My husband surprised me with a gift of a rather large collection of old keys. My kind of present… It has led to contemplation about DIY projects involving keys.
On a rather wet and miserable day, my husband and the children had great fun creating animals for the keys. I love the sculptural animals. No searching Pinterest for upcycling old key ideas for them, they just got stuck in and had fun.
Such creativity.
My thoughts wandered to wall art – I played with layering the keys up to create snowflakes.
Repurposed windchimes by Domesticallyblissful – this idea is just super cute – I love how the keys dangle in the wind.
Or how about a picture representing where you and your partner met? Find the tutorial here.
Or how about setting them in resin to create coasters? Find the tutorial here.
Caren K
Wednesday 29th of September 2021
Super! Sus!
Carol m
Wednesday 10th of April 2019
The coaster idea was great.It looks simple to do.and beautiful results.
Lisa // Cucicucicoo: Eco Sewing & Crafting
Tuesday 19th of February 2019
What great ideas! And wow, so many pretty old-fashioned keys! Any tips on getting screws through the keys? Did you just use a drill or is there some trick to doing it? Great job, Vicky! :) Lisa
myra
Tuesday 23rd of May 2017
I would make a mobile for outdoors.
Paula
Friday 27th of January 2017
Some lovely ideas, here. Thanks for sharing them. I particularly enjoyed seeing the snowflake design. I live in hope of some day getting hold of a nice collection of old and interesting keys. I'd love to make a hanging mobile, or perhaps 'bunting', but with keys instead of fabric triangles, to honour my Goddess, who has keys as one of her primary symbols. Xx