Make a custom picture keychain charm with this easy step-by-step personalized photo keychain tutorial!
Turn your favorite photographs into personalized picture keychains! A custom photo keychain is an easy homemade gift idea that kids and adults can make for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, birthday, anniversary, or Christmas. And DIY Photo charms also make a great wedding favor idea for the bridal party or guests.
Making DIY picture keychains is easy. Even children can make DIY keychains with pictures. Make personalized photo keychains for parents, grandparents, or someone you love at home or in the classroom today. You may also enjoy learning how to make DIY picture necklace crafts or fingerprint art pendants and charms.
How to Make Keychains with Pictures
Gather the DIY photo keychain charm craft supplies you’d like to use, and follow the easy step-by-step instructions to learn how to make keychains with pictures.
Another fun idea is making fingerprint art keychains and backpack charms, fingerprint flower pendants, or thumbprint heart keychains. Click on the link for the step-by-step directions to make any of these other homemade art keychain pendants and charms. Or scroll down to learn how to make picture pendants and keychain charms, as shown in the photo below.
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DIY Picture Keychain Craft Supplies
Choose the type of photo pendant shapes you want to use to make DIY picture charms from the materials list below.
- Small personal photographs
- Detail craft scissors or precision knife and cutting mat
- Diamond glaze adhesive or jewelry glue
- Photo pendant charms with glass cabochon – photo keychain-making options (choose at least one photo charm from the list below):
- Keyring for picture keychains (choose at least one photo key chain and key ring)
- Swivel lanyard snap hook with keyring
- Bronze key rings (for bronze picture charms)
DIY Picture Keychain Charms Video Tutorial
This step-by-step photo charm video tutorial shares how to make picture necklace photo jewelry. Use the same tutorial to make picture keychains the same way that picture necklaces are made. The only difference is the final step. Simply put personalized picture keychains onto a keyring with a lanyard instead of a necklace chain to finish them. Step-by-step written instructions are posted below the picture pendants and charms video how-to.
Get the written photo keychain directions below the picture charms video.
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Personalized Photo Keychain Step-By-Step Tutorial
1. Select a photograph (or photographs) to make into personalized photo keychain charms.
- Select a photograph to make one photo keychain or several photographs to make a bunch of picture keychains.
- Place a glass cabochon over each photograph to find the pictures that fit into the picture keychain or photo charm pendant tray.
2. Trace a glass cabochon over each photo to create a keychain picture frame.
- Place a glass cabochon over the photo and use a marker to trace it. Skip this step if you use a precision knife and cutting mat to cut out the photograph or photographs for your personalized photo charms.
3. Cut out the photograph (or photographs) for picture keychain photo charms.
- Use scissors (or a precision knife and a cutting mat) to cut out each photograph for the number of photo keychain charms you want to make.
4. Glue the photograph into the photo keychain charm pendant tray.
- Use diamond glaze adhesive or jewelry glue to glue the photograph into the picture keychain pendant tray of the same shape.
- Wipe the edges of photo charms with a damp cloth to clean off any excess adhesive.
- Allow photo keychain charms to dry overnight.
5. Attach Photo Charms to Keychains to Finish Picture Keychains.
- Open the split ring and attach the lanyard swivel hook to the personalized picture keychains.
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More Ideas for Personalized Keychain Charms and Pendant Necklaces
There are many fun and easy ways to use pendants to make homemade personalized necklaces and keychains. Click on the links for all the DIY details!
- Picture Necklaces Photo Jewelry Craft Tutorial
- Fingerprint Flower Necklaces or Keychains
- Fingerprint art necklaces and Fingerprint Art Keychain Backpack Charms
- Thumbprint Heart Necklaces and Thumbprint Heart Keychains (pictured below)
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Personalized Photo Keychain Picture Charms Homemade Gift Idea
Personalized photo keychain charms, thumbprint heart keychains, and photo necklaces make an easy homemade gift idea for Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, or a birthday.
Custom picture keychains also make a great wedding favor idea. Turn your favorite photographs into one-of-a-kind keepsakes that friends and family will treasure for years!
You may also enjoy making personalized fingerprint magnets, necklaces, keychains, and backpack charms!
For more gift ideas, check out our Ultimate Gift Guide for Families, homemade gifts for dads, or these gorgeous handmade gifts even kids can make.
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printlandokhla says
I enjoyed learning how to make photo jewelry and picture necklaces with this great post thank you! Please keep sharing the valuable DIY information like this. 🙂
Nell Regan M.A. says
I’m so glad that you found this photo necklace tutorial useful, and I will most certainly continue to share quick and easy DIY projects like this!