I’m thinking ahead to spring with an easy to make DIY air dry clay carrots project. To be more specific these are air dry terra cotta clay. Keep reading to see how to make a cute little bunch of your own.
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DIY Air Dry Clay Carrots
I’ve been playing around with clay a bit, but only shared one project on the blog so far. Now I’m ready to share one of my more successful projects which is creating mini clay carrots.
Just think how cute these mini carrots will be in your spring vignettes with bunnies.
Shop Supplies
- air dry clay in terra cotta
- sculpting tools or pottery tools
- bowl of water
- green raffia ribbon or green raffia
- scissors
- craft glue
Are you ready to get your hands dirty? Yay me too!
Making Air Dry Clay Carrots
Start by covering your work surface with plastic, cardboard or paper. My craft table is metal or I’m working on a sheet of paper.
Scoop out a small portion of air dry clay at a time. I keep plastic wrap over my clay to keep it from drying out and if I need to walk away I replace the lid too.
Using your hands work the clay into little cone shapes. Slightly round the big end and the narrow tip to make it look like a carrot.
Once you make as many carrot shapes as you wish. Use a pointed wood sculpting tool to create a hole in the big end of the carrot about an inch deep.
With flat edged wood sculpting tool make small line indentions, staggering them sparingly, around the clay form. This will add dimension and a bit of character to the carrots.
Now let the clay air dry for at 3 or 4 days. Turn them a few times each day during the drying process. You’ll notice as the clay drys it becomes lighter in color.
When the carrots are dry make the stems.
Raffia Carrot Stems
To make the carrot stems I’m using green raffia ribbon, however you can also use tissue paper or construction paper.
Unfold or flatten the raffia paper and cut four pieces that are about 5 inches long. Stack the pieces and make three cuts about 3/4 of the way down. Pinch or roll the ends together so the stem is small enough to fit into the end of the carrot.
Add a dot of glue inside the hole and insert the raffia stem. Scrunch the paper a little bit to make it look fuller.
Thanks to the natural color of terra cotta clay these carrots don’t require paint. Although if you want to use white air-dry clay you can paint or decorate them as you wish.
Decorating With Mini Clay Carrots
Waiting for the clay to dry is seriously the hardest part of the whole project. I’m only mentioning that so you can make some now, and use in spring or Easter arrangements.
I think I’m truly smitten with these mini clay carrots, and I guarantee you’ll be seeing them very soon in a spring vignette I’m planning. They could also end up on my my kitchen shelf display or tied to the outside of a jar holding flowers. So many possibilities!
For more spring air dry clay projects click on my post, DIY Clay Flower Garland.
Be sure to follow Thistle Key Lane on Pinterest, where the boards are up to date with inspiration that you can use right now!
Thank you so much for visiting today and I hope you enjoyed reading about my DIY air dry clay carrots. There’s plenty of time for you to make a bunch of your own to decorate with this spring.
Cheers!
©2023 DIY Air Dry Clay Carrots post first appeared on Thistle Key Lane.
Michelle, these are so adorable!!! I’m definitely going to try this! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Amy! I can’t wait to add these to a spring vignette!
These are so adorable! I would love to share this post on my weekly newsletter. Hugs and blessings to you.
Thank you so much Renae and of course I appreciate any shares! 😊
Absolutely adorable, pinned! Thank you!
Thank you for stopping by and pinning Rita! Hugs!
Omg. Love air dry clay love these.
Thank you Regina! You should make some too!
Okay…these are ADORABLE!!! What a cute DIY for Spring!! I love that you used raffia for the stems…how fun these are to style in all sorts of different ways!! Pinned!
Thank you so much Rachel! These were incredibly easy, even for a novice like me!
Michelle these are adorable for spring! I just pinned your post!
Thank you so much for pinning Nicolle! Hugs!
These are so adorable!!! And I bet I’ll see them again soon. Thank you for sharing them on Farmhouse Friday. Pinned and being featured tomorrow. 🙂
I’m so excited to have my post featured Cindy! Thank you so much!
Oh my gosh, Michelle. These are so dang cute. I LOVE them and I think my readers will too! I am going to share a photo and link to your post in my weekly recap on Sunday.
Thank you for sharing such an adorable and easy spring DIY!
Thank you so much sweet friend for the comments and for the share! They really are so fun to make!
Love these Michelle, I am featuring them tomorrow on my blog.
Thank you so much Wendy! Hugs to you and I hope you’re feeling better!
Michelle, these are just the cutest. I pinned them and I’m sharing them in my Weekender house Party Newsletter
Hope you re having the loveliest weekend!
Thank you so much Diane for mention in your newsletter and for pinning! Hugs my friend!
Michelle I can’t believe how real these DIY carrots look! My wheels are spinning lol! Thanks for the inspiration xx
Thank you so much Cindy! I’m pretty excited about my first attempt at making these!
Michelle – I must know your signature style. The minute I saw this photo in a link party – I thought to myself “Oh! That looks like something from Thistle Key Lane”. Your carrots are fantastic. So creative! Your photos are amazing – as always. Have a great week.
You are so sweet Anna, and I appreciate your comments more than you know! Hope you’re having a great week too!