Many people prefer to have accessories that highlight their individuality. One option for such a detail is a keychain.
This is a universal thing that can adapt in style to any thing, be it a backpack, keys, or a pencil case.
A trinket like a keychain can become a unique item if you make it yourself. A handmade keychain will be a pleasant gift for family and friends. This is one of the economical accessory options.
There are many suitable materials for making that can be found at home.
Materials for manufacturing
A handmade keychain is not just a thing, it is a kind of talisman and amulet that can bring good luck to those who really believe in it. Most of the materials can be found at home, among them will be:
- paper:
- beads;
- threads;
- textile;
- ribbons;
- plasticine;
- rubber bands.
Suitable materials for making: straps, corks, buttons, leftover pencils. Fantasy will be your main assistant in your work. Thanks to her, you will get an unpredictable, long-awaited result.
Leather keychain for a backpack or handbag
Keychain made from skin will suit to any style, from classic to sporty. It will be a successful addition to your preferred image.
To work you will need:
- a small piece of leather;
- threads;
- fork;
- needle;
- glue;
- ring for keychain.
The next stage is the manufacturing process:
- A template is selected and the shape for the keychain is cut out.
- Glue is applied to the previously cleaned surface of the leather to more reliably hold the material together.
- A boundary is drawn along which the thread will then be threaded.
- The holes are made using a sharp fork.
- A ring is inserted and the product is sewn together with thread.
- The edges of the skin are cleaned.
The finished accessory can be attached to a bag or purse for decoration or to replace a runner.
Beaded keychain
Beaded accessories can be made in any colors, shapes and themes.
The most popular are animal figures, vegetables or fruits, flowers and hearts. However, doing this type of work will require certain skills.
To make a keychain you will need:
- a set of beads of the desired colors;
- fishing line;
- scissors;
- scheme for work;
- ring for keychain.
The work diagram can be found on the Internet. For example, to make a keychain in the shape of a flower you need:
- Cut the fishing line and bend it in half.
- Place the beads at one end and push them to the middle. Pass the second end of the fishing line through it.
- Place one more bead on the next row of beads. Repeat this with each row. The petal will turn out more interesting if you thread beads of a different color along the edges, starting from the 3-5th row.
- Having reached the middle, reduce the number of beads in the row. The number of beads is optional.
- For the core of the flower, take a large yellow bead.
- Connect each element together, twist the fishing line and secure with a yellow bead.
The product can be attached to a bag or pencil case, which will serve as a decorative element.
Textile keychain
You can sew a keychain from small leftover fabric and present it as a nice gift to your friends. You just need to have basic knowledge.
To make a keychain in the shape of an owl you will need:
- fabric (multi-colored);
- lining;
- leftover felt (for eyes, beak and paws);
- pattern;
- threads;
- scissors;
- needle;
- buttons;
- ring for keychain;
- piece of lace.
Note!
To make a keychain in the shape of an owl, you should first prepare a pattern and get to work.
- First, the lining is connected to the fabric and processed. Afterwards, the details of the owl's body are revealed.
- Now the front part of the owl is decorated. Felt circles are sewn in place of the eyes, buttons are sewn on top, and a beak is added.
- Next, the front and back parts are connected manually or using sewing machine. In this case, you need to leave a small hole for the lace.
- A ring is attached to the sewn cord. After which, the hole is sewn up.
Below are photos of keychains and their step-by-step production.
Recently, products made from polymer clay and keychains, including.
The finished clay product is baked and delights the eye with its brightness and unusualness for a long time.
It's all up to imagination and materials, some of which can be found at home or purchased at handicraft stores.
DIY keychain photo
Note!
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 do not go to the border or edge as this 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
Hi all. With you NataLime and today we will make Tumbler style badges with our own hands, which can be used to decorate a backpack, jacket, bag and anything else. They are quite simple to make and we will need a plastic container. They usually sell all sorts of cookies, cookery, and so on. Well, in order to choose a suitable container, we need to pay attention to the packaging. There should be a PS-06 sign here.
We don't need the ribbed part of the container, so first we cut out the flat part from the container lid. You can use very little plastic from each container. 
Pre-print the pictures that you want to see on your badges. Images must be 3 times larger than the icon size. We apply the plastic to the picture and use a permanent marker to outline everything. 
Try to trace carefully, but even if there are small gaps, it’s okay. They will correct themselves at the next stage. The outline is ready and now we cut out the smiley face with scissors. 
All figures are ready. And now we need a baking sheet, which we previously covered with parchment. Place the figures on it and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. What's happening to them? At first they all curl up and it seems like you'll get plastic tubes instead of badges, but fortunately, then they straighten out. We take our pieces out of the oven as soon as they become smooth. The plastic badges decreased in size by about three times, as expected, and the badge became very dense, as if it was made not by me myself, but by professionals at the factory. All the figures turned out great!
Now it's time to breathe life into them with paint! I took acrylic paints and painted each element of the workpiece from the inside. There is very little left until it is completely ready - glue special pins for badges with hot glue. 
Our icons are ready and now they can decorate and diversify any look. They can be attached to a backpack, jacket, jeans, or anywhere else your heart desires. These icons turned out absolutely amazing. They are bright, youthful, stylish, super-duper cool. I really liked them, I hope you like them too. making them is not very difficult, but you have to sit for a long time and painstakingly draw everything. And so they are quite easy to make and the result is simply amazing! 
Of all the icons, I liked the inscription Wow, the panda and the palm tree the most. Which icon did you like best? Please write in the comments.
Every housewife strives for ideal cleanliness and order in the house, so all women try to get rid of excess trash as quickly as possible. But you don’t need to be so categorical; for example, plastic food packaging should be saved.
Today we will share with you the secret of creating a charming little thing from plastic containers. Children will be delighted with this idea; by the way, they can be involved in joint production.
YOU WILL NEED
plastic box
scissors
hole puncher
colored permanent markers
PROGRESS
Cut out the bottom of the package. You only need the flat part plastic container.
Print any outline picture. You can use coloring for these purposes. 
Redraw the picture onto plastic using permanent markers. Please note that the final size of the figurine will be reduced by approximately 70%. Therefore, initially the drawing should be large. 
Using a hole punch, make a small hole above the design and cut out a plastic figure along the outline. 
After preheating the oven to 165 degrees, place the plastic figures on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake the figures for exactly 3 minutes. 
After baking, each of the figures will become smooth and denser. Now they can be attached as decoration to the bracelet. 
These figures can also be used as New Year's toys to the Christmas tree! If you liked this craft idea, share the article with your friends.
My name is Irina, I live in Germany - in a country where absolutely everything is sold in plastic packaging, which migrates in tons from stores to trash cans. I've been doing it for a long time different types handicrafts and am constantly faced with the issue of optimal storage of a bunch of little things that accumulate all the time and require new boxes, caskets, etc. In this master class I want to show several types of creating convenient storage containers from various plastic packaging. The advantage of this kind of containers is that they are easy to make at home, they can be made in any size and in any quantity, the transparency of the plastic allows you to quickly find the right thing, material for containers can be found in every home, such containers for small items can also be used in the country house, in the garage, etc...
So, first we’ll make the simplest mini-container from a plastic bottle:
We heat the tip of the knife to make it easier to start cutting the bottle. 
Cut the bottle into two parts with a knife. If the bottle does not have edges, in order to avoid large errors when cutting, glue the tape at the required height and cut the bottle exactly along the edge of the tape.
Let's melt the edges of the bottle a little to avoid cutting your hands during further processing. The bottle should be kept at a distance of 0.5-1 cm from the flame, turning evenly. The unevenness of the edges after heat treatment will hide the crocheting.
We heat up a steel knitting needle and make holes along the edge of the bottle, which will have to fit the size of the hook with which we will tie the edges of the bottle. 
When you pierce plastic with a hot knitting needle, sharp and dark traces of plastic often remain on the surface... They can be removed different ways, I use a regular grater to clean my feet (the sandpaper is too sharp - it damages the surface of the plastic, it’s not very convenient to use a knife) 
Now we proceed to crocheting the edge with a single crochet. 
We thread the tip of the thread and glue it inside the container. 
Then we thread a thick thread into a gypsy needle and sew the entire row with colored thread, without missing a single hole. 
We thread the end of the thread and glue it again. 
If desired, our small container can be decorated. The easiest way to decorate is with double-sided tape, ribbon and rhinestones. You can also use thread winding on double-sided tape.
Cut the tape to the required length and glue it with double-sided tape. We cut off the excess tape. 
We make a bow at the junction, you can stick on a rhinestone and the mini-container is ready! 
We make different containers of the required height and glue them with a gun into a larger and denser plastic package (the photo shows the packaging in which we sell food products) 
Apply hot glue to the bottom and quickly glue the container to the package (hold it a little so that it sets properly) 
We glue double-sided tape, any tape, or wrap it with thread on our box, decorate it with little things, and our first box for little things is ready! I made this box for the dacha to store various little things that you are always looking for in different boxes: pencils, small tools, keys, etc. 
If we take our containers from plastic bottles If we make a high harness and thread the lace, then we will get pencil cases that can be either placed or hung. They take up little space and are easy to see 
Another option for making boxes for storing small items: in it I used thick plastic cups from Danone yogurt. 
The principle of making a box is the same, if the height of the box allows, you can make two tiers from cups, using cardboard (or thick plastic) for the bottom of the second tier, onto which I hot glued plastic bottom from packaging. 
If desired, boxes for small items can be made with lids. For these purposes, I took old plastic folders, cut them to the size of the box and, after making holes with a hole punch or a hot knitting needle, stitched them together with the edge of the plastic box. Since in the photo I have a two-tier plastic box, for convenience, I made a handle from scraps of the folder, which I also glued with hot glue to the bottom of the second tier. 
The finishing elements are glued with hot glue. 
Large plastic bottles make great storage containers small toys, parts from the designer, etc. for the children's room and kitchen. Decorating such containers can be a joint activity for parent and child. The principle of creating such a large container is exactly the same as shown above. 
From the remaining top parts of plastic bottles we can make a lot of exotic flowers and decorate our balcony or country cottage area. But this is a topic for another master class! 
