clay pendant tutorial

My daughter had a winter wonderland themed 10th birthday party recently ... or a "brrr"thday as we called it.  While I hope to eventually share her party here on the blog, I wanted to stop and share the necklaces we made now because I thought they could be useful for last-minute DIY gifts for the holidays.

We used Sculpey oven bake clay.  The girls picked from an assortment colors and broke off half of one of the scored bricks...

Next condition the clay and roll it into a ball.

Then flatten into a disk.  I found an easy way for the girls to get theirs even by pressing down on the ball with a paper cup.  The rim on the bottom of the cup was very short, so the edges stopped the pressure evenly.  This wouldn't work with any paper cup.  These particular cups I happened to have had a very shallow rim.  I assume this varies by cup brand.  You can just flatten with anything you can find around that won't stain.

Stamp your design into your clay disk.  Be sure to leave room for a hole for hanging. We used toothpicks to widen a hole for hanging.  Be sure the hole goes all the way through.  After baking, we noticed a couple of the girls had holes that didn't reach the back.  Luckily I had my handy craft drill, which you could opt to use after baking instead of the toothpick method.

We used a snowflake from the Winter Wishes stamp set by Fiskars.  This is the set that has the "warm winter wishes" stamp I've been using constantly.  

Bake according to manufacturer's instructions and allow to cool.  Paint inside snowflake with white acrylic paint and wipe away excess with a paper towel.  Use a large jump ring to attach to a necklace to complete.

These were inspired by my clay jewelry dishes I created a while back which can be viewed here.  I've become quite addicted to making things with oven bake clay ... it's just so easy =).

Comments

[Asiya]

Very cute. I've tried doing clay projects with my son using Crayola Air Dry clay but have found it to be very fragile.

[Sarah Crowder]

Brrthday - very nice!

[erin]

So pretty!! I want one for myself :).

[Rachel]

That's darling, what a great activity to do with the kids! I would love to link to your tutorial id you didn't mind.

[Tahira]

Very Nice! I do stamp/block printing a lot. I will try this.
Thanks!

[JP Conner]

I think the clay pendants and jewelry dishes turned out amazing. I would love to make something similar. Who needs gold when you can make your own jewelry!

[Jen Kim]

oh my goodness, i absolutely love these! i HAVE sculpey AND brand new martha stewart snowflake stamps at home, thank you!! the plates are gorgeous too, i have a doily i was going to try to use to imprint as well :-)

[lala]

Love this idea and can't wait to hear more about the Brrrthday party.

[personalized engraved jewelry]

I have made things like dolls and stuff with clay but never really tried making a pendant out of it. Your walk through tutorial is neat and I'm sure over the weekend when I follow it I wouldn't have any problems.

[{amy k.}]

so many great ideas on your blog! i am now your newest follower!

[dry clay]

I must say those look wonderful
I love playing with that air-dry clay and being super creative :)

[Accounting Recruitment]

I have to admit, these are totally unique and lovely!