Polymer Clay Necklace Charm

After you smoosh it around in your hands for a bit to warm it up, you need to roll it out into a little “snake.”

Make each color into a “snake.”  As you can see below next to the sharpie, this is about what size they should be.

Carefully push them together so they stick.

Next you want to make sure to carefully roll them together to make one large snake. Don’t push them too hard together or they will start to blend and you don’t want that.  You want them to swirl.

When you get a good swirl, roll it out so it’s a thin snake.  When it’s thin enough, then you want to start to twist it like you see below:

As I was spiraling it, I also twisted the clay so that different colors would show in different areas.  It was fun to just play with it to see how it would turn out.  As you can see below, I had about twice what I really needed for one charm, but that’s ok, I can always make another.

When I was done with the swirl, I threw it in the oven for 15 minutes at 265.  After it was cooled, I put a sparkle Mod Podge on it to give it a little shine.

I got impatient waiting for it to try so I used my blow dryer to dry the Mod Podge.  And to glue it to the magnet I used my good ol’ E6000 which might actually be the best glue ever invented.

Thanks Lisa for having me!  I hope your new baby is nothing short of perfect, and I hope you are getting some sleep, at least a little!

I’m Randi and I blog over at Sowdering About in Seattle.  I like to write about my crafty adventures in the Emerald City and all the usually stressful fun stuff I do with my kids.