Coraline Button Eyes (see through and prescription)

Step 5 Adding the edge/rim to the button

 Get out your air dry clay and make some snakes out of it. 
Wrap the snake around the button eye and shape with your fingers. 
You should put more of the clay snake on the front of the lens and then pull it toward the rear. 
You'll have to keep shaping this with your fingers until you get a smooth edge and a smooth join. 
After it dries, I suggest using some sort of glaze or clear paint on the back of the clay to prevent it from coming off or melting if you sweat a lot. 

If you could find some rubber rings to fit snuggly against your lenses, I would recommend trying that. Smaller hardware stores sell individual rubber rings of various sizes. It would be perfect if you could find a rubber ring that was cut on the inside so that it would wrap around the lens. 

Edit: One thing I forgot to mention - Add a bit extra clay to the back of the button eye if you are using flat glass or plexiglass. Otherwise, the button will hit your eyelids/eyelashes depending on your eye shape. 

Comments

[chocomento]

Hi, how did you get the clay to stick to the lenses? Maybe I'm using some rogue clay (same brand, crayola model magic) but it's very difficult to mould and it won't stick at all. :( great instructable though.

[chocomento]

Disregard this comment- I found a way around using the clay by painting two layers of puff paint around the edges instead. :)

[wolfybrie]

It was less 'stuck' than just molded around and left to dry. Didn't move at all after it was dry. Glad you got the puff paint to work though, I tried that at first but it was too runny for me (or I just used too much paint).