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.

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

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DIY Christmas Necklace

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

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Active Time45 minutes mins

Dry Time12 hours hrs

Total Time12 hours hrs 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.
  

Notes

Tip for Dimensional Magic: 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.

Even if you’re taking lots of care to avoid bubbles in your Dimensional Magic, they still can happen. You can pop them with a pin.

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

Elf on the Shelf Poem & Printable • Fabric Christmas Bowl • Frosted Mason Jar Luminaries • Gnome Wood Gift Tag • Homemade Wrapping Paper • Merry Christmas Decor • Peace Wood Decor • Salt Dough Ornaments • Santa Magic Key Craft • Wood Trees with Book Pages