Back to School — September 3, 2025

Sweet Keychains for Back to School

Tags 30 Minute DIYs, Summer Projects, SVG Paper Craft

Back to School — September 3, 2025

Sweet Keychains for Back to School

30min

Tags 30 Minute DIYs, Summer Projects, SVG Paper Craft

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Treat Yourself with these Cute-As-Can-Be Keychains

Start off the school year in style with these no-time-at-all treat-chains – as sweet as can be! This fast and fun project is a great way to get your students excited for back to school. Get a group of friends together for one last hoorah and make these keychains as souvenirs of the the summer gone by. You'll have fun crafting together and they'll be excited to show off their cool new swag with friends and classmates. Perfect for accessorizing a backpack or clipping on zippers. Why not make a whole batch to share and trade with friends? Fiskars has such a wide selection of punch shapes and sizes – great for personalizing! These sweet keychains for back to school are a must-craft this school season. Take a bite out of this project!

Tools & Materials

Template
Multi-Colored Paper
White Glue
Blunt Tip Kids Scissors
Circle Lever Punch – Large 2"
1/8" Hole Punch
1/4" Hole Punch
Scallop Punch
Ribbon, Embroidery Floss and/or Chain
Silver Keychain Ring

Steps

Print the template and cut out shapes for donut icing, ice cream, cones, popsicles and sticks.
Use the large circle punch to punch donut and cookie shapes out of light brown or kraft paper.
Use the 1/4" hole punch with brown paper to create chocolate chips for the cookies, and the 1/8" hole punch on various shades of blue, pink, white and brown paper to make sprinkles. Use white glue to stick to your sweets.
Use the scallop punch to take a bit out of your sweets!
Punch a hole in the top of the sweet, then tie a ribbon, embroidery floss bracelet or chain. Hook a silver keychain ring on the end.

Styling

Instead of attaching to a chain, we used ribbon and embroidery floss – attach a friendship bracelet for double the fun! Skip attaching a ring to the end and use these treat-chains as bookmarks.

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4 Comments

Esti October 20, 2020 at 4:53pm

Hi,
These keychains are ADORABLE!!
I would love to try them but when I attempt to open the PDF listed at the top of the page, it says the page was not found.
I would appreciate if you could let me know if there is any way I could access it.

Thank you!

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1. Lia October 21, 2020 at 7:48am
  
  @Esti
  
  Thank you for letting us know the link wasn’t working! We have updated it with the correct URL: https://www.fiskars.com/en-us/crafting-and-sewing/ideas-and-how-tos/creations-for-kids/sweet-treat-keychains
  
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Jeanne August 14, 2017 at 7:43am

I wish you would provide SVG files rather than templates for cutting with a scissor. I cant cut straight or curvy line to save my life.

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1. Lia August 14, 2017 at 8:13am
  
  @Jeanne
  
  Hi Jeanne, there is an SVG file available already at the bottom of this post.
  
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