Love Beads

Charm someone special on Valentine's Day with a piece of homemade jewelry.

Materials

• Fimo or Sculpey clay (available at art supply stores)
• Aspic or tiny cookie cutters
• Toothpick

• Thin cording or string
• Safety pin

Instructions

1. To make symmetrical hearts, use the side of a pen to roll flat a lump of clay to about 1/8-inch thick.
2. Cut out pieces with a heart-shaped aspic cutter. For free-form hearts, use your fingers to form or coil individual bits of clay. You can even swirl together multiple colors.
3. Use the toothpick to make a hole in a corner of each bead and then bake hearts according to package directions.