Glow in the Dark Necklace "I've Got My EYE on YOU!"

Kris Richards

Learn how to make this easy and spooky glowing eyeball necklace.

Getting Started

Preheat oven to 275 °F. Test temperature with oven thermometer for perfectly cured clay. Condition all clay by kneading until it’s soft and smooth or running it through the Clay Conditioning Machine for several passes on the widest setting. Fold the clay in half after each pass and insert the fold side into the rollers first.

Step 1

Roll out the Traditional Glow (yellow) in the dark clay, and make it quite thick. Use the biggest cutter, and cut TWO circles to make the eyeball bead.

Step 2

Press the two pieces you cut together, and squish it nice and tight to make one blob of clay.

Step 3

Roll the blob of clay into a nice round, smooth ball.

Step 4

Pierce the ball of clay straight through with the wood skewer.

Step 5

Roll out a thin sheet of Glow Blue clay. Use the smallest circle cutter to cut a round flat piece for the iris (colored part of the eye). Press it to the center of the eyeball.

Step 6

Make a teeny Black dot and flatten it onto the center of the iris. Make an even teenier White one for the sparkle in the eye and press it to the side of the iris next to the black dot.

Step 7

Flatten the remaining Traditional Glow (yellow), Glow Green, Glow Blue, and Glow Orange clays, and use the smallest round cutter to cut one piece for each bead. Roll each flat round piece into a ball.

Step 8

Roll each ball into a tube shape, and make sure each one is the same size. Press all the tubes together, and roll. Fold it in half and twist, then roll into a smooth tube. Pierce one end with a wood skewer. Make five more marbleized tube beads just like the last one, and put them all on one wood skewer to bake.

Step 9

Roll out the Glow Orange clay so it's flat, and cut 8 orange beads using the "next to the largest cutter." Roll them all into smooth round balls. Pierce each one with another wood skewer.

Step 10

Repeat the same process as above, but use the next smaller round cutter, and cut 8 green beads, and 8 smaller blue beads. Pierce each one with another wood skewer, and leave them on the stick to bake.

Step 11

Get the last wood skewer, and roll out a thin sheet of Black clay. Begin at one long end of the clay, and wrap it around the wood skewer as shown. Smooth out any lines left in the clay so the beads will be smooth and round. Cut your beads with the Super Slicer. Cut 8 beads the same size. These are called "tube beads." Leave the cut beads on the wood skewer to bake.

Step 12

Bake all pieces and beads in a clean baking dish lined with clean paper or index cards. Don't worry, the paper will not burn because you will be baking at 275 °F for 30 minutes. Use an external oven thermometer to check the oven temperature. Adjust dial accordingly to reach an accurate 275 °F. Remove everything from the oven and allow it all to cool.

Step 13

If you want your eyeball to have bloodshot "veins", use a red Sharpie super fine-line marker to draw some on the baked bead. You can also add lines to the "iris" with a dark blue gel pen.

Step 14

When your beads are cool, string the eyeball onto the cord. Working from each side of the eyeball bead, string in this order, following the example in the picture:
Black tube bead
Green bead
Orange bead
Striped bead
Repeat 4 times on each side of the eyeball.

Then, knot your necklace cord!