I made an Octopus Charm sausage-and-eggroll so tiny and ridiculous I dare you not to keep scrolling.
I am obsessed with this Cute Japanese Octopus bento sausage and egg roll charm. I love how the tiny octopus face makes me laugh every time I pull it out of my bag.
It looks like lunch but cuter and meaner. And the shiny sheen from the UV resin (clear gloss) makes it pop like glaze.
I hoard Octopus Charm pieces like dumb trophies. I can stare at the polymer clay, light pink ‘sausage’ color curves for way too long and forget adult thing I was supposed to do.
Tiny, dumb, perfect. I want it stuck on everything I own.
Ingredients
- Polymer clay, light pink or “sausage” color: gives that octopus look, it’s the cute main piece.
- Polymer clay, pale yellow for egg roll: makes the rolled egg body, warm and soft-looking.
- Polymer clay, white for highlights: adds shine and tiny reflections, so it looks real.
- Polymer clay, black for eyes and details: tiny accents, basically the personality maker.
- Polymer clay, brown or orange for browning/lines: adds grill marks, gives depth and warmth.
- Liquid clay: bonds small bits together, it’s the glue for delicate joins.
- UV resin: clear gloss finish, makes it look glossy and protected.
- Small eye pin or screw eye: turns charm into a wearable, basically the hanging point.
- Jump ring: links charm to chain, it’s the tiny connector you’ll need.
- Fine detail acrylic paints: touch up tiny spots, perfect for little expressions.
- Fine round paintbrush: lets you paint tiny features, it’s precise and handy.
- Toothpick or needle tool: great for dots and tiny textures, super useful.
- Fine sandpaper or micro mesh: smooths fingerprints, makes surfaces ready for shine.
- Baking surface or ceramic tile: safe oven base, keeps clay flat and even.
- Small sculpting tools or silicone shapers: shape curves and folds, they’re the workhorses.
- Rubbing alcohol and cotton swab: cleans dust and oils, keeps things tidy.
- Nitrile gloves and dust mask: protects your skin and lungs when using resin.
- Small container or palette: mixes paints or resin, keeps ratios tidy.
- Precision tweezers: handles tiny parts without smudging, so useful.
- Optional mica powder or pastel chalk: adds soft shading, makes pieces pop slightly.
Ingredient Quantities
- Polymer clay, light pink or “sausage” color, 3-5 grams
- Polymer clay, pale yellow for egg roll, 4-6 grams
- Polymer clay, white for highlights, 1 gram
- Polymer clay, black for eyes and details, 0.5 gram
- Polymer clay, brown or orange for browning/lines, 0.5 gram
- Liquid clay (for bonding small parts), about 1-2 ml
- UV resin (clear gloss), 2-3 ml
- Small eye pin or screw eye, 1 piece (6-8 mm)
- Jump ring, 1 piece (4-6 mm)
- Fine detail acrylic paints (optional), black and white, tiny amount
- Fine round paintbrush, size 00 or 000, 1 brush
- Toothpick or needle tool for tiny details, 1-2 pieces
- Fine sandpaper or micro mesh (400-1200 grit) for smoothing, small piece
- Baking surface or ceramic tile for oven curing, 1 small piece
- Small sculpting tools or silicone shapers, 1 set or a few picks
- Rubbing alcohol and small cotton swab for cleaning, small amount
- Nitrile gloves and a dust mask for safety when handling resin, 1 pair + 1 mask
- Small container or palette for mixing paints or resin, 1 piece
- Precision tweezers for handling tiny parts, 1 pair
- Optional: mica powder or pastel chalk for shading, tiny pinch
How to Make this
1. Gather everything on your list and set up a clean workspace on a ceramic tile or baking surface; put on nitrile gloves and a dust mask before you start so you don’t get resin or clay dust on you.
2. Condition the light pink “sausage” clay by kneading until soft and smooth, then roll into a tiny cylinder about
1.8 cm long and
1.6 cm thick; use tweezers to hold it so fingerprints stay minimal.
3. Using a small blade or sculpting pick, cut the cylinder into the octopus skirt shape by making four or five shallow vertical cuts from one end about halfway up; slightly pinch and round the top so it looks like little tentacles, use a toothpick or needle tool to refine each tip.
4. Take the pale yellow clay and flatten a thin rectangle to make the egg roll wrapper, wrap it gently around the top of the sausage body so it looks like an egg roll cuff; smooth the seam with a silicone shaper and add tiny brown or orange lines with a needle tool to mimic browning.
5. Add tiny white highlights by rolling micro dots of white clay and placing them where light would hit, press gently with the tip of a brush; use 0.5 gram black clay to roll two tiny balls for eyes and a micro dot for the mouth, attach with a bit of liquid clay for a stronger bond.
6. Insert the small eye pin or screw eye into the top while the clay is still soft, make sure it sits straight and is deep enough to hold; clean off any smudges with rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab before baking.
7. Bake the assembled charm on the ceramic tile following the polymer clay manufacturer’s temp and time exactly (usually 110 to 130 C for 15 to 30 minutes depending on thickness); let it cool completely before touching it again.
8. Sand lightly with fine sandpaper or micro mesh (start 400 then up to 1200 grit) to remove any baked imperfections, clean again with rubbing alcohol, and if you want subtle shading tap a tiny pinch of mica powder or pastel chalk with a dry brush to add depth.
9. Attach the jump ring to the eye pin with precision tweezers, then apply a thin coat of clear UV resin over the entire charm for a glossy finish; wear gloves and mask, use a small container to control the resin, cure under a UV lamp per resin instructions until fully hardened.
10. Use fine detail acrylic paints and a size 00 brush to touch up eyes or highlights if needed, let dry, give a final polish with a soft cloth, and your tiny octopus sausage and egg roll charm is ready to hang or gift.
Equipment Needed
1. Ceramic tile or small baking tray for oven curing
2. Oven or toaster oven set to the clay’s recommended temp
3. Small craft knife or precision blade (scalpel)
4. Precision tweezers and tiny needle tool or toothpick
5. Silicone shaper or small sculpting tools
6. Fine detail paintbrush (size 00) and a tiny mixing container
7. Fine sandpaper or micro mesh sheets (400 up to 1200 grit)
8. Nitrile gloves, dust mask and a cotton swab with rubbing alcohol
FAQ
Japanese Bento Octopus Sausage And Egg Roll Charm Recipe Substitutions and Variations
- Polymer clay, light pink or “sausage” color
- Mix a tiny bit of red with white polymer clay to make your own sausage pink, then knead till even.
- Use a premade flesh or peach colored polymer clay (Premo, FIMO, Sculpey) if you dont want mixing.
- Start with translucent clay and tint it with a drop of liquid clay plus a speck of pigment for a softer tone.
- UV resin (clear gloss)
- Two part epoxy resin, clear variety, cured per instructions, for a longer lasting glossy finish.
- Clear nail gel cured under a UV lamp, useful for tiny shiny spots if you already own it.
- Gloss varnish or polymer clay gloss (bottle gloss) for small areas, though its less glassy than resin.
- Small eye pin or screw eye
- Thin head pin bent into a loop with round-nose pliers, then trimmed and embedded before baking.
- Small jewelry screw eye from craft stores, usually the same size and threads well into baked clay.
- Sturdy wire loop (20–24 gauge) formed and inserted, then sealed with liquid clay or resin after baking.
- Optional: mica powder or pastel chalk for shading
- Ground soft pastels (scraped with a blade) applied with a dry brush for subtle shading.
- Pearlescent or metallic acrylic paint, thinned and dry-brushed for shimmer.
- Cosmetic eyeshadow pigments, lightly dusted for color and shimmer, inexpensive and easy to blend.
Pro Tips
1) Keep a scrap of the same clay colors nearby to test things on first. Bake a tiny test blob to check your oven temp and how long it cures, because ovens vary and that one minute too long will brown your charm. If it looks off after baking you can sand and reapply mica or paint, but testing saves headaches.
2) Use a thin needle or pin to pre-drill the eye pin hole while the clay is still soft, then wiggle the pin gently in and out a few times so air can escape during baking. If you push the pin in only once it can trap air and make bubbles or crack later when you bake.
3) When applying liquid clay or UV resin, work in very small amounts and build up layers. A tiny dab is better than a big blob, you can always add more. For resin, cure in short bursts so it self levels and you reduce dust specks, and always keep a piece of clear film or a clean box over it while curing to prevent dust landing on it.
4) For ultra-clean faces and tiny highlights use a straightened paper clip or a sharpened toothpick rather than fingers. Tweezers plus a magnifier lamp make placing micro dots way easier, and if you get fingerprints use a bit of rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab before baking to remove oils.
Japanese Bento Octopus Sausage And Egg Roll Charm Recipe
I made an Octopus Charm sausage-and-eggroll so tiny and ridiculous I dare you not to keep scrolling.
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Equipment: 1. Ceramic tile or small baking tray for oven curing
2. Oven or toaster oven set to the clay’s recommended temp
3. Small craft knife or precision blade (scalpel)
4. Precision tweezers and tiny needle tool or toothpick
5. Silicone shaper or small sculpting tools
6. Fine detail paintbrush (size 00) and a tiny mixing container
7. Fine sandpaper or micro mesh sheets (400 up to 1200 grit)
8. Nitrile gloves, dust mask and a cotton swab with rubbing alcohol
Ingredients
Polymer clay, light pink or "sausage" color, 3-5 grams
Polymer clay, pale yellow for egg roll, 4-6 grams
Polymer clay, white for highlights, 1 gram
Polymer clay, black for eyes and details, 0.5 gram
Polymer clay, brown or orange for browning/lines, 0.5 gram
Liquid clay (for bonding small parts), about 1-2 ml
UV resin (clear gloss), 2-3 ml
Small eye pin or screw eye, 1 piece (6-8 mm)
Jump ring, 1 piece (4-6 mm)
Fine detail acrylic paints (optional), black and white, tiny amount
Fine round paintbrush, size 00 or 000, 1 brush
Toothpick or needle tool for tiny details, 1-2 pieces
Fine sandpaper or micro mesh (400-1200 grit) for smoothing, small piece
Baking surface or ceramic tile for oven curing, 1 small piece
Small sculpting tools or silicone shapers, 1 set or a few picks
Rubbing alcohol and small cotton swab for cleaning, small amount
Nitrile gloves and a dust mask for safety when handling resin, 1 pair + 1 mask
Small container or palette for mixing paints or resin, 1 piece
Precision tweezers for handling tiny parts, 1 pair
Optional: mica powder or pastel chalk for shading, tiny pinch
Directions
- Gather everything on your list and set up a clean workspace on a ceramic tile or baking surface; put on nitrile gloves and a dust mask before you start so you don't get resin or clay dust on you.
- Condition the light pink "sausage" clay by kneading until soft and smooth, then roll into a tiny cylinder about
- 8 cm long and
- 6 cm thick; use tweezers to hold it so fingerprints stay minimal.
- Using a small blade or sculpting pick, cut the cylinder into the octopus skirt shape by making four or five shallow vertical cuts from one end about halfway up; slightly pinch and round the top so it looks like little tentacles, use a toothpick or needle tool to refine each tip.
- Take the pale yellow clay and flatten a thin rectangle to make the egg roll wrapper, wrap it gently around the top of the sausage body so it looks like an egg roll cuff; smooth the seam with a silicone shaper and add tiny brown or orange lines with a needle tool to mimic browning.
- Add tiny white highlights by rolling micro dots of white clay and placing them where light would hit, press gently with the tip of a brush; use 0.5 gram black clay to roll two tiny balls for eyes and a micro dot for the mouth, attach with a bit of liquid clay for a stronger bond.
- Insert the small eye pin or screw eye into the top while the clay is still soft, make sure it sits straight and is deep enough to hold; clean off any smudges with rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab before baking.
- Bake the assembled charm on the ceramic tile following the polymer clay manufacturer's temp and time exactly (usually 110 to 130 C for 15 to 30 minutes depending on thickness); let it cool completely before touching it again.
- Sand lightly with fine sandpaper or micro mesh (start 400 then up to 1200 grit) to remove any baked imperfections, clean again with rubbing alcohol, and if you want subtle shading tap a tiny pinch of mica powder or pastel chalk with a dry brush to add depth.
- Attach the jump ring to the eye pin with precision tweezers, then apply a thin coat of clear UV resin over the entire charm for a glossy finish; wear gloves and mask, use a small container to control the resin, cure under a UV lamp per resin instructions until fully hardened.
- Use fine detail acrylic paints and a size 00 brush to touch up eyes or highlights if needed, let dry, give a final polish with a soft cloth, and your tiny octopus sausage and egg roll charm is ready to hang or gift.
Notes
- Below you’ll find my best estimate of this recipe’s nutrition facts. Treat the numbers as a guide rather than a rule—great food should nourish both body and spirit. Figures are approximate, and the website owner assumes no liability for any inaccuracies in this recipe.
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 15g
- Total number of serves: 1
- Calories: 0kcal
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Polyunsaturated: 0g
- Monounsaturated: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 0mg
- Potassium: 0mg
- Carbohydrates: 0g
- Fiber: 0g
- Sugar: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Vitamin A: 0IU
- Vitamin C: 0mg
- Calcium: 0mg
- Iron: 0mg
