Keychains made of polymer clay

I think I won’t lie if I say that probably all women want to complement their look with stylish and original jewelry. But where can you find an exclusive item of good quality and at an affordable price? The answer is simple! If you want to become the owner of a unique piece of jewelry, make it yourself!
For example, you can make earrings from polymer clay (plastic). One of the simplest and favorite techniques among needlewomen is “drawing transfer.”
To make earrings, keychains, pendants or any other little things from polymer clay, we will need: white plastic (I used the domestic one - “Sonnet”), a blade from a stationery knife, a needle, formic alcohol, a printout of the image (necessarily on a laser printer), cotton swabs and a work surface (for example, smooth tiles), a round object for rolling out material (I used a glass jar)

Using a stationery knife, cut off a small piece of plastic and knead it thoroughly in your hands (so that there are no extra lint left on the piece, and in the future, fingerprints, it is recommended to work with medical gloves).

Now we need to roll out a pancake from plastic to the required thickness. For this we need a jar (or any other round object).

Carefully trim the printed image around the edge (but be sure to leave a small margin).

Now we attach the picture to the plastic. It is important that there is no air left under the paper. Therefore, carefully smooth the paper onto the plastic with your fingernail.

Using a cotton swab, apply formic alcohol to the picture.


The picture should practically float in the alcohol, but not slide off from one place. After the alcohol dries, repeat the procedure 1 – 2 more times.

Now, carefully with your fingers, we begin to roll the paper off the image. Movements should be light. Be careful not to smear the paint along with the paper.





In the end, only the picture should remain on the plastic. However, if you cannot remove all the paper fibers without harming the image, you can leave them. In the future, they will be hidden by varnishing.

Using the blade from the cutter, we cut off the excess edges (again, leaving a margin of about 1 mm).


We make holes for future keychains or earrings and set the plastic to bake along with the work surface (i.e., tiles). Bake according to instructions. Then our “cookies” need to be varnished (varnish, for example, for wood, is suitable). We insert the fittings. We are happy with the result!)