It occurred to me after we were already driving home that we probably shouldn't have taken a few of the acorns we found on our
trail hike. At the minimum we probably broke some sort of nature center law and/or etiquette about leaving nature exactly as we had found it. Aside from rule breaking though, we probably caused a squirrel to have to work a little harder for his meal that day, which does make me a little sad.
When we get home Syd wanted to immediately glue his acorns to a piece of paper. Never wanting to be the domineering arts and crafts task master, I let him create his master piece of glue, paint dots and acorns. I set one perfect acorn aside though and vowed that the poor little squirrels extra hard work that day would not be in vain. So I made a necklace. And painted it gold. Because really, you can put some glittery gold paint on just about anything and call it fashion right? Just like you can
put a bird on anything and call it art. All kidding aside, it is a sweet little nougat of a reminder of our good day.
(note, the cute little top of your acorn may come off when you drill, which is fine. Just add a spot of glue from your hot glue gun and it'll be good as new). Also, wanted to mention that to speed up drying, just hit it with a blow-dryer for a few minutes.
I wanted to be extra fancy so I bought myself some real expensive gold filled chain. Nothing but the best for my cute little acorn :) Seriously though, the chain was less than $9 on sale and I figure I can use it for all sorts of fun pendants in the future. But if you want there are plenty of cute chain options for as cheap as $1.50/ft.
Fun stuff huh? Best part is this little gem took less than 20 minutes to make. I love my little acorn nugget and Syd gets a kick out of it too. I figure you can take lots of different things you'd find on a nature walk and turn it into a pendant. A little shell, or even a pretty little twig painted gold and wrapped in filament wire would be so cool.
18 comments:
Sooo cute! Making an acorn garland is on our list for fall handcrafts this year, but this is something I hadn't thought of. What a great Christmas gift this would make for all the ladies I hike with. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love from,
Greta
i actually LOVE this. you're a genius, that's just the plain truth. and i always steal stuff from nature. especially shells. it's not like anyone lives in them anymore. or like i'm stealing some furry thing's dinner. j/k. i'd totally lift some acorns too.
This is so creative. I love it!
So cute! I love the pictures from the Nature Center as well. I'd love to take my kiddos there but it didn't look very stroller friendly. What do you think?
So glad you and Syd had a great date together and that you have a cute necklace to help remember the day.
That is a great idea. Love it!
fun idea!
<3
this is the CUTEST idea!!
um, i'm in awe! i honestly thought that was a gold pendant you'd purchased at the nature center gift shop! it looks fantastic. you're a genius! :)
ok, this is just plain awesome. i LOVE it!
I love this! And all this time I've been complaining about my messy oak tree in the front yard. I'm going out there now and finding an acorn to make myself some jewelry!
Haha...now you got me (and probably a bunch of other readers) wanting to be a rebel and break some nature center laws just to get an acorn or two :). Love the necklace!
It's so cute! Perfect size and you could have one in every color! Great idea! Now if I could find a tine pine cone.....I LOVE pine cones! lol
What a great tutorial! I bet this would confuse all the squirrels.
love it!
I'm your newest follower!! I love this idea and have clicked on a few of your older posts... I will be back again and again!!!
So cute! I may just have to make some of them for my daughters. Their sorority mascot is the squirrel so this would be a perfect stocking stuffer! Thanks for sharing.
I hate to be a killjoy because I think your necklace is beautiful, but acorns often have little worms living in them, and that could be disconcerting if it crawled its way out on to your neck. If you bake your acorns at 350 for about 10 minutes, you should kill anything living inside. It's such a fantastic idea.
I love this! Is is durable?
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