DIY Beaded Christmas Keychain

This festive DIY Christmas keychain is a great craft to make as gifts or to sell at craft fairs. By customizing beads and charms, you can create a variety of unique designs.

Once you have all of your supplies together, you can easily make this keychain in 15 minutes or less!

Consider using this beaded keychain in the following ways:

• House key for visiting friends and family
• Surprising a child with keys to a car
• Holiday design for the keys you carry every day
• Great Secret Santa gift
• Cute stocking stuffer
• Perfect to sell at craft fairs
• Excellent craft for teens and tweens

While the initial cost of buying the supplies might seem like a bit much if you don’t already have the materials, keep in mind that the beads, charms, wire and supplies can also be used to make these DIY Christmas bracelets:

• Christmas Charm Bracelet
• Jingle Bell Bracelet
• Snowman Bracelet
• Angel Bracelet

You can make a variety of gifts with all of these materials.

DIY Beaded Christmas Keychain

Supplies

• Keychain rings (available at Walmart or on Amazon)
• Decorative Beads in a variety of holiday colors and patterns
• Christmas charm for the bottom
• Jewelry wire (I used Cousin Silver Copper Wire in 26 gauge)
• Jump rings (split rings can also be used, they just have a rough edge exposed)
• Wire cutters (optional)
• Pliers (optional)

Instructions

Step 1

Cut a piece of the jewelry wire to the length you would like your keychain to be, but add a little extra additional length for twisting and attaching the jump ring.

Step 2

Thread the jewelry wire through the end of the charm. Fold the jewelry wire up and twist it around the loop at the top of the charm to secure the charm at the bottom. 

Step 3

Add beads to the wire in the pattern that you would like. You may need to screwing them down over the folded wire at the bottom by twisting gently to get them over the double thickness of jewelry wire.

Continue adding beads to create the length and pattern you desire.

Step 4

When you have completed the pattern, thread the unfinished end of the wire through a jump ring and twist it several times to secure the jump ring to the beaded wire.

Cut any excess wire away and tuck the bare end into the knot as tightly as possible.

Using wire pliers might be helpful for this step but I used my hands.

Step 5

Slide the jump ring onto the keychain.

Be sure to Pin This craft to save for later!

Use jewelry wire to also make these fun DIY projects:

• Wire Heart Bookmarks
• Minimalist Wire Wreath