Friendship Heart Necklace

How we did it:
Materials List
- clay
- paint
- glitter (optional)
- sequins (optional)
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You could use polymer clay if you like, for extra durability, but we used natural clay for ours.
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I showed Maddie how to make a ball of clay, by rolling it in her hands. (That's hard to do when your hands are small!)
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When she had it as smooth as she could make it, she flattened it out.
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After some trial and error with making the heart, I lightly scored it for her with a butter knife, showing her where to cut to make one that suited our purpose.
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"Oh! I see!" she said. Much better. She cut it out with the butter knife,
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And then made the cuts to divide it in half.
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There! Just right.
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Holes went into the top of each half for stringing, and then we set them aside to dry overnight.
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When it was mostly dry and firm, out came the paints! A color coat first, then left to dry for a minute...
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then the final decorating began. Round polka dots are easy to make with cotton swabs!
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After the paint dried, she brushed glue over the whole heart,
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then added her final embellishments--a favorite part, digging through all those sparklies! All that was left to do then, was to let it dry....
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and string it and give it to a favored friend.