Today, I will show you how to make the friendship necklaces that Mack and Lela wear in Teen Beach Movie, and Teen Beach 2. I was told that they don't sell the same flower emblem anywhere because it was made for the movie, so I made it instead.
For this project, you will need clay. I used Crayola brand and it worked really well for me. It was easy to mold and cut, and it was a white color, so the paint will work. You'll also need a silver acrylic paint, a black sharpie, an exacto knife, two pieces of wax paper, a picture of the flower (I'll put that up here), a necklace with a magnetic clasp (18in), 8mm white craft pearls (I got a bag of 360 because I made 5, but it has enough to make 6 necklaces. Each 18in necklace takes 60 beads), and a small piece of cardboard. It is possible that you will mess up and break your clay, so if that happens, you'll need disposable gloves, super glue, and maybe eye goggles.
To begin, print out the flower picture I provided, but keep the flower at the size of 1.21x1.19in. If you just print out the full picture, I think you'll be alright. Put your picture under one piece of wax paper and with your sharpie, trace the leaf part, and the flower part on different areas of the wax paper.
Then, take that piece of wax paper and put it over the clay, so the order should be: table, cardboard, plain wax paper, ball of clay, and then wax paper with drawing. Flatten the clay to the thickness you want it to be, and then take the exacto knife and cut through the wax paper, into the clay, cutting out the shape you drew. After that, pull the cut pieces off of the clay and put it off to the side. Do the same with the other drawing, but then stick the two together, with the leaves under the flower. Then take a small piece of clay and roll it between your hands making a thin long round piece of clay and stick it across the flower like this. Make two of those and place them opposite of each other. It should look like this drawing:
Then make a tiny ball out of clay, small enough to be the middle, and stick it on. After that, make another thin long round piece of clay, but make it larger than the others and bend it into a circle. Stick it to the back of the flower and leaves to be the part that is connected to the necklace. Let all of that dry. And remember, when working with clay, you have to do it all in one sitting because once it dries, you can't do anything.
Once it dries, you can paint it. I used a silver paint to match how it looks in the movie. Paint the entire thing, then once that dries, take your black sharpie and draw arrows outlining the points of the leaves. On the flower part, draw and color in ovals on the petals.
While it dries, you can string the beads onto the necklace. My 18in necklace fits 60 beads, so I strung them and when I tried to put the emblem on, it didn't fit over the beads. So, only string 30 beads, then string the necklace emblem and other 30 beads when it is completely dry. That's all you need to do!
Also, many of mind broke, so Krazy Glue worked great and you want barely tell it was ever broken. But remember to use safety gloves and eyewear.
Once it dries, you can paint it. I used a silver paint to match how it looks in the movie. Paint the entire thing, then once that dries, take your black sharpie and draw arrows outlining the points of the leaves. On the flower part, draw and color in ovals on the petals.
Also, many of mind broke, so Krazy Glue worked great and you want barely tell it was ever broken. But remember to use safety gloves and eyewear.
And yes, I got my braces off today!
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