Clay Pot- Dachshund

7/ 13/ 14


Hello, my lovely craftaholics!  I'm going to tell you how to make a

clay dachshund that is simultaneously a pot! I made this when I was at a crafting seminar and it was so much fun!  I made this for 4- H and put it in the county fair; it got reserve champion!  I now use it to hold some of my jewelry.  Do you need something to hold all of your little trinkets?  Well this cute little pot would be perfect!


Dachshund pot:


Supplies:


-Paint (Preferably normal dog colors)

-Paint brush

-Scrap paper to paint on

-An old shirt, so you don't get any nice ones all painty

-Water in a plastic, throwaway cup for getting rid of extra paint on the paintbrush

-Large bowl

Ingredients for clay:

-2 cups of salt

-2 1/2 cups flour

-1 cup water (extra water may be needed if ingredients do not mix well enough)

Directions:

1. Mix flour and salt together in large bowl.

2. Add and mix in the water.

3. Knead doughy mixture until smooth.

4. Cover bowl and refrigerate.

5. Once the mixture is cold, take out of the refrigerator and break into 10 parts (1 really small part, 6 normal small parts, 1 medium part, 1 large part, and 1 extra large part).

6. Pick up your extra large piece and roll around in your hands, making a long, spherical shape.

7. Start pushing into the clay near an end of the long sphere, making a pot- like indentation.

8. Pick up your large piece and roll it around in your hands, focusing on making one part of your ball stick out like a nose.

9. Take two normal small pieces roll in your hands separately.

10. Flatten the pieces separately, making sure one end of each is rounded.

11.  Press the flat pieces on opposite sides of the large piece like dachshund ears.

12. Take your smallest piece and roll into a tidy small ball.

13.  Press onto the tip of the longer part of the large piece.  Do not be afraid to flatten it a little as you press it in, it's fine.

14.  Take the large piece with all of it's pieces still attached and gebtly press it intk your largest piece with the pot- like indentation.   You may have to take some clay off of each piece and press it over the crevice separarting the pieces.

14.  Now take the 4 normal small pieces and flatten them into dachshund feet shapes.  You can use anything with a pointy end and draw 4 lines in each foot to signify the toes.

15.  Take your last piece and roll it into whatever kind of tail you want your dachshund pot to have.  Stick it onto the end of the pot.

16.  Let your pot dry in the sun for about a day or until it is hard and not soft.

17.  Get the colors you want your dachshund to be and lay them out in front of you.

18.  Place your dried pot on top of some paper and paint away!  Be sure not to forgeg the eyes!

Making this pot was so much fun for me, and I hope you have just as much fun!