Glitter Letter Keychain DIY
If you’re looking for some new indoor craft categories to try, may I suggest getting into acrylic projects? Using casting acrylic is really not as hard as it may sound and you can do some fun things like make these personalized letter keychains for yourself— or for gifts!
Supplies:
–acrylic casting resin
–loose chunky glitter in colors of your choice
–silicone alphabet mold
–mixing cup
–key ring of choice
-drill and small drill bit
–large jump rings
First, you’ll want to mix up your resin according to the instructions on the package. Add in your glitter until the liquid looks pretty thick with the colors.
Pour your glitter into your molds (no need to grease them or anything beforehand). If you want to do a jump ring diagonally through one of the corners, you can pour your acrylic a little thicker (like 1/2″ thick).
But if you want to drill straight down through your letter, you’ll want to make it a little thinner so you can fit the jump ring through the thickness (maybe like 1/4″ thick instead).
Let your mold sit undisturbed for about 24 hours and then you’re ready to pop them out of their mold!
Once your letters are ready, push them out of the mold and admire your work! Don’t they look so cute already?
I made my letters a little thicker, so I drilled a small hole diagonally through the corners of a letter so I could open up a jump ring and insert it through the hole. You may have to bend the jump ring almost straight to get it in and then re-bend what’s sticking out to be round again.
Once your jump rings are attached, you can put your new glitter letter on to your keyring of choice and your DIY is ready to go!
Pretty cool, huh? I like that these are easy to make and you can make several at once, so you can knock out a bunch of gifts at the same time.
You could also use the letters to make a sign or something cool like that as well, so use your imagination for other possibilities!
