I had the original book, but that didn't have enough materials for my group of 20 kids (ages 10 and up), so I ended up buying 7 yards of bracelet chain, lots of eye pins, jump rings, some hook closures, two jewelry pliers, lots of Sculpey clay, and glaze. My toaster oven, a huge disappointment for my cooking programs, redeemed itself during this program and turned out some lovely charms.
So I put the clay on the tables, made the book available if they needed ideas, and let them go to it.
Here's what I learned:
This program took much longer than I thought it would. I had pre-cut and hooked the bracelets, so those were ready to go (highly recommended) but the actual baking and putting on of jump rings and glazing took forever.
I decided to do the baking in batches and the first batch went in at the ten minute mark, but while I had anticipated making two batches, we ended up making four.
Next time, I'm definitely blocking off 2 hours to get the entire bracelet made.
On the plus side, the results were very cute and individual in the best sense. I think the charms might be too big to comfortably wear on a daily basis, but the kids were very proud of their results.
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| Gumball machine and moon on the glazing rack. |
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| Proudly wearing the dragon he designed himself. |
More good news: since I bought the materials more or less in bulk, I have enough stuff to do this again. I definitely will.
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