DIY Eyeball Embellishment

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! 

1. Start by painting or drawing on a circle in the color that you want the iris to be.  
2. Grab black and paint or draw in a smaller circle in the middle of the iris, this will become the pupil.  
3. 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. 
4. 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.