- The trees will be my inspiration
and the sky will be my muse!
- [Narrator] Hey, Baby-Sitters fans.
You've probably noticed Claudia
wearing some funky cool jewelry.
- Summer look!
- Rue.
- Adore.
- [Narrator] Today, we're going to recreate
Claudia's super-cute lemon earrings.
- Wow.
- [Narrator] You'll need polymer clay, yellow and green.
Glossy finishing sealant.
A piece of aluminum foil.
Jewelry-making supplies.
Two eye pins.
Four jump rings.
Two earring hooks.
Toothpicks.
A butter knife.
Needle-nose pliers.
A paintbrush.
And you'll also need access to an oven.
So let's get to it.
- Cool.
- [Narrator] First step. Forming a lemon.
You'll be making two lemon shapes.
Break off a chunk of yellow clay
and split into two even amounts
about the size of grapes.
Set one aside.
Let's start with the first lemon.
Roll your clay piece, forming a smooth round ball.
Once you have that,
we'll then gently work the clay,
pinching and rolling the clay to form two ends.
Think football here.
Smoothing the sides as you turn it.
Then gently pinch the ends
to form the tips of your football.
Now take a toothpick.
Use the side of the toothpick to press a circular line
around the ends of your shape.
Next, using the same toothpick,
poke holes all over the clay.
Don't worry if the holes look funny.
We'll be smoothing them in a minute.
It's starting to say lemon here.
- Right. (laughing)
- [Narrator] Now repeat the same steps
for the other piece of clay.
Finally, here's how to get even better lemon texture.
Grab the foil and wad it into a ball.
Then open up the foil and press into your clay.
You can lightly roll your clay into the foil
to pick up even more texture.
Reshape, lightly smoothing the holes.
You may need to grab your toothpick again for more holes
or more pressing into the ends.
Just continue using these techniques until you have a lemon.
Wow, cute!
One down. I'll do the same for the other.
Now let's grab the eye pins and the needle-nose pliers.
Get ready to add the eye pin down the center of the lemon.
But before you do that,
we'll bend the bottom of the pin with the pliers.
We want about a quarter-inch of the eye pin
to remain exposed out of the lemon.
This will be for the lemon stems.
After making the bends,
insert the bent eye pin straight down the middle.
Do that for both lemons.
Set those aside.
Now it's time for some leaves.
Pinch off some of the green clay and break into four parts.
You'll be making two leaves for each lemon.
For each leaf, form a pea-sized ball
and flatten into an oval shape.
On one end of the oval,
pinch to make the bottom of a leaf.
On the other end, pinch a little longer
so that you can form a little bit of a stem.
Now take a toothpick
to press the center vein into each leaf.
Remember, you have four leaves to make.
Now that you have your four,
add two leaves to each lemon.
Arrange the leaves on the lemon,
gently pressing the tops of the leaves
to make contact with the yellow clay of the lemon.
Now take a tiny bit more of the green clay
and mold it at the top
over the other green clay, forming a neat little stem cap.
Let's have a look.
Oh, nice.
It's time to bake.
Set your lemons onto a baking sheet.
Preheat your oven to 275 degrees.
Bake for 45 minutes.
Wait till they're cool.
Then get out your glossy sealant and paintbrush.
Give them a good coat.
Wow. Those look good.
It's time to get out those jewelry parts
and turn these lemons into earrings.
- Yes!
- [Narrator] You'll need to jump rings, earring hooks,
and pliers.
Grab a jump ring and look for the opening in the ring.
Gently grab one side with the pliers and twist open.
Holding the open ring with the pliers,
use your other hand to add the lemon earring.
Grab a second jump ring and add that to the other jump ring.
Now close that up.
Now open up a second jump ring
and use the same method as the first.
Finally, add your earring hook to your second jump ring.
Now close that up.
Check it out. You have a complete earring.
Now repeat for the other side.
And adorable.
Claudia would definitely approve.
- Pop, yet regal. - Exactly!
- [Narrator] And here's more earrings of Claudia's
that you can create with polymer clay.
- Whoa.
- [Narrator] Do you feel a bit like Claudia
wearing these lemon earrings?
- Hello? Baby-Sitters Club.
- [Narrator] Keep creating with the Baby-Sitters Club.