How to Make a Standing Tiger Out of Clay

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a flat

   If you create it on a bumpy surface, the tiger might look bumpy or some parts smaller than the other, for example, the head is bumpy or one leg is bigger than the other.
   
   A flat space will help you make your clay tiger comfortably.
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   Step 2: clean workspace to create your clay tiger.

   Roll it into a ball.
   
   Shape it into a rectangular prism.
   
   Round the edges to help it look like a tiger's body. , This will be the head.
   
   Stick the head at the end of the body with a toothpick.
   
   To stick the head on, break a toothpick in half.
   
   Poke one of the halves of the toothpick in the place you're going to put the head.
   
   Stick the head onto the toothpick.
   
   Don't let any of the toothpick show up at the bottom, and make sure the toothpick doesn't stick out.
   
   The toothpick will help the head stay and not fall off. , Poke small holes in them. , You will see a mouth form. , Flatten them, but keep them a little thick.
   
   Stick them on top of the head, one on the left, one on the right. , Stick them on the front of the ears.
   
   These will show the inside of the ear. , Stick them on the (not all the way on the top) top. , Shape a ball of clay into a triangle and stick it in the high middle of the snout (where the muzzle and mouth are). , Stick them to the front sides of the body. , If you'd like, you can add pads and/or claws. , Bend the ends to create paws.
   
   Stick the legs to the back sides of the body. , Roll a black oval of clay and stick it at the end of the orange strip.
   
   Stick it where the bottom will be. , Stick them everywhere (not all over, or the tiger will be messy!) for stripes. ,
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   Step 3: Start with a big piece of orange clay.

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   Step 4: Roll a smaller piece of orange clay into a ball.

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   Step 5: Roll two small yellow balls of clay and add them to the bottom (not all the way at the bottom) of the head.

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   Step 6: Roll another small ball of yellow clay

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   Step 7: and add them under the two muzzles

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   Step 8: in the middle.

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   Step 9: Roll two small orange pieces of clay into two balls for the ears.

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    Step 10: Flatten two smaller pieces of black clay

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    Step 11: and flatten (this time

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    Step 12: not thick at all).

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    Step 13: Make eyes using two small balls of black clay.

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    Step 14: Add a nose using pink or black clay.

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    Step 15: Make arms by rolling two cylinders of orange clay.

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    Step 16: Bend the end for paws.

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    Step 17: Make legs by rolling two cylinders of orange clay.

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    Step 18: Make a tail by rolling a cylinder of orange clay into a thinner cylinder.

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    Step 19: Make lots of strips of black clay.

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    Step 20: Finished.

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