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Sculpey Air-Dry™ Beaded Keychain

Sculpey Air-Dry™ Beaded Keychain

Designed by Amy Koranek
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Create a custom keychain for yourself, a friend or coworker! Actually, these beads are so fun to make and decorate, you will probably want to several of them. COMPLETION TIME: 30 Minutes plus drying time - recommended that you let the beads dry overnight before painting and finishing.
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ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES
  • Clear kitchen wrap or zip lock storage bag
  • Water basin
  • Coordinating cord, floss, or yarn
  • Gold tone lobster clasp
  • Scissors
  • Acrylic paint in white, black, lilac, and gold
  • Paintbrush
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Project Instructions

Step 1

Getting Started:

Surface: For the best results in sculpting and crafting with air dry clay, plan to work with a smooth, well-cleaned, non-porous surface.

Amount: Because the clay is made to air-dry, try to open only what you need at the time and leave the rest still wrapped or sealed and stored. Pinch or cut off the amount you need and take more out as you go, even for larger projects.

Working: Knead your clay before you begin shaping it for your creations. Our polymer clay is already soft and pliable, but warming the clay with your hands is a good practice to spread the substance, condition the material and get a feel for what you’re working with.

Shaping: You can use a combination of your hands, crafting tools and multimedia materials to shape your clay into the design you desire, create unique patterns and textures and incorporate mixed media elements. Remember: you can create anything you can imagine! Just make sure the finished product is exactly what you want before allowing it to dry.

Drying: Lay or stand your air dry clay projects on a nonporous surface with a clean and smooth finish in an area with low humidity. Let the projects remain untouched and undisturbed for about 24 hours to ensure complete hardening.

Step 2

Make several beads in various shapes:

You can roll out the clay into a thick sheet to cut out shapes like ovals and rounds. You can also shape beads by hand like balls, cubes, and
cylinders.

Poke holes through each bead:

Dip a tool into water before poking holes. Poke through one way and then through the other to make sure the holes are open. The holes should be large enough to accommodate two thicknesses of the coordinating cord that you will be using to string them all together.

Allow the beads to dry completely.



Step 3

Paint the beads white and place on the skewers of the Baking Rack to dry.

Step 4

Paint some of the beads solid gold. Add purple paint details as desired.

Step 5

Add black paint details. Allow paint to dry.

Step 6

Slide the beads close together and measure them. Double the measurement and add extra for tying a knot on the end. Cut the length of cord per the measurement.

Thread the cord through the lobster clasp to the mid point.

Step 7

Thread the beads onto both sides of the cord.

Secure with an overhand knot. Trim the tails with scissors.