In this article we will look at how to make original multi-colored pendants, bracelets and cool oven badges with your own hands at home.
DIY plastic keychains
In order to make cool keychains and badges from the oven, we will need scissors, a hole punch, permanent markers or acrylic paint and, of course, transparent plastic packaging (container) for cakes, cookies, etc.
Look, the packaging must have an emblem with the number 6. We only need completely flat transparent plastic, which is even, we don’t need anything else. Since we don’t need all the ribbed plastic, we just get rid of it.
Making badges from plastic
We take a stationery knife and cut out only the plastic that we need, namely flat. Then we choose any pictures we like for the icons. The easiest way is to find them on the Internet through a smartphone or planet to make it more convenient to work. You need to choose larger images, because when heated in the oven they will decrease in size by 5-7 times and will become too small if you initially make them like this, but at the same time they will increase in thickness up to 3 mm.
After we have found pictures that suit us, we take plastic prepared to size, place it on top and transfer the image using a permanent marker, since it will not be erased in the future. At this stage, you can immediately decorate your product with colored markers. Also, if you are good at drawing, you can draw your future icon on paper and then transfer it to plastic in the same way.
We take scissors and cut out our blanks. We move them to a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, otherwise you will have difficulty separating them from the baking sheet.
Set the oven to heat up to 150-170 degrees. Then we take a baking sheet with our preparations and place it in the oven for a few minutes (2-3 minutes, it all depends on how the transformation process goes). Don’t be alarmed when the blanks begin to curl up before your eyes. After about a minute they will straighten out, but decrease in size. After this process, we take them out and lightly press them with something flat so that they straighten completely.
Look at the preparations and what our badges looked like after the oven.
If you did not color the blanks in advance permanent markers, then take acrylic paint. Mix the colors we need and paint the icons with reverse side(Necessarily). The result is very cool badges, almost store quality.
Making fasteners for badges
Next, attach the pin to the back of the badge using super glue. For better adhesion of the glue to the surface, sprinkle the gluing area with soda. If you make a hole in them, these badges can be used as keychains. You can also use them to create original multi-colored pendants and bracelets.
You can make not only a keychain, but according to the site, you can even make earrings and a bracelet. But it’s interesting if you make a panel))
Taken from the American site
The end result looks like this:
But you can also make bracelets and keychains like these :)
So, let's begin:
For this craft we use plastic packaging (by the way, you can plastic cover from sour cream or kefir plastic jars).
At the moment it is transparent plastic. You can also use any polystyrene packaging or plate.
Check the PS6 label on the packaging to make sure you are using polystyrene material.
1. Draw your design on a flat piece of plastic (as seen in the picture, with a felt-tip pen)
2. Continue drawing your entire design, but don't go over the border or edge as that part will be cut off.
3. Try to make coloring pages on plastic spaced apart from each other.
4. Also outline the flower designs with a contrasting outline, but on the other side of the plastic
This will create a stereoscopic effect and will not allow the marker colors to mix
5. Cut the plastic around the design. Cut to leave an even edge. Leave enough edge as the edge will shrink as it heats up.
6. Use a hole punch to make holes in the part you want as the top of the design.
7. Use aluminum foil that has already been used (it may be wrinkled). Place it on a baking sheet and heat the oven to 325°
8. Place your plastic on the foil and
Nice little thing, isn't it? This is a keychain, a phone accessory or just a pincushion, you can use it however you want! It is very easy to make, with a minimum of time and materials. But she's lovely!
We will need:
- stopper from a plastic bottle with a coupling;
- a little synthetic filler, you can get by with cotton wool;
- a piece of beautiful fabric;
- cardboard;
- hot glue;
- beautiful braid;
- needle;
- a thread.
Take a piece of beautiful fabric, in our case a small piece of cross stitch - this will be the front side of the keychain. Pull it onto the cork from the convex side.
Place the ring on top like a hoop, securing the fabric to the cork.
This is the preparation you have at this stage.
Let's prepare the element back side keychain Cut a circle out of cardboard to fit the cork. Cover with fabric.
Gather the edges of the fabric with a running stitch and tighten the thread so that the edges gather in the center of the circle.
Trim the fabric on the cork a little larger than the outline and tuck it inside. Fill the cork cavity with cotton wool or other filler. Cover the top with the back panel and hand stitch along the edge. Connect both parts together.
Glue a strip of beautiful braid along the seam line using hot glue. Add a loop of gold cord or twisted thread. All is ready! If you want to use it as a pincushion, then add the filler immediately in the first step between the front side fabric and the surface of the lid. And only then secure the ring on top.
Crafts from plastic bottles- excellent, useful and interesting hobby, because bottle plastic is a fairly versatile and easy-to-work material that any needlewoman can turn into a beautiful and useful household item.
If the top of the bottle and the bottom we can use to create decorative flowers- interior decoration, then the remaining plastic can be used to make smaller flowers, which are perfect for creating thread curtains or an original keychain with your own hands.
What we need:
Operating procedure:
1. Cut off the middle part of the bottle using a utility knife or scissors.
2. Transfer the flower from the stencil to the plastic.
3. Cut out a flower from a plastic bottle along the contour.
4. Carefully remove irregularities and sharp corners using fire.
The decorative part for crafts made from plastic bottles is ready! We continue our work by cutting out several of the same blanks.
Painting plastic flowers acrylic paint or regular nail polish.
We make a hole in the center of the flower using a soldering iron. You can start assembling the keychain!
You probably immediately throw them in the trash bin - plastic packaging, in which we bring home cakes, ready-made salads from the supermarket, cookies... But don’t rush to get rid of them. With this trick you can turn trash into an adorable masterpiece.
Need to:
- plastic box
- hole puncher
- colored permanent markers
Let's start:
Take a clean package and cut out the bottom (flat part).
You can choose any picture at your discretion, the main thing is that it is easy to draw. For example, a character from everyone’s favorite cartoon about Winnie the Pooh. Keep in mind that at the end the figure will be reduced by about 70%, which means that the figure will need to be quite large to begin with. We copy the picture onto plastic. 
Now we color the picture and use a hole punch to make a hole above the top of the picture. We cut along the contour, grabbing a small “loop” with a hole on top.
Place the plastic piece on baking paper and “bake” for 2-3 minutes at 165 °C. The heat will cause the plastic to shrink and curl, but don't worry, it will straighten out again in the end. 
Once baked, the little plastic figurines will not only be smooth, but also thick and sturdy. Now you can use them to make such a charming bracelet. 
Sets of such plastic blanks with drawings are even sold in some children's stores - children are delighted with this transformation. But why spend money if everything is at hand? You can choose any patterns, motifs and colors. Now what should have simply rotted in a landfill will be pleasing to the eye for a long time to come. Beautiful and environmentally friendly!
