As promised last week, I’m sharing a terracotta DIY today. These colorful terracotta earrings are an easy and festive way to add some earthiness to your style. To add some color and quirkiness to them I used some nail polish to add random dots of color around the hoop.
Materials Needed
Terracotta clay
Extra small round cookie cutter
Small round cookie cutter
3-4 Nail polish colors
Wax Paper
Earring Posts
Earring Jumps
Embroidery needle
How to
- Roll the clay out to be no thicker than 1/4 inch (be sure to use wax paper as the clay can stain surfaces easily)
- Use the small round cookie cutter to cut out bigger
- Use the extra small round cookie cutter to cut out smaller circle within the bigger circle
- Using the embroidery needle create a small hole in smaller and larger circles, the holes should be at the edge of the circle so the jump can be connected after the clay is baked
- Place the earring post at back the smaller circle
- Bake both circles following the instruction provided on the clay packaging and let cool for 10-15 minutes
- Use a toothpick and nail polishes to place random dots around the larger circle/hoop and let dry for 10 minutes
- Connect smaller circle to the hoop and viola, you’re done!
And in case you’re wondering, they’re really light! I was a little worried that they would uber heavy but I totally forgot I had them on, they’re just like any other statement earring. I hope you enjoy making these and if you do share them with me on Instagram using the hashtag #feyinmade.
