Polymer clay fishing lures; making them for yourself

Easy to follow instructions for making a light-weight spoon lure.

Are you wondering how to make your own fishing lures out of polymer clay? Then follow these steps and create a one of a kind homemade fishing lure!

These lures make great gifts, and your friends and family will be amazed you made them yourself! The type of lure outlined in this article is a simple, light-weight tri-colored spoon.

Polymer clay fishing lures and how to make them for yourself:

Step 1: First, choose your colors of polymer clay, the brighter the better! You will need three colors to make your own fishing lures.

2. Make sure your clay is well conditioned before you do anything else. The clay needs to be bent, broken, and rerolled by your hands until it is pliable, easily sculpted, and soft.

3. Make a ball out of the different portions of clay by rolling it. You want to make these balls of clay slightly larger than a shooter marble or gumball.

4) Use a rolling pin or other cylindrical object to roll the balls of clay down to the thickness of a quarter inch.

5) Cut each oval section of clay into three sections of identical length once you've gotten then rolled down, and be careful when you do it.

6. Take a portion of each of your colored ovals and make two full spoon shapes by putting them together. Let's say you chose orange, red, and yellow clays for your fishing lure: The clay spoon that you are putting together will have an orange border on the right, a yellow border on the left, and an interior that is red. The second spoon you make will have the colors reversed.

Step 7: Lay the three pieces side by side, overlapping the edges slightly. Place a small screweye near each end of one clay oval. Now, place your second clay oval on top of the one which has the screw eyes.

8. Using the rolling pin or bottle again, roll the clay again to get the pieces to stick to one another.

9) Finesse the shape of your lure with a knife to get the look you want. Use the instructions that came with your clay to bake your tri-colored clay spoon, which is typically set onto a baking sheet.

10) Once it's baked, take it out to cool it; once that's done, use denim cloth or find sandpaper to polish it until it has a nice sheen to it. After this, you should weigh your spoon in the water, which might require putting lead sinkers on it to make it work right.

When you want to make your own fishing lure, polymer clay is often the way to go when choosing your materials. It's waterproof, strong, and pliable.