Guitar Hero

Release your inner rock goddess and make these fun charms by Flick Hall

Flick Hall, MJ Designer

Don’t worry too much about cutting out the lettering perfectly, once the pieces are shrunk any jagged lines will disappear

Simply trace, cut and colour each of the shapes provided from shrink plastic then add gold chain and statement beads for the ultimate rock combo! Team with a tight black T-shirt, skinny jeans and red lipstick and you're ready to roll in style. And even if this look is not to your particular style, we're sure there will be a willing recipient or buyer desperate to get their hands on your cutting-edge creations!

Necklace

1. Take a gold necklet chain and attach two other lengths of chain with jump rings two thirds of the way along each side (working from the clasp). Then join the other end of each hanging chain to the middle using a jump ring, so it forms a ‘W’ shape. Using the template, cut out a ‘Rock’ motif from both black and white shrink plastic. Colour the white lettering with pink permanent pen on both sides and punch a hole at the top of the ‘R’ on the black and the ‘K’ on the pink.
2. Cut out a small guitar shape from black shrink plastic and a larger one from white. Colour the white one with red permanent pen on both sides. Punch a hole in the top of each. Trim the wing shape from white, colour with pink pen then punch a hole in the bottom.
3. Shrink all items in an oven on a baking sheet, following the manufacturer's instructions. Leave to cool. Attach gold jump rings to each of the charms, plus black and pink pendants. Thread a gold head pin through the hole of a round pink faceted plastic bead and trim and bend the top with pliers to form a loop.
4. Thread a length of gold chain through the loop on a red plastic swallow charm and attach at the top to the jump ring on the middle of the chain. Secure all of the charms intermittently along the lengths of chain, as shown, keeping the heavier charms at the base of the necklace to make sure the piece hangs correctly.

Earrings

1. Using the template, cut out the ‘Rock’ motif from black shrink plastic twice and punch a hole at the top of each ‘R’. Trim the larger guitar shape from white shrink plastic twice and colour both sides of each using a red permanent pen. Punch a hole at the top of both. Shrink all items in an oven on a baking sheet according to the manufacturer's instructions. Leave to cool.
2. Take a gold earring hook and thread two different lengths of gold chain onto it, followed by a small black square bead. Pass a small red plastic bead and a small translucent red plastic bead onto each length. Attach a jump ring to each of the shrink plastic charms, and secure to the bottom of each length of chain. Repeat the assembling process above to make a pair.

Brooch

1. Using the template, cut out the 'Rock' lettering from black shrink plastic, adding a rectangle to the base. Punch six holes along the bottom, at uneven points. Trim a large guitar from black shrink plastic and a small one from white. Colour in both sides of the small shape using a red permanent pen, and punch holes in the top of each.
2. Cut out a wing shape from white shrink plastic and colour with a pink permanent pen on both sides. Punch a hole in the bottom. Shrink all items in an oven on a baking sheet following the manufacturer's instructions. Leave to cool. Attach small gold jump rings to each of the holes in the 'Rock’ lettering and to each hole in the charms.
3. Thread a gold head pin through a round pink faceted plastic bead and trim and bend the top with pliers to form a loop. Attach a jump ring to a pink pendant and another to a red cherry charm. Secure different lengths of gold chain to each ring on the charms and beads and secure to the jump rings in the lettering.