Serenity Prayer Key Chain
Okay, so maybe more of a charm and less of a key chain.
Posted by Coyote
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The Serenity Prayer is a big help to those of us in the Al-Anon Family Groups. I wanted a reminder of it that I could carry with me every day. I'd intended making a keychain, but the plastic shrank quite a bit. I'll need a larger piece to make a keychain :)
Figuring out the right sizes is going to take some work, and I'm sure there are some tutorials on this site that can be more accurate about it than I can.
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
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You Will Need (6 things)
- Design s, Words, Etc
- Plastic Container
- Tape
- Sharpies - as many as you want
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
Steps (10 steps, 30 minutes)
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1
Make sure the plastic you're going to use is clean and dry.
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2
Assemble your stuff--plastic, scissors, sharpies. There are some things missing from this picture, like a hole punch or whatever else you're going to use.
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3
Make sure the images you have fit the plastic :)
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4
Cut out the shape of plastic that you want. Preheat the oven to 400F.
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5
Print out your designs, or tape your plastic to your computer screen, as I did ;) Now trace.
I traced the cougar paw in silver Sharpie, and traced the Serenity Prayer over that with black Sharpie. I was worried that the prayer wouldn't be readable, but it turns out that it is.
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6
Cut the hole in your charm. It will be too thick to do so after the shrinking. I couldn't find my hole punch, so I used scissors and a paint brush handle. As you can see, it ripped the plastic a little.
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7
Trim, adjust, etc.
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8
Place in oven. Watch it! It only takes a few seconds. If your oven isn't preheated yet, give it another five minutes and go make a cake.
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9
You can see here how much the plastic shrinks :)
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10
All done!