Wooden keychain

The purpose of key rings is to store keys and the ability to quickly find them at the right time due to the bright design or unusual shape of the product. Shop markets offer a wide range of key fobs that differ in material, additional functionality, color, size and shape. But at present, the hand made direction is trendy, so things made by hand look more stylish and in demand, and the process itself helps to realize the most creative ideas.

Consider in this article the process of manufacturing various products from a material that will never go out of fashion. Let's talk about wood keyrings.

To make a keychain, you should prepare a wooden block (a ruler, a kitchen spatula, etc. will do), a sketch with a logo or any other picture, adhesive tape and a burning device.

• On a wooden block with transparent tape, you should attach the necessary image, it is better if it is a black and white picture with a clear outline.
• Create a drawing using a burner, guiding the head of the unit along the lines over the adhesive tape. At the moment, do not neglect security measures.
• After the contours of the pattern are burned out, carefully remove the adhesive tape and "finish" the image with a burning device in a dotted way.
• Give the necessary shape to the future keychain, drill a hole for fittings and, if desired, cover with a colorless varnish.
• After drying, attach fittings and enjoy the result.

How to make a wooden keychain with your own hands, see the following video.

Bright, colorful and stylish key chains with drawings depicting the inner world of the creator will cheer you up even on the most rainy day and will not allow your keys to get lost. To create them, you should have elementary skills in working with a lathe, and, in fact, have a lathe itself.

• Saw a block of wood into small pieces in the form of a cube.
• Give these cubes a cylindrical shape using a lathe.
• cut washers (coins) of the required thickness.
• Drill a hole in each coin under accessories.
• Sand the sides of each washer using sandpaper or a grinder.
• Draw drawings on each coin with a pencilthat only imagination and creativity are capable of.
• Paint keyrings with acrylic paints, cut with a cutter or create a masterpiece using the decoupage technique.
• Varnish products, dry, connect with the necessary fittings and give ready-made key rings to the closest ones, providing them with a charge of good mood for a long time.

Very funny and cute charms are made from wooden beads and a small stretchy elastic cord. You should dye the beads in any colors and motifs and dry them on the knitting needles.Fasten one end of the cord to the fitting ring, thread the other end into beads and tie in a knot.

Very stylish and rather elegant key rings in the shape of a heart can be excellent souvenirs. They are made from thin plywood bars about the size of a matchbox.

• First you need to select the original drawing on a paper napkin: hearts, angels, New Year's toys, bullfinches or flowers, in general, everything that you want to see on future key rings.
• Using an electric jigsaw, cut blanks in the form of hearts from plywood bars, sand the edges, drill holes for the lace.
• Use plywood hearts as a stencil: attach to the selected pattern on a napkin, circle with a pencil, cut out the image.
• Remove the white layers from the napkin, leaving only a layer of paper, on which the drawing is directly applied.
• Prime the plywood blank acrylic paint or primer.
• Glue this pattern on a wooden blank with PVA glue and leave to dry completely.
• Alternately cover Both sides of the keyring are varnished.
• Thread the string and tie a small decorative key to complete the idea of ​​​​the union of the heart and key.

Keyrings made of burl and suvel look very nice, which, after the necessary processing, with their strength and appearance, resemble natural stones, especially marble. Burl and suvel are outgrowths of various formations on trees (birch, aspen, alder, oak, etc.). rubles).

These growths can be bought from ads or cut down on your own. To do this, you need to find a suitable tree in the forest with a pronounced growth. Due to the dense interlacing of the fibers, such wood has an increased hardness, so you need to cut it with a very sharp saw. At home, it is recommended to literally boil the workpiece in very salty water for 30-40 minutes. This is done to remove moisture and extend the durability of finished products. After the bar has completely cooled down, you need to give the necessary shape to the future key fob. There is no need to apply any drawings, since the surface of the product will already be very beautiful.