Vintage Caravan (Trailer) Brooches

Have you ever wanted to try making a brooch to pin on your jacket or shirt? Vintage Caravan Sculpey Clay Brooches: I have been smitten with vintage caravans (trailers) that I have seen around for some time now. I decided to start working on some prototypes for pins of vintage caravans and trailers. These are made with Sculpey clay. We have a few projects using this craft material, and it's easy to use. Maybe these aren't quite perfected yet, but I think they are cuter in person than in these photos. I thought I would share my vintage caravan pins anyway. Along with my unfinished ones needing second coats of paint, varnish, and a pin added on the back. They attach like a brooch with a pin clasp on the back.

Vintage Caravan Sculpey Clay Brooches

Above are some of the unfinished ones. There are a few steps to making these clay pins.

How To Make Brooches from Sculpty Clay

To Shape the Clay: roll and shape it using the clay. The clay softens slightly when warmed by your hands and kneaded. Cut them and add a few details. Bake them in the oven on a low heat according to the Sculpty Clay directions, then cool them.

You paint them on the fronts and backs twice. Then varnish the painted clay to seal it. Next, you glue the pin clasp on the back. Easy Peasy? Well, that depends on your patience and perfection level. But I am rolling along with my clay project and little caravan trailer designs. 

 Vintage Caravan (Trailer) Brooches

These are some of the first batch ones completed. I think some of them are still cute. What do you think? You can see when they get the sealer coats, they are shiny. I just might add some lace curtains to some of the open windows. I can't wait to work on my next batch!

Yes, I will be selling these, although not in the shop yet. Different sizes available. I'll let you know when these little vintage brooches are wheeled into the shop!!

You might find me in search of a vintage caravan to buy one day, or at least some more inspiration for some more vintage caravan pins that I'll be making. I am sure before the summer's gone. Do you have a love of vintage caravans?

What is inspiring your crafts? Have you worked with polymer clay? 

Just in case you'd like to try some clay crafts yourself or with the kids. Here's where you can get supplies.

Recommended Products

Sculpey Clay

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Primo Sculpey

Premo! Sculpey

These are just a few samples of the many sizes and types of polymer clay. I am using the Original Sculpey for my designs. Here is another product choice I could possibly try later on.

Premo! Sculpey is firmer than Sculpey III, and extremely durable when baked! From the makers of other Sculpey clays, it's a premium line of polymer clay. Designed especially to satisfy the needs of the artist, Premo! comes in a palette of vibrant colors modeled after those of oil paints.

Beautiful, used as is, they can also be mixed with other polymer clays, powders, or pigments for custom effects. Perfect for everything from sculpture, bead making, unique wearable art, and molds, to rubber stamping and home decor.

Premo! is ready-to-use straight from the package. Smooth and pliable, it's easy to knead, yet stays firm enough for detailed work without crumbling. Oven baking hardens your creations, yet they remain flexible and durable, harder to break than those made with other clays.

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