We may see keychains to be just a small personal item but what we don’t realize is that despite their size, they help organize and safe keep those very important keys that open our homes, car and office lockers. Whenever you pull them out, those chains of keys and how they are arranged can show how much we value being organized. However, you can still spice it up a little bit and make that bundle of keys more interesting and more fun by adding keychain accessories on them. There are various designs when it comes to keychain charms and most of them are readily available from mall stalls or you can find them online as well.
If you fancy your favorite food and want to declare to the world how much you love French fries, why not have a keychain charm shaped as fries? You can also have a donut-shaped keychain accessory if your sweet tooth tells you to, or you have other charms shaped as burger, taco or a cake slice. You can also have fruit and vegetable inspired keychain accessories as well. For the rocker in you, use keychain charms that are in the shape of a guitar, drums, or microphone. You can also have sheet music, musical notes or other musical instruments such as piano or a harp. Nature-inspired keychain charms are for nature lovers and travelers. You can find accessories shaped as the sun, flowers, mountains or leaves. For funny accessories, use ones that are shaped as Elmo, Woody or Buzz, Piglet, Donald Duck or maybe even Darth Vader. Another popular theme for keychain charms are sports-inspired items. Use a golf ball, a tennis racket, a basketball, or a baseball field as the design for your charms to show how obsessed you are with your favorite sport.
For special occasions, you can get personalize keychain charms as party favors on birthdays where you can have a charm with the receiver or celebrants name, or wedding keychains where you can place the wedding details, the couple’s name or a love quote or message. Personalized gifts are available everywhere now and you can find personalized keychains for just about every occasion. For unique keychains, get one from a local store next time you go a European or Asian tour. They have different charm designs of even just the simple charm choosing the name of the place you visited will be fun and interesting as well.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Your Own Handcrafted Keychain
Making keychains is easy and you will need only a few items. Your own handmade keychains will do well for personal use or as gifts. People definitely appreciate receiving keychains because despite its size, it helps a lot in organizing keys and in keeping them safe as well.
For the materials, you will need aluminum foil, a toaster oven, a string or key ring, and depending on the type of keychain you want, you can either use a transparent paper or a small cut out piece of a cake pan according to the size of keychain you want. If you will use a transparent paper, cut it into a size that’s six times larger than the actual keychain you want. Don’t worry as this will eventually shrink when it is placed in the oven. Use the thicker plastic shrinky dink paper rather than thin transparency film.
When you have the required shape of the keychain, get your permanent markers and write your message, quote or name on either side of the keychain. You can also use both sides if you prefer. Avoid using other writing materials and just use permanent markers. If you want different colored fonts, there are colored permanent markers available. Other writing materials such as crayons will melt and fade during the heating process.
After that, place the foil in the oven and place your keychain on top of it. Allow the keychain to bake for 2-5 minutes. After 2-5 minutes, you can either safely remove the keychain from the oven using thongs, or you can leave the toaster oven door open for a few minutes for it to cool before you remove them from the oven.
When cooled, you can now punch a small hole and place the keyring or string. Your keychain is now ready for use and you can make as many as you want. Your keychain is now more unique and less expensive than the ones you see in malls.
Just like any arts and crafts activity, you can make your own keychains and have them for personal use or eventually you can make it as a source of added income. You will never run out of keychain designs and special celebrations where you can sell them. You can have Mother’s Day keychains, hobby or sports themed keychain, wedding keychains as party favors, or baptism keychain favors. You can get different ideas and inspiration from these occasions and come up with different styles every time.
For the materials, you will need aluminum foil, a toaster oven, a string or key ring, and depending on the type of keychain you want, you can either use a transparent paper or a small cut out piece of a cake pan according to the size of keychain you want. If you will use a transparent paper, cut it into a size that’s six times larger than the actual keychain you want. Don’t worry as this will eventually shrink when it is placed in the oven. Use the thicker plastic shrinky dink paper rather than thin transparency film.
When you have the required shape of the keychain, get your permanent markers and write your message, quote or name on either side of the keychain. You can also use both sides if you prefer. Avoid using other writing materials and just use permanent markers. If you want different colored fonts, there are colored permanent markers available. Other writing materials such as crayons will melt and fade during the heating process.
After that, place the foil in the oven and place your keychain on top of it. Allow the keychain to bake for 2-5 minutes. After 2-5 minutes, you can either safely remove the keychain from the oven using thongs, or you can leave the toaster oven door open for a few minutes for it to cool before you remove them from the oven.
When cooled, you can now punch a small hole and place the keyring or string. Your keychain is now ready for use and you can make as many as you want. Your keychain is now more unique and less expensive than the ones you see in malls.
Just like any arts and crafts activity, you can make your own keychains and have them for personal use or eventually you can make it as a source of added income. You will never run out of keychain designs and special celebrations where you can sell them. You can have Mother’s Day keychains, hobby or sports themed keychain, wedding keychains as party favors, or baptism keychain favors. You can get different ideas and inspiration from these occasions and come up with different styles every time.
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