You will need light green polymer clay, a bamboo skewer or a toothpick, and wire cutters. To make the chocolate apple you need brown chalk and TLS (If you don't have TLS, you can paint it). For the toffee apple you can use watered down acrylic paint or clear liquid clay (such as Fimo Deko gel). In this tutorial I will be using the paint.
The apple
First, you need to condition the clay. Then roll it out and cut it in to equal pieces. After this, roll each piece in to a ball shape.
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| Click to enlarge :) |
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| Don't worry if it's wobbly, we'll sort that out after it's baked :D |
Mix brown chalk with TLS. It's very easy :) You want to do this on a scrap piece of paper, preferably one you've already used but don't need (Wasting paper is BAD!). Then, just dip your apple in it. Make sure it's nicely coated with chocolate, but leave a bit of green showing at the top.
If you're wanting to make a toffee apple, and you have fimo deko gel, now would be a good time to use it :) I don't have fimo deko gel, so I can't show you how. Sorry :(
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| Now you need to bake them according to the instructions on the packet. |
One quick tip... The wooden part will probably not stay in the apple after baking. To fix this, take the skewer/toothpick out and cover the inside and the wood with glue. Anything that dries clear will do :)
Toffee/caramel
You can also use this technique to make caramel, by using light brown paint. You want to water down some acrylic paint, don't add as much water as I did! Dip in your apple and leave it to dry.
NOTE: I haven't got any pictures of the finished product yet. Will upload them later in a separate post :)
