How to Make a Beaded Key Ring Holder

A beaded key ring holder is an easy beading project that can be finished quickly by both novice and expert beaders alike. With only a few tools and materials, you can craft an eye-catching and useful key ring holder out of colorful beads to attach to a key ring. Learn how to make a beaded key ring holder and make one for yourself and make more as gifts for your friends or family.

Things You'll Need

• .018 beading wire Standard key ring (1.5-inch diameter) Clear tape Wire cutters Crimp bead Crimping pliers 3- or 4-mm beads (any colors or styles) Ruler

Instructions

1. Cut a 7-inch length of beading wire. Place a small piece of clear tape onto one end of the wire to prevent the beads from falling off the wire while you are stringing them.

2. Determine the order desired for stringing the beads. Begin stringing the beads onto the wire. Fill the wire with beads, leaving approximately 1 inch of beading wire empty on both ends. Remove the clear tape.

3. 

   Bring the wire ends together and place the crimp bead onto both ends of the wire together. Push the crimp bead down so that it is snug against the other beads on the beading wire.

4. Loop the wire ends around the key ring and pass the wire ends back through the crimp bead again. Pull the wires taut so there are no gaps along the wire between the beads.

5. Crimp the crimp bead with the crimping pliers. Clip any excess wire extending out from the crimped crimp bead to finish the beaded key chain.