Home-made Pendants

We made these pendants a while ago, but it was really fun and I hope I can do more again soon!

Materials:

-Air dry clay (we even used Play Dough sometimes and it worked fine)

-Paper clip

-Metallic silver paint

-Thin wire

-Scissors/Wire cutters

-Some object to press into clay to create design. These are some of the things we used:

(Stamps, shells, necklaces, lace, ect.)

1) Use your clay to create the size and shape of the pendant you want. Try to make it as smooth as you can, the smoother it is the sharper it looks

2) Press your object into your pendant shape, and be careful it doesn't go all the way through.

3) Using the paper clip, make a hole at the top and center of your pendant.

4) Paint your pendant. While doing so, make sure that the hole at the top of your pendant is still open, you may have to re-peirce the whole if you get too much paint in it.

5) Cut a short length of wire, around 1/2 an inch long. Now bend the wire into a hoop shape.

6) Once your clay and paint have dried completely, thread the wire hoop through the hole at the top of your pendant. My picture at the top does not show the wire hoops through the pendants.

Your done!