Mini Clay Decor Pies

Hi! I will be showing you how to make mini pies to put on display (or even just for the fun of it)! I will show multiple techniques and options so if you don't have all the resources, don't panic. If you experiment with what you have available, you can make some pretty cool stuff!

Pie Tin (Pick One or Mix And Match)

• 3D Printed Pie Tin (I made this on TinkerCad so it's fine to use)
• Aluminum Foil
• Soda Cap Bottle

Crust/Filling/Decorations

• Air-dry Clay (This is the one I bought)
• Acrylic Paint

Tools

• Marker (for a rolling pin)
• Exacto knife (for cutting shapes/designs)
• Paper clip (for making wavy edges and indenting the clay)

I 3D printed a pie tin and then wrapped it in tinfoil. I prefer to paint my clay, but you can always buy pre-colored clay. Remember this is just a guide to help you get started so feel free to use whatever you want or have!

3D Printing: If you are going to 3D print a pie tin there are a few things you can do. If you have the right filament color you can just stop after printing it. If you want to change the color but don’t have the right filament color you can always paint the tin too. I decided to 3D print the tin and wrap it in tin foil so it looks close to a real pie tin.

Aluminum Foil: I would recommend using some sort of cap to help you make the shape of the pie tin. Take a piece of foil and keep pressing it against the edges of the cap. Once you have done that you can roll the edges to add a rim to the tin.

Soda Bottle Cap: Soda bottle caps have a nice wavy shape so they look really cool as a pie tin. If you want a cleaner look you can paint it or wrap it in tin foil. If you want a more vintage look you can just leave it as is.

Flatten out a ball of clay using a marker. Use your pie tin to cut a circle about the size of your tin. If you want wavy edges use something like a paper clip to indent the clay every so often. Once you like your crust, place it inside your pie tin. If you want to add texture to your crust, make a tiny ball out of tin foil and press it into the crust.

Berry Filling: Take a ball of clay and roll it into a long thin log. Cut the log into smaller pieces. Roll each piece to make little berries. Place the berries into the pie and press them gently into the crust so they will stay in place (a lot of berries rolled away on me during this process 🥲).

Cream Pie Filling: Take a ball of clay and press it into the crust until it fills up the whole pie.

Lattice: Roll a ball of clay into logs. Flatten out those logs and cut them to the size you want. Lay half of them down going one way. Take another flattened log and weave it through going over and under. Keep repeating with the rest of the logs switching the starting position each time (if the last one you did started by going over then go under and vise versa).

Whipped Cream: Make tiny ball shapes and using something like the tip of a paper clip to make indents for the swirl. To attach them to the pie, use the “scratch attack” method by scoring the bottom of the whipped cream and the top of the pie and putting a tiny bit of water on both.

Once the clay is dry you can paint it with acrylics! I can be impatient at times so I prefer to roughly color stuff and then do finishing touch ups later.

If you want you can take this a few steps further by putting a gloss finish over it or using chalk pastels to add more texture and depth. You have now *hopefully successfully* made a mini pie!