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I wanted to make my wife some dinosaur earrings. That is the backstory.
I purchased some inexpensive plastic animals from a dollar store. They were not the prettiest, but they were colorful. I used a couple of blue whales as the example, but they also sold dinosaurs. The earring hardware was ear hooks, jump rings, and eye pins.
MATERIALS:
• Plastic critters
• Ear hooks
• Jump rings
• Eye pins
I used a couple of pliers and a rotary tool with a 0.65mm drill bit. An electric drill could be used in place of the rotary tool. I tried using a pin vise first, but the powered tool worked significantly faster and cleaner. I needed the pliers because I did not actually have jump rings, and the picture shows M3 lock washers, which were harder to bend than most jump rings. If you use proper jump rings, you can probably get by with one set of pliers or bare fingers.
TOOLS:
• Long nose pliers
• Rotary tool
• 0.65mm drill bit
The first step is to drill a hole in the critter where it will hang. Drilling is the most critical step. I tried driving eye pins by hand, and I could not get them to start. Drilling a pilot hole is the key. If you take nothing else from these instructions, remember to start with a hole. The hole should be as deep as the shaft of the eye pin.
Twist an eye pin into the hole. It will take some finesse, but once it starts, it will follow the pilot hole, and your pin will seat neatly.
Open your jump ring and join the eye pin and earring hook. Make sure the ear hook faces the correct direction. Close the jump ring.
Repeat these steps for the other earring, and you have a set. Mix and match. Find new toys. Just remember to predrill your hole.
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2025-11-19
I wanted to make my wife some dinosaur earrings. That is the backstory.
I purchased some inexpensive plastic animals from a dollar store. They were not the prettiest, but they were colorful. I used a couple of blue whales as the example, but they also sold dinosaurs. The earring hardware was ear hooks, jump rings, and eye pins.
MATERIALS:
• Plastic critters
• Ear hooks
• Jump rings
• Eye pins
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| Materials: two earring hooks, two jump rings, two eye pins, and two plastic critters |
I used a couple of pliers and a rotary tool with a 0.65mm drill bit. An electric drill could be used in place of the rotary tool. I tried using a pin vise first, but the powered tool worked significantly faster and cleaner. I needed the pliers because I did not actually have jump rings, and the picture shows M3 lock washers, which were harder to bend than most jump rings. If you use proper jump rings, you can probably get by with one set of pliers or bare fingers.
TOOLS:
• Long nose pliers
• Rotary tool
• 0.65mm drill bit
 |
| Materials: 0.65 drill bit and drill, two pliers |
The first step is to drill a hole in the critter where it will hang. Drilling is the most critical step. I tried driving eye pins by hand, and I could not get them to start. Drilling a pilot hole is the key. If you take nothing else from these instructions, remember to start with a hole. The hole should be as deep as the shaft of the eye pin.
 |
| Step one is to drill a pilot hole in the critter at the balance point |
Twist an eye pin into the hole. It will take some finesse, but once it starts, it will follow the pilot hole, and your pin will seat neatly.
 |
| Step two is to twist in one of the eye pins |
Open your jump ring and join the eye pin and earring hook. Make sure the ear hook faces the correct direction. Close the jump ring.
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| Step three is to open a jump ring and combine it with the eye pin and earring hook |
Repeat these steps for the other earring, and you have a set. Mix and match. Find new toys. Just remember to predrill your hole.
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| Earring all the things! |
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This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information on this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property, or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
Comments to the blog may be utilized or erased at the discretion of the owner. No one posting may claim property or assets based on their post.
This blog, including pictures and text, is copyright to Brian McEvoy.
2025-11-19
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