How to Make Clay Fruits

In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to make clay fruits. These could be used for a dollhouse or miniature scene or they go really well with our clay Very Hungry Caterpillar too!

These are really simple to make and only require a few basic materials. Although it is ideal to make these using tools specifically made for working with clay, you can also make use of items around your house to form these with.

How to Make Clay Fruits

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List of Supplies:

• Air dry clay or foam clay
• Clay tools
• Wire or a needle
• Sharpies 

Instructions for Clay Orange:

Step 1:

Select different colored clays for the clay fruits. Let’s start with the orange. Select green and orange clay for the clay orange. Take a small amount of orange clay and form a smooth round shape with it.

Step 2:

Use the pin-head clay tool to make a small hole at one end of the clay orange ball. This will be the bottom side of the clay orange.

Step 3:

Use a small needle-like object (or a needle) to make a small hole at the opposite end of the previous hole. This will be the top side of the clay orange. Make a small rope-like stem for the clay orange, from green clay.

Step 4:

Insert an open end of the green clay stem into the small hole created in the previous step.

Step 5:

Take a small amount of green clay (1/4 of the amount used for the orange) and smoothen it out. 

Step 6:

Form a leaf shape with the green clay.

Step 7:

 Use the knife tool to make vein-lines on the clay leaf.

Step 8:

Join the clay leaf near the clay stem while it is soft.

Step 9:

Use an orange sharpie to add orange dots to the clay orange, this will give the clay orange a nice texture.

Instructions for Clay Pears:

Step 1:

Select 2 different shades of green clays for the pears. Take a small amount of light green clay and form a smooth round shape with it.

Step 2:

Roll it against a flat surface to give it a slight oval shape.

Step 3:

Roll any one side of the oval shaped green clay against the flat surface to make it thinner than its other side.

Step 4:

Use the pin-head clay tool to make a hole at the wide end of the clay pears. This will be the bottom side of the clay pears.

Step 5:

Make a small and thin stem from brown clay and attach it the top side of the clay pears like we attached the stem for the clay orange.

Instructions for Clay Strawberry:

Step 1:

Select green and red clays for the clay plum. Take a small amount of red clay and form a smooth round shape with it. Roll the red clay ball between 2 finger tips to make half of its part slightly thinner.

Step 2:

Use the pin-head clay tool to make a hole at the narrow end of the clay strawberry. This will be the bottom side of the clay strawberry.

Step 3:

Take out an amount of green clay and form a disc shape with it.

Step 4:

Use the knife tool to make 5 slits around the green clay disc.

Step 5:

Use your fingertips to make each divided part pointy. This will form a star shape.

Step 6:

Place the green star-shape on the wide side of the clay strawberry. Use a needle tool to make a hole in the center of the star-shape. Use a small amount of green clay to make a small stem.

Step 7:

Insert any one end of the clay stem into the small hole created in the previous step.

Step 8:

Use a red sharpie to add dots or textures to the clay strawberry to give it a finished look.