Upcycled Giftcard Keychain Fob

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Upcycle Giftcard to Keychain with a Fob - bird shaped fob on a key ring

Reuse expired or empty gift cards, or coupon cards to create your own upcycled giftcard key fob. Create a design such as the simple bird found here or one of your own making and follow the easy steps to make one for yourself or to give as gifts.

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Upcycle Giftcard to Keychain with a Fob

By 15mhhm15 [1,108 Posts, 2,464 Comments]

September 18, 2018

Do you have any expired cards, empty gift cards, or coupon cards? Do not toss them out, you can upcycle them into a nice keychain fob.

Total Time: 20 minutes

Supplies:

gift card
Sharpie
gluestick or modpodge
packaging tape
scissors
hole puncher
magazine
craft paper

Steps:

Figure out the design or shape you want your keychain fob to be. I drew a bird then cut it out and traced it onto the old gift card.

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Cut the bird shape out.

Upcycle Giftcard to Keychain with a Fob - cut the bird shape out of the gift card

Punch out a hole for your keychain.

Upcycle Giftcard to Keychain with a Fob - punch a hole

Upcycle Giftcard to Keychain with a Fob - hole where the eye would be

Flip through any magazines you may have and find a pattern/print you would like to use (or any scrapbook paper).

Upcycle Giftcard to Keychain with a Fob - card shape on a magazine page

Trace bird shape onto the magazine page and cut out. I used modpodge to attach the paper to the card and allowed to dry.

Freehand bird wings and cut out.

Use clear packaging tape to seal the keychain fob. Then cut off excess, this will make the keychain waterproof.

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