Clear marbles ( Note: do NOT get the marbles that have designs in them. These will break and cut you!!)
Necklace cording – (A note on the necklace cording, if you are looking in my supply picture, you can purchase cording in bulk,(the spool) and make a bunch of necklaces, or just opt for the easier, pre-made version.)
Bead Caps – (There are several options available for the bead caps, choose by preference.)
Eye Pins
Jump Rings
E-6000 adhesive (or other strong glue)
Needle-nose Jewelry Pliers
Baking sheet
Bowl
Oven
Let's get started!
Pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees.
Open your bag of marbles, and lay them out on a baking sheet.
I want you to know, that I bought a brand-new cookie sheet for this project. I wasn't about to take photos featuring my much-loved (ugly-looking) cookie sheets!
Pop the baking sheet into your oven, and set the timer for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, get a bowl, and fill it with ice water.
When the marbles have baked for 20 minutes, take them out of the oven (which I desperately need to clean). Be very careful! A 500 degree oven is not friendly!
Dump the marbles straight into your ice water.
Using 500 degrees, and 20 minutes, I did not lose a single marble.
I poured them into a strainer, and dried them off.
Now to make them into necklaces!
You will need one bead cap, and one eye pin per necklace.
Insert the eye pin into the bead cap, and trim the end of the pin. You only need to leave enough "pin" to create a loop.
Using fine-tipped pliers, turn the trimmed section of the eye pin into a loop.
With both ends of the eye pin secure in the bead cap, apply some adhesive to the inside of the cap.
Be generous, fill that cap! Then adhere the cap to your marble.
Then set your pendant aside to dry.
I found it very helpful to set the drying pendants on top of the mesh bag they came in, the "holes" of the mesh kept them all upright to dry.
When the adhesive is dry, add a jump ring to the loop in the eye pin.
Then, attach the pendant to your chosen necklace cording.
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