How to Make a Burnt Bread Hunger Games Charm
Break off a small chunk of polymer clay, roughly the size of a cherry, and roll it into a ball., Roll the ball about 2-3 times between your hands until it forms a thick stick with rounded ends., Flatten and smooth the top and bottom, making sure...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Break off a small chunk of polymer clay
It should have the length of about 5 centimeter (2.0Â in) and a width of 1 centimeter (0.4Â in). ,, You should have quite a bit. , Make sure it is all even and there is no pale clay peeking through. ,, Brush this dark powder on the top of the bread, to give it that burnt look.
Make sure you can still see the bread's indents, and don't worry if the dark brown powder doesn't get to the indents
- it will look more natural if the indents are kept a lighter brown than the rest of the bread. ,,, Follow the instructions on the packaging of your clay which gives you the time and temperature.
Do not bake it in the microwave. , It should be completely hardened.
If not, bake it for a couple more minutes at the provided temperature. , Use the pliers to help. , -
Step 2: roughly the size of a cherry
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Step 3: and roll it into a ball.
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Step 4: Roll the ball about 2-3 times between your hands until it forms a thick stick with rounded ends.
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Step 5: Flatten and smooth the top and bottom
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Step 6: making sure there are no cracks or lines in the clay.
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Step 7: On a piece of paper and with some scissors
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Step 8: a toothpick or a blade
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Step 9: scrape off some powder off the medium brown chalk pastel.
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Step 10: With the little brush
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Step 11: brush the entire bread brown.
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Step 12: Take your toothpick and with the middle of it (the thickest part) make about 4 diagonal indents in the bread.
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Step 13: Scrape off some dark brown chalk pastels on another paper
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Step 14: as well as a little bit of black.
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Step 15: Brush a little more dark powder on the bottom of the bread
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Step 16: near the edges.
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Step 17: If you want to turn this into a charm
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Step 18: use your wire cutters to cut the eyepin to the correct size before carefully pushing the eyepin through the top of the bread.
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Step 19: Bake the clay bread.
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Step 20: When it has done baking
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Step 21: let it cool for a few minutes.
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Step 22: Add your jump ring and keychain/bracelet/necklace/phone strap if you want one now.
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Step 23: Finished.
Detailed Guide
It should have the length of about 5 centimeter (2.0Â in) and a width of 1 centimeter (0.4Â in). ,, You should have quite a bit. , Make sure it is all even and there is no pale clay peeking through. ,, Brush this dark powder on the top of the bread, to give it that burnt look.
Make sure you can still see the bread's indents, and don't worry if the dark brown powder doesn't get to the indents
- it will look more natural if the indents are kept a lighter brown than the rest of the bread. ,,, Follow the instructions on the packaging of your clay which gives you the time and temperature.
Do not bake it in the microwave. , It should be completely hardened.
If not, bake it for a couple more minutes at the provided temperature. , Use the pliers to help. ,
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