Craft Club Unknowingly Prepares For Friday the 13th: The Luna Lovegood Edition

So, like many people, I spent my Veteran's Day watching Harry Potter movies that happened to come across various channels. It appeared this week was the Order Of The Pheonix week...so I watched that...like maybe twice. Ok like 3 times but I wasn't, you know, WATCHING watching it...I DO stuff too. Accio-Interesting Life!

Anydumbledore, I decided Luna Lovegood is one of the most rockinest chicks ever. She's weird, she's crafty, she doesn't care what you think, she's sees stuff that nobody else see's, and she loses crap to Nargles. Let me tell you something folks, she's basically me. Only she's skinny at age 13 and I was a swarthy chub with too much arm hair.

Upon this realization I decided that we were totally going to make Luna Lovegood necklaces in Craft Club. This was risky, as previous craft clubs had been populated by boys and I wasn't sure a cork necklace was really going to fly with the DUDE ENERGY. But I am a persistant jerk...so I was determined to force the project upon whoever came within 3 feet of my craft area. Here's my little example:

The project was fairly simple, actually. I had found a few directions online that told me to get fishing wire and a needle and blah blah blah. I decided that those little eyelet screws were FAR more adequate so I go those. Directions as follows:

You need:
-corks (craft stores have cute little ones in the floral section along with wine corks but if you're doing this with kiddies who may or may not try and suck on the cork just because it once touched wine I would advise getting the regular ones.) It's amazing what you KNOW a 13 year old boy will do before you even start a project...see "No-Hitler Mustaches" post below.
-eyelet screws...also found at the craft store in the wood craft section.
-thin ribbon, various colors. Now, the necklace she wears has beads and whatnot but I'm all about individuality so I picked ribbon. Plus it was easier and less time-consuming for the youth. And me.
-Random bits of goodness. Charms, junk jewelry, mini-bells...you name it. I'm a full believer that all necklaces of this sort should be customized to the person making it. Afterall, what good is a Nargle Repellant if it doesn't have a bit of flair, no?

Directions: Really? You can't figure this out? Screw in eyelet...add ribbon & goodies. Tie off. Done.

Or if you're my students...you do this:


So then this morning I woke up and realized it was Friday the 13th and what else could possibly be more perfect than a little charm to protect me. Oh! AND girls totally did this project, which was refreshing...