Getting Started:

Preheat oven to 275 °F. Test temperature with oven thermometer for perfectly cured clay. Condition all clay by kneading until it’s soft and smooth or running it through the Clay Conditioning Machine for several passes on the widest setting. Fold the clay in half after each pass and insert the fold side into the rollers first.

We will use Sculpey III, and Glow–in-the-Dark Sculpey polymer clay for this project. It helps to divide your clay up beforehand as shown.

To make the Traditional Glow a brighter yellow, mix a pea-sized ball of Yellow Sculpey III to the 1/16 piece of Traditional Glow clay.

Step 3
Gather-up the lavender, green, pink, blue and yellow clay you just mixed.

Step 4
Roll all into equal-sized smooth balls.

Step 5
Roll the balls into long equal-sized tubes.

Step 6
Condition the rest of the clay pieces.

Step 7
Shape the clay into balls and tubes as shown

  Step 8
Roll the large White ball into a fat snake.

Step 9
Flatten the snake slightly.

Step 10
Drape the rainbow tubes over the flattened snake. Press slightly to adhere the tubes to the body. Use a plastic knife to cut the tubes.

Step 11
Continue to drape the tubes down the length of the body, trimming as you go. You may have some clay left over. You can re-use this later-on.

Step 12
Use the toothpick to draw lines in the tubes as shown. Try to space the lines evenly.

Step 13
Shape the large pink ball into a rounded "Hershey's Kiss" shape.

Step 14
Flatten it slightly.

Step 15
Press it to the flat end of the lizard's body.

Step 16
Pinch four equal-sized pieces off the large blue ball. Roll them into smooth balls.

Step 17
Shape each into a tube. Press them all flat.

Step 18
Curve two to the right and two to the left.

Step 19
Press them on to the lizard's belly. Make sure they are pressed on well, but be careful not to squish the rainbow tubes on the other side.

Step 20
Press two toe lines in the end of each foot with the toothpick.

Step 21
Press squares in each leg.

Step 22
Pinch off a tiny bit of White from one of the remaining balls. Press the two large white balls of clay on to the lizard's head.

Step 23
Flatten the two small Black balls and press them in to the whites.

Step 24
Press the blue tube near the back of the eyes and the black to the front. Use the toothpick to press a dip in between them.

Step 25
Roll the small bit of White into a very thin tube. Use the toothpick to cut the ends off. Roll them into two very tiny flat balls, press to the Black to make sparkles in the eyes.

Step 26
Use some of the left over blue to make two flat balls for nostrils. Press them on the end of the nose, and use the toothpick to press a hole in the center of each.

Step 27
KIDS, GET YOUR PARENTS HELP FOR THIS STEP. Bake the lizard at 275 °F minutes on an old baking pan.

Variations
If you have enough clay, make a buddy for your lizard. You may want to make his stripes in a different color order. Use some Fun Tac or some raw clay on the lizard's bellies to mount them on the monitor. You can put them crawling up or down the side, down the edge, or on the top.