- 1). Draw or print any light switch cover shape on paper. You can use a silhouette from an existing image or create your own outline, specific or abstract.
- 2). Roll out polymer clay to 1/4-inch thickness with a rolling pin on a baking sheet.
- 3). Lay the paper with the drawn or printed image lightly on top of the clay and secure it with tape.
- 4). Trace the outline of the image with a pen or pencil to score the clay.
- 5). Remove the paper from the clay.
- 6). Cut out the shape marked on your clay sheet with a craft knife.
- 7). Place a standard light switch cover upside down on the clay.
- 8). Trace the holes for the light switch and screw holes.
- 9). Cut out the holes with a craft knife. Make your cuts at the outside of the score marks so the holes won't be too small.
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Decorate the surface of the clay with more clay ornamentation, if desired. Add flowers, insects, animals, musical instruments or anything else to make a themed light switch cover of your choice, or make a more abstract design with "slices." Make slices by stacking thin sheets of multiple colors of clay on top of one another. Roll them up like a jelly roll and then make thin cross-wise slices, resulting in round, colorful spirals. - 11
Bake the clay for 20 minutes at 275 degrees, or as directed on the polymer clay packaging. - 12
Spray paint the baked clay in the color of your choice, or leave as --- if you used colored clay to decorate before baking.
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