Generic lanyards are super boring. They’re also super uniform. Chances are you’re one of the masses with a black or blue fabric lanyard that holds your keys. Snore. Who wants to walk around with a snoring lanyard hanging around their neck. Not I!
(I get locked out of the office a lot as a result).
I picked up a sparkly red lanyard at Smiggle a couple of months ago, and it changed my ‘tude to lanyards. I actually want to wear it now, people comment on it all the time. But it doesn’t always fit my colour scheme.
Do I hear… lanyard crafternoon?!?!?!
A trip to Spotlight and $25 later, I have all that I need to make a trio of kickass lanyards to complement my office attire.
1 x 51cm zipper, hot glue gun, 1 x 1m length of studded ribbon, pliers, 1 x roll of patterned duct tape, scissors, 3 x 1cm jump rings, 3 x large clips.
45 minutes for all three.
$25
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This one was ridiculously easy.
Unzip your zip but leave a few teeth zipped.
Jam a bit of hot glue in the remaining teeth.
Thread the jump ring onto the zipper, and the clip onto the jump ring.
Stick the Velcro dots onto the open end of the zipper.
Remove the bottom studs on each end with a pair of pliers.
Attach a Velcro dot pair to the ribbon to hold it together.
Thread through the jump ring, fold back the ribbon and secure with another Velcro dot pair.
Thread the clip onto the jump ring.
Cut 1m of duct tape and fold 1cm down on each end.
Fold just over a third of the width of the tape onto itself. I found it easiest to pin both ends and the distance I wanted, then press down from one end towards the other. You might not get it completely straight, but it doesn’t matter for this project.
Fold again, leaving just under a third of the tape free, then fold the remainder over. This creates a nice edge on the lanyard.
Thread the jump ring onto the tape and secure the ends with a Velcro dot pair.
Cut a 1cm strip of tape, fold down one end, and wrap around the end of the tape to create a loop to secure the jump ring.
Thread the clip onto the jump ring.
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