Here's an outside-the-box, polymer clay book for you. outside-the-paper-mache-box, that is! First you cover a small paper mache box with polymer clay; then you finish it off with an extra cute character. Becky's step-by-step directions and use of basic shapes will have you creating projects that you can proudly display or give as gifts.

The box "toppers" include:
• A darling Holstein cow
• Polar bear with popsicle
• Exhausted Santa
• Tired-out reindeer
• Bunny with Easter egg
• Boo-boo bear
• Baby in a duck floatie
• Clay Sock monkeys
• Three blind mice
• Turkey in hiding
• Winter Snowman
• Mirror pond with girl and elf
• Sport-themed boxes (basketball, baseball, football & golf).

Author and designer Becky Meverden has authored six polymer clay books and been a frequent guest on HGTV's Carol Duvall Show.