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If you love miniature crafts, these polymer clay bag charms are right up your alley. Get inspired by tiny designs you can DIY!
What if the cutest thing hanging from your bag wasn’t store-bought? With a little polymer clay, you can make your own tiny accessory and customize it! Think miniature animals, flowers, food, initials, funny faces, and colorful shapes. These DIY polymer clay bag charms will give you plenty of inspiration.
Polymer Clay Bag Charms DIYs and Ideas
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What You’ll Need:
- Polymer clay in your chosen colors
- Air-dry clay or cold porcelain, if the design calls for it
- Clay roller or acrylic rolling pin
- Craft knife or clay blade
- Needle tool or toothpick
- Small clay cutters
- Fine-detail sculpting tools
- Acrylic paint
- Fine paintbrushes
- Chalk pastels for adding baked or toasted details
- Clear glaze, matte varnish, or satin protective finish
- UV resin, if using a resin-style glossy finish
- UV lamp, if using UV resin
1. Beaded Bag Charm and Chain Accessory
A multi-layered charm with pastel beads and quirky motifs, this one is a must-try! Pick two large gold-tone spring gate rings that can clip easily onto thick canvas tote bags to make this beauty.
You will also need flexible beading wire for the heavy bead swag and head pins to stack the vertical side dangles.
2. Beaded Bag Charm Idea
The gingham check fabric ribbon adds to the beauty of this beaded bag charm. Drawing inspiration from the Japanese “Decora” culture, this mismatched beaded accessory is here to stay. Try this if you love “cottagecore” accessories.
3. Handmade Polymer Clay Keychain
Sitting pretty on a brown bag, these light colored custom food accessories are for keeps! Pick polymer clay to make these hyper-detailed and cozy miniatures.
Finish them with acrylic paint and seal with a high-shine UV resin or glossy varnish.
4. DIY Beaded Accessory
If you’re a fan of coastal or ocean-inspired accessories, then you must check this out! With a multitude of shapes, colors, and finishes, this beaded bag charm will add beauty to your basic bag.
Want to check out some more cool beaded DIY bag charms?
5. Pink Bow Bag Charm
This picture is proof that pretty pink bows make everything look dreamy and gorgeous! Polymer clay is the best to recreate this design at home, as it is flexible before baking and bakes into a durable plastic.
Add your favourite clear acrylic resin beads or teardrop glass beads to make it look even better with the bow.
6. Kitty-Inspired Polymer Clay Bag Charms
Here’s a fun accessory idea for your cat-lover friends. This ceramic bag charm is a totem-style piece, and it looks amazing.
Thread your finished pieces tightly onto a durable white cotton or nylon cord and finish it with a metal lobster clasp at the top.
7. Cafe-Themed Clay Charm Keychain
To make something similar, you will need polymer clay or liquid resin and clear glaze for shine and durability. Share this idea with a friend who loves “Kawaii” aesthetic bag charms and keychains.
Pro Tip: To make the bread or croissants look baked, lightly brush chalk pastel powder onto the clay in layers, starting with the lightest shade first.
8. Handmade Italian-Themed Bag Charm
What a lovely-looking bag charm cum keychain idea! You will need colorful polymer clay to craft this and some eye pins, a key ring, some cord, a craft knife, a needle tool, and liquid polymer clay or UV resin.
Why don’t you check out these fun, DIY clay jewelry ideas?
9. Handcrafted Cottagecore-Style Bag Charm
Next up is a beautiful amalgamation of clay, fabric, and lace in the form of this handmade bag charm and keychain. It’s a fun, romantic, and vintage-inspired accessory to try.
Make the swan and pink flower using polymer or air-dry clay, paint them with acrylics, and finish with a matte or satin protective glaze.
10. Clay Bead Keychains and Bag Charms
Featuring motifs like Maneki-Neko (lucky cats) and other elements, these bag charms look extremely special!
They can be a great idea to give as a thoughtful gift to a friend. You can make these using air-dry cold porcelain or polymer clay.
11. Pastel-Themed Beaded Bag Charm Keychain
Picking the colors from your bag to make a clay bag charm that matches is a great idea! Don’t forget to add a secure pink metal carabiner clasp and a standard split key ring to clip your charm easily.
Here’s a list of some cool bag charms and pouches for you!
12. Polymer Clay Bag Charms
Let’s end this list of ideas with a big and bold message! Slay like a queen with this lovely polymer clay bag charm idea. Customize it with any word or motif that you like.
One bag charm is probably not going to be enough. Once you start making tiny food, flowers, bows, cats, and colorful beads, you’ll have plenty of reasons to switch up your bag accessories.