4 Paper Superhero Keychains

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4 Paper Superhero Keychains

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Crafty nerds assemble!

If you are a superhero fan like me, I have a cheap craft for you. Express your nerdiness with some paper keychains!

Supplies

  • thick cardboard
  • thin cardboard
  • scissors
  • glue
  • acrylic paint
  • paintbrush
  • map tack
  • keychain or string
  • pencil, ruler, round objects
  • optional: file / sandpaper

Paper Tips

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  • What kind of cardboard am I using?

Thick cardboard: can be found at the back of notepads, big calendars or in packaging

Thinner cardboard: from cereal boxes or similar packaging

  • If you can't find thicker cardboard, you can glue multiple pieces of thinner cardboard together.
  • If you have a file or sandpaper, you can file down the edges of your keychains before you paint them.
  • If your cardboard has a print or a glossy layer - try tearing it off! It will give it more texture so that glue and paint will stick much better.

    • Green Lantern - and the Basics

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    I used round shaped objects and a ruler to draw the Green Lantern symbol. Then I cut it out with nail scissors (nail scissors are just the best!).

    Additionally I cut out two more circles for the background.

    To glue all the pieces together you can use a glue stick or a thin layer of liquid glue.

    Before painting all of the keychains I poked a hole with a map tack.

    Painting (Method 1)

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    You can either glue the pieces together first and then paint, or paint and then glue.

    With most of the keychains I went for a more distressed look. I glued first and gave everything a black basecoat with acrylic paint. Then I dry brushed more colors on.

    Batman

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    For the Batman symbol I freehanded 3 elliptical shapes that fit into each other.

    Then I turned the smallest one into a bat. You can simplify the bat as much as you want to make cutting easier - the Batman symbol has so many variations anyways ;)

    Painting (Method 2)

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    This time I painted the pieces separately first and then glued them together. That way you get a neater look.

    Wonder Woman

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    For the Wonder Woman symbol, I drew 4 parallel lines and sketched out the rest looking at references.

    Cut that out and glue it to your base - I made mine rectangular. The rectangle felt less sturdy than the circles from the other symbols, so I added more cardboard layers to make the piece stronger.

    Here again I started off with black acrylic paint and dry brushed some gold and red on afterwards - being careful to keep the black gaps in the logo visible.

    Deadpool

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    The Deadpool symbol is probably the easiest one!

    The base is a circle cut out of thick cardboard.

    Then I cut out a smaller circle from thinner cardboard and cut two lines in the middle. Lastly you need to cut out the eyes.

    Again I gave everything a black base coat and dry brushed red and white on afterwards.

    Lastly all you have to do is to attach the pendants to a keychain!

    Of course you can do whatever symbols you want using this technique - I hope this gave you some inspiration :)