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Tips on how to make this project?

I need to make a cactus out of air hardening clay.how can I make it.{pics would be nice}Example: Make a thick stick of alumninum foil and put clay around itNow please help me!

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Stop byI have a ton of papers, loads of experience rolling, and I'm ready.
If you can't buy papers, i'm going to assume you can't buy a pipe or anything like thatSo i'd say google how to make a homemade bong or something.
I would mold the clay over a rough form, like the aluminum foil you describe, or a stryofoam cylinder For the ridges in the cactus skin, I would drag a dinner fork vertically along the surface to make groovesFor the spikes, I would break off round toothpicks(they even sell them in colors if you want get funky/abstract), with the sharp points sticking out I would also mold the clay with a wider base for stability, and then set it on a shallow pan with sand or pebbles in it, poured deep enough to cover the cactus base, and have a little desert sceneSounds like a neat little project.

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