DIY Christmas Necklace with Candy Cane Cuteness

Create a unique (and easy!) Christmas necklace with a candy cane design in a few easy steps! You’ll love making this and adding it to your holiday wardrobe.

I’m Heidi from the blog Hands Occupied, and I’m very excited to be sharing a DIY Christmas candy cane necklace with you all!

For today’s project, I decided to create a jewelry tutorial with some Mod Podge products you don’t necessarily see every day around the crafty blogosphere.

I wanted my DIY necklace to be something festive now that the holiday season is upon us – but I also wanted it to be a project that wouldn’t take 20 hours to make since we’re all crazy busy in December.

Christmas Necklace

Gather These Supplies

• Clear acrylic keychain blank or similar
• Candy cane ribbon or piece of paper cut to look like a small candy cane
• Glitter Dimensional Magic
• Mod Podge Sparkle
• Embroidery floss
• Scissors
• Sponge brush

Begin by prepping your candy cane accent. I used some awesome satin cutout ribbon from the May Arts Company that I had on hand. You can also make your own candy cane with striped paper.

Clean your Podgeable shape if necessary. Using a sponge brush, paint a layer of Sparkle Mod Podge onto the top of the shape and place your candy cane as desired.

Paint another layer of Mod Podge Sparkle over your candy cane, being careful not to move it around. I saturated my candy cane shape, which was puffy, so mine took more Mod Podge than if you’re using a paper shape. Let dry.

When your candy cane necklace is dry, grab your silver Glitter Dimensional Magic. Much of the glitter in my new bottle of the formula had settled to the bottom.

I gently turned the bottle upside down and right side up a few times to even out the glitter throughout the bottle. Don’t shake it! Bubbles are your enemy when working with DM, and shaking creates them.

Open your Glitter Dimensional Magic. Get the flow of the formula going by squeezing a few drops onto a scrap of paper or jar lid (you can see I use old mason jar lids for crafts a lot by the picture). This helps get rid of the bubbles at the top of your bottle too.

Carefully apply Dimensional Magic around and over your candy cane necklace, filling the acrylic shape right up to the edges.

The first time I ever used Dimensional Magic, I just squirted a ton of the formula in the center of an acrylic shape and it ended up overflowing and screwed up my whole project.

Being judicious with your Dimensional Magic goes a long way, in my experience! 🙂

Even if you’re taking lots of care to avoid bubbles in your Dimensional Magic, they still can happen, as you can see in the picture on the left above.

There are a few ways to deal with bubbles: a sharp pin can pop the bubbles when the formula is still wet, a fine brush can be used to “scoop” the bubbles out if you have a steady hand, and a lighter can be used to get rid of bubbles when the Dimensional Magic has dried.

Let your Christmas necklace charm dry for 24 hours. I always make a sign to place next to any Dimensional Magic projects as they dry to keep my husband from accidentally setting something on them.

I don’t know what all of you crafters with kids do to keep your work safe! Lock and key? Feel free to leave tips on this in the comments.

After 24 hours, your DIY Christmas necklace will be dry and clear. If any pesky bubbles show up overnight, remember the lighter trick to get rid of them!

String the charm on a piece of embroidery floss to finish. You’ve just made a cute holiday necklace, gift accent, or key charm!

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Christmas Necklace

Learn how to make a cute DIY Christmas necklace with simple supplies! Perfect for holiday fashion or gifts.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Active Time45 minutes mins

Dry Time1 day d

Total Time1 day d 50 minutes mins

Yield: 1 necklace

Cost: $2

Equipment

• Scissors
• Foam brush(es)

Materials

• Clear acrylic keychain blank or similar
• Candy cane ribbon
• Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
• Mod Podge Sparkle
• Embroidery floss

Instructions

• Prep the accent piece by cutting out ribbon or scrapbook paper.
• Brush a layer of Sparkle Mod Podge onto the acrylic oval and place the accent piece down in the wet medium.
• Paint another layer of Mod Podge over the accent piece. Let dry.
• Carefully apply Dimensional Magic around and over your acrylic shape, right up to the edges, Pop any bubbles with a pin. Let dry overnight.
• String the charm on a piece of embroidery floss to finish.

Like this project? I’d love for you to check out these other Christmas crafts with Mod Podge:

• Elf on the Shelf Poem & Printable
• Santa Magic Key Craft
• Cutest Gingerbread Ornaments