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December/January 2010 FamilyFun Magazine

Love Beads

Love Beads
Total Time Needed:
1 Hour

Charm someone special on Valentine's Day with a piece of homemade jewelry.

Materials
  • Fimo or Sculpey clay (available at art supply stores)
  • Aspic or tiny cookie cutters
  • Toothpick
  • Thin cording or string
  • Safety pin
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Instructions
  1. To make symmetrical hearts, use the side of a pen to roll flat a lump of clay to about 1/8-inch thick.

  2. Cut out pieces with a heart-shaped aspic cutter. For free-form hearts, use your fingers to form or coil individual bits of clay. You can even swirl together multiple colors.

  3. Use the toothpick to make a hole in a corner of each bead and then bake hearts according to package directions.

Variations:
Shape and bake tiny heart beads to string into a necklace or coat pin or key chain.
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