Adorable Birds Nest Magnet

For today's post, I'm going to show you how to make an adorable birds nest magnet. You can use it on whiteboards, your fridge, anything with a strong enough magnetic pull. These are pretty easy to make and don't require that much time. (Contrary to what my dad might have sad during the photography process.) 

Here's what you'll need: 

One pair of scissors
One relatively big ball of golden clay
A magnet
A ball of white clay
A ball of light pink clay
 A quite big, ball of green or blue clay 
A scratching tool (To make scratches on the birds nest)

First, take your  ball of golden clay...

...and press your thumb into the center of the ball,then pinch all the way
around the edges of your bowl shape.

It should look something like this.

Now, take your scratching tool,

and scratch the outside and the inside edges at random angles
with it.

It should look sort of like this.

Put your birds nest aside, and take a ball of pink clay about so
big, and roll it into an egg shape.
Then repeat the last 2 steps with both the white and some of green.

It Should look like this.

Now, take a ball of green clay slightly bigger than the ball you made for the
egg...

...And roll it into a cylinder, but make the top slightly thinner than the   
bottom.

Pinch the edge of  the fat side to create the bird's tail.

Take another ball of green the same 
size as the ball you made for your green egg, and
 press the one side in to create a flat edge.
This is where you're going to put the beak.

Next, you're going to pinch the top of the opposite side to the one you flattened to create a crest on the top of the bird's head.

Now take a relatively small ball of pink clay, and press all three sides to create a triangle shape.
This is your beak.

Now, press your beak to the flattened edge on the bird's face. 

Then, take a ball of pink clay slightly smaller than the previous
ball of clay,and make it into a small eye shape.
Make two of these balls.

Press the eyes on either side of the bird's head.
It should look like this.

Next attach the bird's head to it's body.
It should look like this.

Next, take a ball a ball of white clay, and roll it into the shape of a Tick Tack.

Squish your Tick Tack shape to create an oval pancake looking thing.;).Take two small balls the same size as the ones for the eyes of the bird, and flatten them to make his feet. 

Press your oval pancake to your bird's tummy and push the feet to the bottom of his body.
It Should look like this.

So now you are going to put all three of your eggs in a ring, leaving some space for mama bird.

Next, cut one third off of your magnet.

Then, put your bird into the nest with her eggs encircling her, and push your small piece of magnet to the back of the nest, so it looks like they're looking out from a tree. 

Now bake and use! These tweety treats will make you want to sing every time you see them,and they are guaranteed not to drive you cuckoo;)
XOXO
Via  
Authors note: When making the nest, you might want to add some snakes of  gold clay to the edges to represent  twigs.