Acorn Earrings

My sister has a habit of 'squirreling' stuff. In this case I'm not using that word metaphorically. She has a stash of acorns in her room. It caught my eye while we were discussing creating this blog. 

You Will Need:

• 2 acorns (with their hats)
• Basic earring hooks (See Vocab Tab)
• 2 Loop-end Wire Pins (See Vocab Tab)
• 2 Jump rings (See Vocab Tab)
• Round-nose pliers (See Vocab Tab)
• Drill (hand or electric) with a little bit
• Super Glue (I feel like this may as well get a bracket too)

Instructions:

With my acorns, the tops were already glued on which made my task significantly more difficult. The instructions I'm providing assume that yours have loose hats.

Drill a hole through the acorn hat somewhere near the middle. Insert the loop-end pin through the hole and bend the bottom up so that it rests snugly against the inside of the acorn hat and stops the pin from pulling through. You may want to trim some excess off the bottom of the pin to allow less of it to stick out the top.

Super Glue the bent end of the pin to the inside of the hat. Add some glue to the place where the wire goes through the hole to seal in and stop it from crumbling. Once the glue on the inside is dry glue the acorn hat to the top of the acorn and leave it to dry.

To finish off, attach the jump-ring to the loop-end of the loop-end pin and the the earring hook to the jump-ring. Jump rings are not essential but they are recommended as they give the acorns more freedom to move about. This movement is important because it simulates the acorn's experience of having been hung from a tree.This prevents them from realizing that they've been moved and becoming depressed or rebellious about their new purpose in life. Like my mother always says "there's nothing worse than a rebellious acorn." 

Rating:

Effort Required: 3.5/10

There's a bit of wire work and a bit of gluing. Nothing major.

Durability: 5/10

Nature adds a whole new set of things to be considered. On the whole they're pretty solid and they make cute little rattling noises when you walk. I'd watch out for squirrels though. Also, don't lie on damp ground while wearing these, Glue And Random Objects will not be responsible for oak trees growing through anyone's head.

Cool Factor: 7/10

They're pretty noticeable and original enough to draw a comment most times. My favourite so far has been "are those real walnuts?!" The fact that acorns don't really grow in this area may increase their novelty though.