DIY Enormous Turtle Charm

In this post I will be showing you how to make a turtle necklace.This little charm was inspired by a necklace that I saw at Claire's while I was browsing through for inspiration. It has been quite popular with some of the girls at my school, so I decided to see if I could make it myself. I was able to make a pretty good (slightly huge) version of it. Instead of putting a flower on the shell, I decided to leave it blank, so you can decide on your own what to put on it. (You can also it on a keychain. I did this prior to publishing this post, and it worked better with the very LARGE turtle, instead of a necklace chain.)  These little turtles look fabulous,and make great gifts or party favors for girls.

You will need:
1 large ball of blue or green clay
1 necklace chain 
1 relatively large ball of blue and white clay (mixed)
1 eye pin 1\2 an inch long
1 relatively small ball of black clay 
1 small fake flower or leaf (optional)

Divide your  large ball of  blue or green clay into two pieces: one ball slightly bigger than the other.

  

Now take the bigger ball...

...and press down the top of the ball on a flat and smooth surface, so that it will be flat on the bottom, but round on the top.

It should look something like this.

Now, take the smaller ball,

And roll it into a snake about 2 inches long, with the head a little thicker than the rest of the body.

It should look somewhat like this.

Then, take the ball of mixed white and blue, and divide it into 4 small balls of the same size.

Mold each ball into a leaf shape.These will be the arms.

They should look like this.

Now, press the shell to your snake, being very careful not to squish the head.

Flip the turtle's body over and add on the legs, making sure that the legs point outward.

It should look something like this.

Now take your black ball of clay, and divide it into two equal pieces.

Then press the eyes to the turtle's face.If you want to have nostrils, you can use the tip of a blunt pencil to poke them onto his face.

Finally, you can take the eye pin and push it in right about where the mouth would be.

You're done, your turtle is complete.Just bake and let it surf around your neck, splash around your wrist, or even frolic around your fingers on a ring.                                     XOXO, Via