Filling In a Hole In a Pony Head

[Tropical_Sunset]

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Got this Basic Fun girl and I'd like to customize her. She isn't her final color yet, I'm actually going to paint her dark brown.
Anyway, my question is, is there a way to make her an earth pony?
After I remove her horn, what do I fill the hole in with?
If I put some kind of clay in there, how do I get it to stick? Do I need to bake her to harden it?
Should I sand it afterwards?
Is there a tutorial for this kind of thing?

Thank you for your help.

[RoseNoire]

I would nicely patch it with air-dry clay or polymer clay such as Apoxie Sculpt, wait for it to harden and then sand off until desired result. Some painting over and you're good to go.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

I would stay away from air dry clay, my go-to is apoxie.

[RoseNoire]

Air-dry clay is fine for quick and small patch works, from experience. I'm greedy on the quantity of apoxie sculpt I use. 

[ChocolateStarfire]

I'd go with what RoseNoire and tailrustedtealeaf suggested--patch the area with apoxie (or air dry clay), bake, sand then paint. I haven't had problems with air dry clay before (unless the piece is well on 10 years old, which one of my ponies needs a makeover for sure!).

[starrynights]

I always use air dry clay for patch ups, and some superglue to help it stick.

[gemini_pony]

I always use sculpey clay and bake my ponies.  I've filled in horn holes like this before. I don't have easy access to apoxie sculpt and it's too expensive for me.

[Tropical_Sunset]

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. You're all so helpful. I'm really excited about Apoxie Sculpt especially. I'm definitely using that on future projects, it sounds AMAZING.

When I talked to my husband about what I wanted to do, he said he had something lying around the house that might do the trick. It's called Bondo. Has anyone ever tried it before? I decided to use it for this patch and it seems to work! I just need to sand it and airbrush the pony her real color now.

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[Griffin]

That's interesting, never heard of Bondo before! I hope it works for you, please let us know how it goes I wonder if it withstands rehairing without cracking (then again, polymer clays or Apoxie don't always do that either...)

[gemini_pony]

That's interesting, never heard of Bondo before! I hope it works for you, please let us know how it goes I wonder if it withstands rehairing without cracking (then again, polymer clays or Apoxie don't always do that either...)

I think people use it for preparing car dents so I don't think it would crack.