Glow in the Dark Necklace "Ghost Toasty"
Design by Kris Richards

Materials:

• Sculpey III Glow in the Dark clay in the following colors and quantities:
  • 1 block Yellow
  • 3/4 block Green
  • 3/4 block Blue
• Sculpey III clay in the following colors and quantities:
  • 1/2 block Black 042
  • tiny piece of white 001
• S'Getti String or plastic bead stringing cord in fluorescent green or black (about 26 inches long)
• Pasta machine, acrylic brayer, or smooth glass to flatten and roll out conditioned clay
• 4 or 5 thin wooden shish kabob sticks
• Baking dish lined with clean white paper or index cards
• Set of graduated Kemper rose cutters, or 5 sizes of round biscuit cutters
• Kitchen knife or Sculpey Super Slicer
  WARNING: CUTTERS ARE SHARP! HAVE AN ADULT HELP YOU WITH THE CUTTING!

Instructions:

• Roll glow and black colors of clay out flat. Use your round cutters, and cut colors and sizes of clay as shown. You will make 14 beads out of the blue clay (8 round and 6 "donut" shaped beads), and 6 green donut shaped beads. Set the extra blue and green clay aside after shaping these beads.

• Roll the blue and green beads into balls. Flatten the blue ones between your thumb and the table to make them look like little donuts. Use the shish kabob stick to press a hole in each one.

• Get your shish kabob stick, and roll out a thin sheet of black clay. Begin at one long end of the clay, and wrap it around the shish kabob stick as shown. Smooth out any lines left in the clay so the beads will be smooth and round. Get your adult to help cut your beads with the sharp knife or blade. Cut 8 beads the same size. These are called "tube" beads." Leave the cut beads on the shish kabob stick to bake.

• Make the long green striped tube beads the same way you made the black tube beads, by wrapping the green clay around another shish kabob stick. (Don't cut the beads yet, though!)

• To make the beads striped, cut a long thin strip of blue clay, and wrap it around the entire green tube.

• Get your adult again, and have them cut the green striped tube into 6 equal parts. These will be longer and thicker than the little black tube beads. Leave the cut beads on the shish kabob stick to bake.

• Use the largest round cutter to cut the body of the ghost, and the smallest round cutter to cut two pieces for his arms.

• Shape the body into a ball, then roll one end of the ball into a point. Press the point into a squiggly shape. Shape the rounds into two round balls, and then taper into points at one end.

• Press the two pointy ends to the ghost's body and bend them into place touching the arms to the body as shown.

• Roll two tiny blue balls for ghost's eyes and press them firmly to the front of his head. (The round part of his body, near the top.) Make two smaller black balls, flatten them, and press them onto the blue eyeballs. Repeat with two very teeny white dots to make a sparkle in each eye if desired. Use another shish kabob stick to press a hole for his mouth. Draw it down into an "O" shape. Pierce the shish kabob stick through the side of his head, so you can string him onto the necklace.

• Roll a tiny green snake just long enough to fit above the ghost's eyes. Press it on, and use another shish kabob stick to press a line in between the eyes. This makes eyelids for the ghost. Make two more ghosts and pose their arms slightly different. Make the other two with green eyes and blue eyelids, if you wish!

• Bake all pieces and beads in a clean baking dish lined with clean paper or index cards. Don't worry, it won't burn because you will be baking at 275 degrees for 30 minutes. (Have your adult check your oven with an external thermometer --- don't trust the dial or readout. Adjust dial accordingly to reach an accurate 275 degrees F (130 degrees C). Remove everything from the oven and allow it all to cool.
• Stringing the necklace on the plastic string:
  • Starting with a ghost in the very center, put a striped bead on each side.
  • Then, one ghost on each side
  • Then blue flat beads
  • Then black flat beads
  • Then green flat beads.
  • End the necklace with four round blue beads on each side. See necklace picture for reference.
  • Tie a knot in the end!