How to Make Rudolph the Reindeer Polymer Clay Christmas Earrings

Tools and materials:

• Polymer clay 
• Rolling pin
• Cutter blade
• Rubber tip brush
• Dotting tool
• Needle
• Earring molds

1. Cut the pink clay

Start by rolling some pale pink clay into a sausage shape and then cut it into two circles using the cutting blade.

2. Create the base of the earrings

Mold the circles to make little balls, and then push each of them into your earring molds so that they are flat and cover the whole base. 

You can get rid of fingerprints using paper or silicone tools.

3. Create the antlers

Take some dark brown clay and roll it as thin as you can. Next, use a needle to pick up the brown strands and place them on the earring, as shown above. Gently press them down. These will make the base of the antlers.

Tip: I recommend creating both earrings at the same time, as it makes it easier to keep the sizes the same between them.

4. Create the face

Next, take some brown clay in a slightly lighter shade. Roll it into a sausage and then cut two circles from it. Roll the circles into balls and press them onto the design. These circles will be Rudolph’s head. 

As before, you can use some silicone tools to help get rid of the fingerprints. 

5. Complete the antlers

Take some of the very thin brown clay that you rolled before and cut it into little pieces. Use a needle to apply those pieces to the earrings. These will make up the detail of the antlers. Do this on both sides of both antlers on each of the earrings.

6. Create the eyes

Roll some white clay very thinly and cut it into little pieces. Then roll those little pieces into very small balls. Place the balls onto the design, as shown above, and use the dotting tool to help press them down. These will form Rudolph’s eyes.

Roll some black clay very thin, cut it into little sections, and then roll them into very small balls, even smaller than the white balls you rolled before. Use the dotting tool to apply the black clay to the design and press it down. These black circles will be the pupils of the eyes.

7. Create Rudolph's red nose

Take some red clay, roll it, cut it and then shape little circles out of it.

8. Create the snow background

Finish off by rolling little balls out of your white clay. Then, use the dotting tool to apply them to your design. These white circles will be falling snow in the background.

9. Bake and glue

Polymer clay needs to be baked. Check the instructions on your polymer clay packaging for the recommended temperature and length of time for baking, as this can vary.

Pop the clay pieces out of the earring back and bake. Once cooled, add a blob of glue and secure the designs on the earring backs.

Polymer clay Christmas earrings tutorial

Here are the finished polymer clay Christmas earrings. They’re so cute for the Christmas season, and they also make great gifts, so you can make a bunch of them and give them to your loved ones! Let me know what you think of these DIY reindeer earrings in the comments below.