Defending Jacob Thumbprint Pendent

"We must have seemed just live everybody else, which, when you get down to it, is all I ever wanted." -William Landay, Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob is a story about a father who is DA when his son, Jacob, is accused of murdering a classmate.  The evidence against Jacob includes one thumb print, found in blood on the victims   sweatshirt tag.  As more information comes to light all he can do is minimize the evidence and defend Jacob. 

Because of the thumb print evidence and Andy's love for and faith in his son no matter the evidence, I decided to make a thumb print heart necklace.  Half of the heart is made from my thumb print and the other half was made from my significant other's thumb print.  This could be done with siblings thumb prints, or even the thumb prints of a son and a father and turned into a key chain.  

Materials:

• White Polymer Clay
• Gold Paint
• Paint Brush
• Glue (E 6000)
• Cord

Directions:  

1. Create two halves of a heart out of the white clay that would equal a whole heart when put together. Smooth so their is no prints on it.
2. Have each person press their thumb print onto a half of the heart. Make a hole that goes through one section of the heart to attach cord through later. 
3. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 225 degrees. Let cool.
4. Paint with gold paint.  The less paint you use the better the print shows up. Let dry.
5. Glue heart together using E6000. Let dry.
6. Attach cord through heart.

Let's just hope these thumb prints have more luck than Andy did in this book.