Sugar Skull Necklace

Make a colourful skull necklace for Day Of The Dead!

Posted by Cat Morley

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You Will Need (7 things)

  • Chain
  • Headpins
  • Small Glass Beads
  • Small Pearl(s)
  • Skull Bead(s)
  • Clasp & jump ring
  • Pliers

Steps (7 steps, 15 minutes)

  1. 1

    Gather together your supplies. You'll need some skull beads, which you can either buy or make out of clay (check out my other how-to). To accompany, you'll need a headpin, two small pearl beads and one glass bead to go with each skull.

  2. 2

    Place your skull and other beads on a headpin.

  3. 3

    Bend the headpin by 90 degrees above the top bead.

  4. 4

    Fold the remaining wire around some needle nose pliers and snip off where the wire loops.

  5. 5

    Slip the loop on to some chain and close.

  6. 6

    Repeat for your remaining beads. Now here's a little trick. I'm allergic to chain that's not silver, so I only used a small amount of metal chain for my necklace but attached a jump ring and a clap to either side of the chain.

  7. 7

    I can then attach this on to a longer silver chain. It's a great way to save money, if you're allergic to cheaper metals like me, or to change the length of your necklace easily.