To Make Scale Bird's Eggs
Follow the Instructions for Safe Handling of Polymer Clay.
- Combine Clay Colors to make the type of eggs you want to model. Here navy blue was combined with white to make a pale blue, then a tiny amount of yellow was added to get a deep robin's egg blue. If you want speckled eggs you can add a small amount of finely grated, baked polymer clay in the correct color.
- Roll out the polymer clay to the correct diameter for the thick end of the eggs.
- Cut sections of clay approximately one third shorter than you want the length of the egg. Here the eggs will be under two inches long, so the pieces were cut to 3/24 of an inch for 1:12 scale robin's eggs.
- Roll small balls from each cut section of clay
- Roll one side of the ball to make a narrower end for your eggs.
- Bake the eggs on a heat proof surface (a tile or disposable baking tin)according to the baking instructions for your brand of clay.
Great Reference Photos for a wide variety of eggs and nests can be viewed in an online Birds Nest Gallery by the About birding guide.
