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BABY’S RAINBOW BIRD MOBILE

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You will need:

Paper clay, preferably white – earthenware or stoneware
Rolling pin, plastic sheet, roller guides 10mm and 2-3mm
Card and paper to make templates
Pencil, craft knife
Rainbow colours of underglaze – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, plus black
Brushes to apply colour – including a really fine-tipped one
Jewellery wire and crimp beads, plus a pair of pliers
Glass or other beads of choice

1 Using a large, something round like a bucket lid or a set of large compasses, if you have one, draw, then cut out, a large semi-circle on the sheet of paper.

Measure the central point of the straight edge of the semi-circle, then draw another semi-circle 2cm in from

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