Materials Needed:

Note : Do not reuse tools for food after using them for polymer clay.

Mix Clay - Mix ½ of a pea size ball of black clay with all the red. Mix tiny amount of black clay with the green clay. This will darken both the red and green clay.  Click here to print a copy of the house pattern to scale.

House Bottom - Use rolling tool to roll out and flatten red clay to 5/8 ". Cut one house bottom using knife. 

House Top - Use rolling tool to roll red clay to 3/8 ". Cut one House Top.

House Roof- Use rolling tool to roll white clay out to a very thin sheet. Cut out one Big Roof and one Small Roof using knife.

Put House Together- Put big white roof on top of House Bottom, making sure roof is centered. Put House Top on top of House Bottom and Big Roof. Put Small Roof on top of House Top. 

House Trim - Cut candy cane Designer Canes the length of the corners of House Bottom with straight edge razor blade. Push candy canes into clay carefully at corners of House Bottom. 

Door - Roll a small amount of green clay into a very small ball. Roll the ball on your working surface to stretch the ball into a short rope. Flatten this clay with your finger and thumb. Put this clay in the center of House Bottom where door would go. Press into place. 

Decorate House - Warm designer canes following instructions on home page. Cut thin slices of Designer Canes using straight edge razor blade. 

 

Place these Designer Cane slices all over the house, door, roofs, sides, and back. Gently press the Designer Cane slices into the clay house. 

Foundation - Roll a ball of white clay into a short fat rope. Flatten this rope to make the foundation. Position the Decorated House in the center of the foundation. Gently press the House into the foundation. 

Bushes - Roll tiny pieces of green clay into balls. Place these balls on both sides of the front door for bushes. Texture bushes using knife to poke and rough surface.

Tree - Roll small amount of green clay into cone shape. Attach tree to foundation on one side next to house. Texture tree by poking with point of knife.

Green Arch - Roll a small amount of green clay into a small long rope. Bend the rope into a half circle. Attach this arch at side of House by gently pressing arch ends into white foundation

Decorate - Cut Designer Canes in thin slices using straight edge razor blade. Put Designer Cane slices on trees, bushes, arch , and wherever desired in yard.

 Gently press Designer Cane slices into the clay. 

Lift and Bake - Use the knife to slide under foundation and carefully lift House and foundation off work surface

Place Christmas House in glass baking dish and bake at 275 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes.