it'southward baked.