Plastic sculpting is a very useful and interesting activity. If your child loves to sculpt from plasticine, be sure to buy him plastic - he will be delighted. Plastic has many advantages over other materials: these figurines have a finished shape, and the plastic itself has many colors, unlike clay. To sculpt from plastic, you will need a knife, knitting needle and a board on which you will craft the figures. You can use an old cutting board for this. Alternatively, get a special plastic sculpting kit at the store.
Instructions
Step 1
Moisten the plastic you will be sculpting with and your hands. During sculpting, you will have to moisten your hands, for this it is convenient to use wet wipes.
Step 2
If the plastic is soft and difficult to hold, add a little flour or starch to it. If the plastic, on the contrary, is too hard, add a few drops of vegetable oil to it.
Step 3
Sculpt a figurine from one single piece of plastic. If you make the arms and legs separately, then after the figurine dries up, there is a high probability that these parts will fall off.
Step 4
Use a wire frame when sculpting. Hair on an animal or human head can be made with a toothpick.
Step 5
You also need to use a toothpick if you are making beads from plastic. After the figurine is ready, think about how you will "fix" it.
Step 6
There are several ways to make a figurine solid. Submerge the plastic figurine in a pot of water and bring to a boil. After that, the product should be boiled a little. If the figurine is small, then it should be cooked for 5-10 minutes, if the product is large, it should be cooked longer.
Step 7
If this option does not seem very convenient to you, use the next method. Place the plastic figurine in an oven preheated to 80-100 degrees. The product should be kept in the oven at this temperature for about 15-20 minutes. Then remove the figurine from the oven and let it cool down.
Step 8
Color in the figures. You can paint them with anything: acrylic paint, varnish. You can also decorate them with fabric, for example, leather. From plastic, it is good to make dolls for home theaters, various figurines, symbolic figurines. Such modeling will be interesting for both adults and children. Creative success!
