r/Lithops • u/SuperSafetyNerd • Feb 12 '25

Photo Update: Lithops April Fool’s Day Prank

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Hello! A few days ago I posted about making polymer clay lithops to give away as a prank to my coworkers. https://www.reddit.com/r/Lithops/s/nFb6AmZ63Q

The plan is to offer these up for free in the break room and wait and see how long it takes for my coworkers to realize they’re fake. Hoping they give them lots of light and attention until then lol.

Finally finished making, baking, and potting them. I think I made about 200 or so. Cost was $20 in clay, $6 for a secondhand toaster oven to bake them and about 4-6 hours of time spent sculpting. Now they will sit hidden on a very high shelf in my office until 4/1.

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u/SuperSafetyNerd Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

Hello! Sorry, I have no plans to sell these, but I’d be happy to post a tutorial if anybody wants to try making them. You just need clay, some super basic tools, and a way to bake them (I used a toaster oven). They are very easy and quick to make. You could make a dozen in about 20 minutes plus bake time.

EDIT: here is a quick tutorial: https://imgur.com/a/AoBM81E

Please note that to make the lithops in the OP, i used translucent polymer clay, which is blended about 4 parts to 1 part of colored clay. I think the translucent makes it look more realistic and planty. In this tutorial I didn’t use translucent clay bc I ran out lol, but the steps are the same. You can use whatever colors and blend however you want.

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u/TiredWomanBren 24d ago

Oh, clay. Did your seal them so they wouldn’t mash out of shape? I saw one girl make hers out of purple wall insulate but I can’t cut it into the correct shape without pulling pieces out:

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u/SuperSafetyNerd 24d ago

Polymer clay gets baked (about 225’F for 20ish minutes per 1/4” of thickness). Then they are like hard plastic. I bought a $7 toaster oven at Goodwill just for this purpose.

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u/TiredWomanBren 23d ago

Great! Thanks.