Polymer clay – bracelets and keyrings

Selling price :

• keyring : 4 – 5€
• bead bracelet on leather cord with slip knot : 3 – 4€
• charm bracelet : 8€

Level : quite easy – but you will need to help children

Videos :

• slip knot :  how to make a slip knot for a leather cord bracelet

You can have fun with polymer clay.  Mix colours lightly to make colourful beads, or try something more sophisticated, for example :

• rolls and rings
• flowers

Tips :

• you can have a special theme to your articles depending on your fund-raising event
• you will need a simple jewellry tool kit, including wire cutters, flat nose pliers (for holding small items without marking) and round nose pliers (for shaping and opening/closing jump rings)
• there are lots of jewellry accessory sites on-line – we used perlaya in France
• we found spending the extra money on polymer clay glaze made the jewellry more attractive and probably more resistant – it goes a long way – the brush should be integrated into the bottle lid (very practical)
• you can work glitter into plain polymer clay to add some sparkle