Hey guys! It's been a while since I last posted,
but I really wanted to post something since Halloween is this Friday. Now, not
all of us are going to be dressing up unfortunately, but there are ways in
which you can still get into the Halloween spirit! With that being said, I'm
going to be showing you how to make this last minute eyeball embellishment that
you can use for pretty much anything!
Here, I'm using leftover white paper-clay that I
bought for 1.50 from Daiso (Japanese dollar store). You can use any type of
clay you have lying around the house or any kind you can find in stores. I personally like to use paperclay because it is lightweight, it dries into this semi-hard foam like material, and you can still work with the clay even after it's dried by adding a little water to it. As for
the measuring spoons, if you don't have any that are half dome shaped, you
could always hand-shape the little eyeballs.
Start by getting a
small amount of clay, enough to fit exactly into the spoon(s). It's really up
to you how big you want to make your eyeballs. For mine, I wanted eyeballs for
varying sizes so I used the 1tbs, 1tsp, 1/2tsp, and the 1/4tsp. You really want
to pack the clay into the spoon so that you don't end up with any cracks in
your clay eyeball as shown above.
After packing the
clay into the spoon, if you're using air dry clay or paper clay like me, let
them sit for a while. I let mine sit for roughly one 30minutes-1hour checking
on them often to see if the surface has dried. I've tried using a hairdryer to
speed up the process a little bit. If you clay is a little more solid, then you can
go ahead and skip this step.
Getting the clay out
is going to be the hard part. The clay will not have fully solidified yet, but
the exposed flat surface should have hardened enough so that when you poke at
it, it doesn't give in to the pressure. Grab a blunt and flat object, I'm using
an exact-o knife, and stick it into the clay at a slight angle as if you are
only trying to dig out the parts of the clay that have solidified. Carefully
lift your tool up to remove the clay piece.
Don't worry if the
back of the eye doesn't look perfect. If the surface of the eye looks a little
cracked, depending on the type of clay you are using, you may or may not be
able to smooth out the surface.
Now, let the eye
balls sit for a couple for hours, checking on them often to see of they've
dried. Once you feel that they've dried enough for you to handle them, it's
time to start adding the details!
- Start by
painting or drawing on a circle in the color that you want the iris to be.
- Grab black and
paint or draw in a smaller circle in the middle of the iris, this will
become the pupil.
- Grab a tooth
pick and dip the end of the pick into some white paint or nail polish and
just slightly dab it onto the pupil. This gives the eyes a little more
dimension and keeps them from looking so dead, unless you want them to
look that way.
- At this point
you're done! You can go on to add in any additional details you want. You
could add in some veins for up the "creep-factor.
Overall, even if it's
not Halloween, I would say that you can stick these eyeballs on anything you
want and it would still look cute. Although it's VERY last minute, I'm going to
be posting a second blog post tomorrow about ways in which you can use these
eyeball embellishments.
What do you
think of these eyeball decorations? How would you use them? Leave your comments
below, along with any questions you may have.
As always, thanks so
much for taking the time to check out my blog!
Until next time~
UPDATE: if you guys are interested in creating some cute and creepy eyeball accessories, check out this blog post right HERE.
