Baby rat nest sculpture

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Well, I'm having a hard time sleeping tonight, so I thought I would post some threads about some of the fun crafting/gift shopping I've been doing in preparation for Christmas (can't believe it's only a few days away!)

My girlfriend really loves rats (as pets, not snake food, haha) but in her current situation she can't have any rats. So I was looking around for rat-themed gift ideas to give her.

I stumbled across this hand-made item on Etsy and loved it...https://www.etsy.com/listing/1181881...l-polymer-clay
But unfortunately I can't really justify the $100.00 price tag on this fine creation at this time. However, I really really liked the idea, so instead I decided I would try to "make it myself."
I give full credit for the creative idea to the original seller, and I have no intentions of selling my creation, but I think it will make a nice Christmas gift and I'm hoping my girlfriend will appreciate the hand-made quality of it.

Here are some pictures! Being familiar with the mice pinkies I feed my snakes helped out a lot actually. And I know they're not perfect, but I think they turned out pretty well (made from oven-bake polymer clay). The clay turned a much darker "hot pink" color after it came out of the over, which was a little unfortunate, but I think rat pinkies are usually a little darker in color any way.

Edit: sorry for the large/stretched photos :/

[Tigerhawk]

You did a very nice job. They look pretty good.

[I-KandyReptiles]

Super cute! Great job!

[PitOnTheProwl]

Neat idea and good job.

[DooLittle]

Oh my god, how cute! Good job. I love little rat babies, they are adorable. That is a really neat idea. And came out well!

[4theSNAKElady]

You did an amazing job! Some of the pictures even make them look real!

sent from my incubator

[Badgemash]

Very nicely done! Your rats are cuter IMO, yours look like they're all cozy and content in their little book nest, the etsy ones look kind of distressed.