Dinosaur Bone Necklace

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You Will Need

- Project Budget
- Cheap

Time:5h00

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Description

My friend Emma really wanted a Tatty Devine Dinosaur Necklace so I decided to have a shot at making a similiar one for her birthday, without copying their original design.

The great thing about this is that you can change the type of dinosaur by making a few extra bones and a new head and switching them around a bit. If you wanted to make this really cool, try using glow in the dark shrink plastic.

See more wonderful jewellery on their website at www.tattydevine.com.

Instructions

1

Find a picture of a dinosaur you like and trace around the outline on to paper. Remember, it needs to be 7x the size you want your final necklace to be.
2

Use an cutting knife to cut out the inner details. Cut the template up in to sections, to make it look like connecting bones.
3

Place blue tack on one side of the template and stick down on to shrink plastic.
4

Cut out the shrink plastic dinosaur.
5

Decide where you need to connect the bones together and use a hole punch to make small round holes.
6

Shrink down the dino in an oven, making sure to press the pieces flat when they first come out hot.
7

Use white wire to connect the bones together. I made little loops with jewellery pliers, opened them and then slipped it on to both bones before closing them off.
8

Slip a jump ring through the head of the dinosaur and the tail and cut a length of white embroidery thread. Loop it through the jump ring and knot in place.
9

Thread the string with white seed beads, long enough to wear around your neck nicely.
10

Attach half a toggle clasp to either side.
11

All done, Raaarrrrr!