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Mini Yarn Rainbow Keychain or Wall Hanging

Make a mini yarn rainbow keychain or wall hanging! We'll show you how to make a 3" or 4" rainbow. Add a keychain or glue a piece of yarn to the back to hang! 
Prep Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Yield: 1 keychain
Cost: $1

Equipment

  • scissors
  • jewelry pliers
  • hot glue gun
  • measuring tape

Materials

Instructions

Cutting Guide & Yardage

  • Cut 3 pieces of rope for the smaller rainbow, 7.25", 6.5" and 5.5".
    OR Cut 4 pieces of rope for a larger rainbow 8.25", 7.25", 6.5" and 5.5".
    Cut a 62" piece of yarn for each piece of rope.
    yarn, rope, scissors, pliers, tape, scissors and felt

Wrapping The Rope

  • Tape the longest piece of rope to the table using a piece of masking tape. Line the edge of the masking tape with the edge of the rope. This is important. You only want an inch of the rope covered by tape.
    piece of rope taped to table
  • Wrap the yarn around the rope and tie a knot just below the masking tape. Do not cut off the excess yarn. Hold it against the rope as you wrap the rope in yarn (it will get wrapped as you go).
    rope taped to table with yarn tied around it
  • Wrap the yarn tightly around the rope.
    purple yarn wrapped around rope
  • Continue wrapping until you only have an inch of rope left. Tie knot at the end and trim off any excess.
    rope wrapped in yarn with an inch left unwrapped
  • Cover the knot in a small dot of hot glue. This will reinforce the end and keep it from unraveling.
    dot of hot glue at the end of a yarn wrapped rope
  • Repeat the steps above for the second piece of rope.
    rope wrapped in pink yarn
  • And the third piece of rope.
    rope wrapped in blue yarn

Keychain Fittings

  • Open the jump ring with a pair of jewelry pliers.
    Slide it onto the center of the longest piece of yarn-covered rope.
    open jump ring
  • Slide the keychain onto the jump ring. Use the jewelry pliers to close the jump ring.
    jumpring and keychain attached to purple rope

Creating a Rope Rainbow

  • Add a line of hot glue along the inner edge of the rainbow shaped piece of felt.
    hot glue on rainbow shaped white felt
  • Glue the shortest rope to the inner edge. Make sure the frayed edges are not glued to the felt. They should hang down.
    rope glued to rainbow shaped felt
  • Glue the other two ropes to the felt, making sure to add the longest rope last.
    hand holding glued rope in place
  • Trim away any excess felt. Be careful to NOT cut the yarn!
    Note: if you are making a 4 strand rainbow the felt may not completely cover the back of the rainbow and that's totally fine. It's just a base to help shape the rainbow as you glue.
    scissors trimming excess felt from behind rainbow keychain
  • Unravel the unwrapped edges of the rope to create a fringe edge (to look like clouds).
    yarn wrapped rainbow keychain

Video

Notes

If you'd rather make a wall hanging, glue a loop of yarn for a hanger on the back instead of adding the keychain fittings.