"Broken Heart" Thumbprint Keyring

I made this as a key ring for my son and the idea was to make it more masculine by adding the barb wire it, but it still came out a little too girly for him to be caught ever using so it will end up being a spare key holder.

This project is a cross between this project and the Barb Wire necklace here: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/barb_wire_wrapped_heart_necklace

and my tutorial on the Heart Thumbprint necklace here:

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/heart_thumb_print_necklace I used Sculpey clay to shape the heart and it is intentionally mis-shapened with imperfections and gouges to symbolized a broken heart.

I then took a piece of jewelry wire and wrapped little pieces of wire around that wire to make the barbs, then pressed it into the heart, used a small straw to make the hold for the string, then baked it for 15 mins.

I then used silver elastic thread and strung it through the hole, added a paper bead, then tied it to the heart shaped keyring blank.

THUMBPRINT HEART KEY CHAIN

This is one of the hearts made at the same time I made the thumbprint heart necklace. This one is for Kyle's Dad. I know he would never go for anything frou-frou, so I scavanged the ring from my old Tony the Tiger keyring and strung some jewelry wire through the hole and twisted it then attached the keyring. This is the back of the keyring. To make it look more masculine, I used an eagle sticker. If I had more time, I would have had a picture of my son printed at Walgreen and attached instead (would have cost around 20 cents). Keyring scavenged from this keychain. I didn't have the heart to throw Tony away so will have to come up with another project to recycle him on to. Cost: Under 50cents Materials: Same basic materials as heart necklace, except instead of beads and ribbons used: - Keyring (free - scavenged from old keyring) - Jewelry wire (.33 cents 24 yd. roll - was on clearance at JoAnn Fabrics as pkg was damaged) - Eagle sticker (free - came in the mail with some address stickers)

HEART THUMB PRINT NECKLACE

Close up of heart (indentation is the thumb print

Close up of back of heart

I made this to be more of kid's project for a child to do for a loved one, but it could be made into a more grown-up version by using jump rings, clasps and a chain instead of ribbon.

The pictures I took really do not do it justice because it looks much better in person and you can easily see the ridges of the finger print.

Cost for each necklace is less than 50 cents each.

************************************************************************ Materials:

- 1 block Fimo Clay - makes 4 hearts (on sale at Michael's .99)

- Hearts ice cube tray ($1.00 from Dollar Tree)

- 18-24 inches of 1/8th inch wide Ribbon (97 cents per spool from Walmart), depending on length preferred

- 2 beads with 1/8th inch opening or pony beads (on hand from broken Dollar store watch) for each necklace

- Straw from bagged juice drink like Capri Sun (free as it was a used one)

- Aluminum pie pan to bake the fimo (free as it was a used one)

Optional: Nodi Nail laquer pink with stars or ($1.00 from Dollar Plus) or any other nail polish

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Works out best to divide the fimo into segments then kneed each piece in your hands for a few minutes to make it more pliabe, then press it into the mold and smooth off the top of it.

Take out of the mold and place in the aluminum pie pan right side up. Have the child press their thumb print into the center of the heart. They will need to press very hard to make an indentation.

You may need to shape the crease in the center of the hear on top up a little as the pressing will flatten it out. Use the side of the straw to press the crease back in the heart.

Use the straw to punch a hole in the upper right hand side of the heart.

Bake the fimo clay in the oven at 275 degrees for 15 mins. Do not overbake.

Use the nail lacquer to paint the heart

Thread ribbon through heart front to back, then tie in a knot at the top.

Close up of bead to show size of opening

Thread one bead on each side of the ribbon.

Tie a knot at the end of the the two pieces of ribbon and you are done!