Modeled insects

The cute little crawling animals are made of concrete Modelling clayand will delight both adults and children. They can also be very practical: Equipped with magnets they can remind you of many things, e.g. as refrigerator magnets or as note holders on your pin board. Also as a decoration in your garden the little animals make a great figure.

This is how you model the crawling animals:

First knead the concrete Modelling clay softly until it can be worked well.

For the ants: Form 4 different sized balls. The largest of these represents the hindquarters and should therefore be a little pointed. Press the balls together. You may have to brush and brush over them with water to make them stick together better. After drying (approx. 12 hours) you can spray Colour spray the ants with the water and Wobbly eyes fix it with hot glue. If you also want to form the eyes out of concrete, create 2 small balls as eyes. Press the eyelid and pupil into the concrete with the modelling tool and attach the eyes to the ant's head.

For the legs, cut six pieces of wire from with the side cutter and bend the ends with the round nose pliers for the feet. Then spray the legs as desired and stick Colour spray them into the concrete. Cut another two pieces of from wire for the feelers. Form them as desired and stick them into the ant's head

For the beetles: Form 2 concrete balls of different sizes and pu Modelling clay t them together. For the legs and feelers we used winding wire and formed them and put them into the concrete at the appropriate place. With the help of a modelling tool you can now suggest wings etc. After drying (approx. 12 hours), shape the beetles and Colour spray glue them on as Wobbly eyes eyes using hot glue

Do you want to use the insects as a fridge magnet or attach them to metal? Then simply stick magnets under your feet with hot glue and the little animals can crawl up everywhere

Coat the figures with painting ground first and let them dry well. Then apply your desired Handicraft paint apply. If you want to decorate the insects outside, coat the ants and beetles with Weather Protection Impregnation.