My sister Rinny always keeps her car keys with her. She never wants to miss it by chance. She is always busy and carries this key with her. But one day, she asked me if I could make a beautiful keychain for her using Cricut. I agreed, and I also decided to write a blog on how to make acrylic keychains with Cricut.
Yes, I should be grateful to my sister, who requested that I make keychains with Cricut. As a result, I am going to cover everything in detail. But do you know that making a keychain will require some essential materials and tools? No worries, I have covered everything in this blog. Let’s get started and get ready to create a beautiful custom keychain for yourself or your loved ones.
Cricut Materials and Tools Required for Acrylic Keychains
It’s time to learn how to make acrylic keychains with Cricut. But just a second! I will take you a minute to help you gather the essential supplies for your acrylic keychains. Here is the list of materials and tools needed to make keychains with Cricut:
● Permanent vinyl
● StandardGrip mat
● Acrylic keychain blanks
● Awl
● Pliers
● Cricut cutting machine
● Transfer tape
● Basic tool set
● Clear vinyl to protect it (optional)
Once you have these items, you are ready to dive into the keychain-making process.
Tips to Follow Before Making Acrylic Keychains With Cricut
Below, I am providing you with tips and tricks that you must follow to create a beautiful keychain:
Use alcohol to clean the surface of the acrylic blank so that the vinyl can adhere better.
If you are worried about scratches on vinyl, then you can protect it using clear vinyl and place it on the top of the design.
Be gentle when working on acrylic pieces.
The surface gets the fingerprints easily, so ensure you don’t touch it frequently. Otherwise, you can clean it with alcohol.
How to Make Acrylic Keychains With Cricut: 3 Easy Steps
Making acrylic keychains is exciting, and you will love it when you try it once. Also, it’s not only about keychains; any projects I make with Cricut machines seem joyful. This is because the Cricut cuts everything smoothly, and it seems satisfying.
Anyway, let’s start with the following steps to create a keychain:
Step 1: Open Design Space to Create a Keychain Design
First, open the Design Space app on your computer and start uploading or creating a design. If you are uploading, then you have to upload the SVG file.
Otherwise, if the design is simple, I don’t think it will take much time. Once you are satisfied with your design, you must adjust the colors and resize the size as required.
Step 2: Set All the Materials and Start Cutting
Now, it’s time to click on the Make It button. After that, you have to move ahead and go to the settings section. There, you have to select the Premium Vinyl and select the Default Pressure from the Pressure drop-down menu. Besides, you have to choose Fine Point Blade for tools that will cut your vinyl.
Next, you need to depend on the displayed instructions to cut your keychain design. Cut the design on the Cricut machine and weed them.
Once the design is cut, you have to assemble the keychain. In the next section, let’s see how to make acrylic keychains with Cricut by simply assembling them.
Step 3: Assembling Cricut Acrylic Keychains
First, remove the thin film layer from both sides of your acrylic blank.
Try to be as accurate as possible. Then, align everything on the acrylic piece. You can use a removable tape on the back of your blank if you need to use it. It will help you apply the vinyl properly to the surface.
Use a Cricut scraper tool to apply the vinyl to the blank surface and then peel back your transfer tape. Afterward, just place the backing piece, i.e., a white circle. It will look like this.
Now, the awl tool comes into play. Use this tool to make a hole.
Next, use the pliers to attach the jump ring through the hole you just made.
Finally, here we’ve made it!
Conclusion
Find the easy-to-follow steps in this blog and master how to make acrylic keychains with Cricut. In this blog, I have discussed three things. First is the materials and tools you will need to make customized keychains. Secondly, I have added some tips you need to follow before making keychains. Last but not least, I have mentioned the stepwise methods to create a keychain.
FAQs
Question 1: Which vinyl should I use to make acrylic keychains?
Answer: If you want to make keychains with Cricut, you need to use permanent vinyl. These are the best materials I can suggest to you, as they will provide better results for your keychain. So, next time you want to make something out of acrylic, you should try vinyl material for the designs.
Question 2: Can I cut acrylic with Cricut?
Answer: Yes, you can! But you should try to use the knife blade on the Maker machine. In addition, using the knife blade whenever you want to use the acrylic for your crafts is recommended. Besides, the deep blade is also suitable if you are using it on Explore Air 2. The tools I have mentioned are the knife blade for the Maker and the deep blade for Explore Air 2. Hence, you can use them to make projects out of acrylic.
Question 3: Can I engrave keychains with Cricut?
Answer: I recently made one of my keychains using Cricut Maker 3. For this, I engraved the keychain material, which was cut well. Besides this, you can also use the Cricut Maker machine for engraving. However, other Cricut machines do not have engraving features. So, you will need an engraving tip with housing and a purple-colored StrongGrip machine mat with tape for engraving keychains.
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/cricutdesign/journal/How-to-Make-Acrylic-Keychains-With-Cricut-1027687550