Catching Fire Projects

"So, it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans." -Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

With Catching Fire, the newest movie in The Hunger Games series, coming out tomorrow, I figured it was time to post some projects based on the books/movies.  If you remember my previous Hunger Games post, you could make coasters for this movie too. With the mockingjay pin being a very prevalent part of the movies, I decided to do the pin idea in two different ways.

Traditional Pin Form:

Materials:

• Black Polymer Clay
• Gold (or similar) Polymer Clay
• Pin Back
• E6000

Directions:

1. Roll out a piece of black polymer clay and shape into a circle.
2. Roll out a long tube of gold polymer clay and outline the circle in it.
3. Shape some clay into an arrow and attach across the circles.
4. Create a mocking jay shape and attach to the circle.
5. Bake at 225 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool.
6. Attach pin back to the mockingjay using E6000.

Mockinjay hairband:

Materials:

• Gold Polymer Clay
• Headband
• E6000

Directions:

1. Create the mocking jay as before, except this time do not attach everything to a black circle of clay.
2. Bake at 225 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool.
3. Attach mockingjay to the headband with E6000.  

Enjoy viewing the movie with your new "pins".