How to make a clay dragon
Follow our step-by-step guide to creating your own friendly (or fierce) modelling clay dragon!
Whether you're a seasoned sculptor or a beginner, making a dragon from modelling clay is a fun project for the whole family. On this page, you'll find easy-to-follow instructions to help you create a basic dragon, ready for you to customise with colour and your creativity. Gather your materials and get stuck into making a mini mythical creature!
1. Choose your colours
Before you start making your modelling clay dragon, you'll need to pick a colour. Will yours be a friendly green dragon? Or perhaps his scales will be red to match his fiery breath? These mythical beasts can be all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours, so there is no right or wrong way to do this.
2. Create your pieces
Start by making each section of the dragon's body:
- A spiny tail
- A large ball for the body
- Two smaller balls for the head and mouth
- Two legs
- Two arms
- A pair of wings
- Spines for the dragon's back
3. Assemble your dragon
Now it's time to bring all your pieces together. If you would like your dragon to be more sturdy, you can use a wooden stirrer or a cocktail stick (be careful of the pointy bits) to connect your separate parts of the dragon.
4. Finish your dragon
Now your dragon has taken shape, you need to give it some eyes. Take a tub of white clay and squish it into two small balls. Colour in pupils with a black pen. You could also add a special emblem to your dragon's belly. Can you tell where our dragon's emblem comes from?
Your dragon is now finished. Don't forget to name it!
