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.
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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.
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Use an cutting knife to cut out the inner details. Cut the template up in to sections, to make it look like connecting bones.
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Place blue tack on one side of the template and stick down on to shrink plastic.
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Cut out the shrink plastic dinosaur.
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Decide where you need to connect the bones together and use a hole punch to make small round holes.
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Shrink down the dino in an oven, making sure to press the pieces flat when they first come out hot.
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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.
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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.
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Thread the string with white seed beads, long enough to wear around your neck nicely.
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Attach half a toggle clasp to either side.
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Panda-Goes-Rawr Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:02:36 +0000
So kool great use of shrink plastic :3
Chelli B. Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:49:40 +0000
didnt think i would like a dinosuar bone necklace but when i saw it i thought it was awesome.
bittersweet. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:57:20 +0000
Yes, please! A template would be fantastic! :) Love this project.
Lei Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:20:02 +0000
can you post the template? thank you!
Cat Morley Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:46:13 +0000
Aww thanks everyone. I can scan in the bone templates and add them as an attachment if anyone wants to make them?
frabjous - I used scissors to cut around the outside and a stanley knife to get the inner details.
Jet H. Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:19:49 +0000
wooow i'm impressed what an awesome great beautiful idea of yours. Love it.!!!!! thank you for the great tute and sharing;-D
Amber A. Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:21:26 +0000
yeah I saw that necklace too, I even saved the picture cause I loved it soo and wanted to make it since it was sooo expensive,but I never got around to trying. so yes this is a very cool tutorial
Kathx Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:16:24 +0000
That's awesome! I saw a similar necklace on a website for sale that was like 60 dollars. Really cool!
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