How Do You Make A Shark Tooth Necklace?
Swimming with the sharks is not required to make a fun shark tooth necklace. In fact, shark tooth necklaces aren’t made from regular shark teeth, but from teeth that have been fossilized over thousands of years. They are found in abundance in Florida and the Caribbean. Once you get your hands on a fossilized shark tooth, it’s easy to turn it into a necklace. Wrap the wire around the tooth to create bail, or loop, for the cord. Lay the tooth face down on a flat surface and cut about a 12-inch length of wire. Form a small loop at one end of the wire. Hold the loop just above the top of the center of the tooth, leaving about 1/4-inch of space between the tooth and the loop and then run the wire at about a 45-degree angle around one side of the “gum,” or top of the tooth and back to the loop. Make sure this wire is pulled snug against the tooth. Run it over the top of the wire where the loop is, and then around the “gum” or top of the tooth on the other side. Make sure the wire on both sid
