Alligator Beads | Hand Painted Ceramic Beads from Peru | Gator Jewelry

This is the smallest gator in the lineup at roughly 0.375 inches, finished in mossy greens with the ridged back and long jaw modeled into the clay itself. The compact scale keeps the menace cartoonish and the weight negligible, even hanging from a fine earring wire.

Each bead is sold individually, so you can add a single gator to a charm bracelet, dangle one from a bag zipper, or tuck one among neutral wooden beads where it surprises people on the second look. The 2mm hole handles headpins and most fine stringing materials.

Gameday jewelry, swamp-souvenir pieces, a gift for the herpetology student who has everything — this one small reptile covers a remarkable amount of territory. It also makes a sly companion piece to the larger gator styles, like a hatchling trailing its parent down a strand.