Easy DIY Beaded Keychain with Butterflies
Make a diy beaded keychain with butterflies using just a few materials and bring your keys to life. The bright beads and cute butterflies will cheer you up every time you look at them. The easy keychain is easy to make and fun to wear.
Equipment
- scissors
- Flat pliers
- Flat Nose Pliers
- Lighter (optional)
Ingredients
- Ribbon
- Beads and separators
- Ornaments Butterflies
- Jumprings 3mm
- Needles Jewelry
- Keychain clasp
Instructions
- I used a white organza ribbon. I so love organza because it’s so delicate and elegant.
- First thing, cut 2 long strips of ribbon, it doesn’t have to be the same size, just make them double the size of the length you want each keychain string to be.
- Fold them in half (or leave one side longer than the other =D) and insert the folded end through the clasp hole.
- When it’s out, leave a few centimeters, insert the other end (both ends) through the folded end and pull all the cord down and tighten!
- Insert all 4 strips into a decorative bead.
- Make a tight knot to keep it in place.
- With a lighter burn a bit the ends of the strings to avoid fraying.
- Now in one string insert a bead and make a knot.
- Repeat the process at different distances in every string
- For the butterfly ends, insert a headpin (I used eye pins because I didn’t have headpins) into the spacer and then the butterfly.
- With a needle-nosed pliers (is what I’ve got back then, round-nosed pliers are better lol) make a swirl with the wire you got left.
- Insert a jump ring in that swirl. Repeat the process with the other 3 strings.
- Insert the end of a string in the jump ring.
- Make a Knot very tight and hide the ribbon ends inside the last bead.
- Repeat the process with all the strings.
- Finally, since I had only 3 butterflies and 4 strips, I added an extra decorative bead to the 4th end!
- That’s it! Add it your keys and enjoy!