Etched Wooden Heart Key Fobs

We’ve been thinking hard about what sort of non-plastic and non-commercial Valentines we can make for classmates, and we came up with this really cool project: wooden heart key chains! With store-bought wooden hearts, these little tokens of love are ever so easy, totally customizable, and sweet as can be.

So go grab your etching tool and let’s get started.

DIY Valentines: Etched Heart Keychains   |   Design Mom
DIY Valentines: Etched Heart Keychains   |   Design Mom
DIY Valentines: Etched Heart Keychains   |   Design Mom

Supplies:

– wood-burning tool
– wooden hearts (I found mine in Michael’s in the woodworking aisle, but you can also find them on Amazon)
– jump rings
– key ring
– pliers

DIY Valentines: Etched Heart Keychains   |   Design Mom

Like we mentioned in the other posts, wood-burning consists of using the highly heated tip of the wood-burning tool to burn designs or patterns into wood. When the design is complete, add enough jump rings to satisfy and connect to a key ring.

DIY Valentines: Etched Heart Keychains   |   Design Mom

These designs are very simple (yet beautiful, right?) and the options are endless.

An optional step when your design is complete is to stain it or apply paint — the “Be Mine” version above was an experiment with white stain. Of course you can also leave the wood as is.

DIY Valentines: Etched Heart Keychains   |   Design Mom
DIY Valentines: Etched Heart Keychains   |   Design Mom

Tie on a red ribbon, and these are ready to give to your Valentines!

P.S. — Love to make things? Here’s a link to tons of excellent projects.


Photos and styling by Amy Christie.

20 thoughts on “Etched Wooden Heart Key Fobs”

  1. Truly lovely — and they work so well for any age range! I’m tempted to make a few and tuck them into cards for my grown-up friends: the New Conversation Heart!

  2. Those are truly-uly lovely. Our little guy (8yo) is painting similarly simple designs with white Sharpie onto dark, smooth oval stones from the beach. Thanks for the never-ending ideas!

  3. As a non-US reader I’m always so curious why school kids give all their classmates a valentines gift/card?
    Looks like a cute project though!

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  7. So I have just started woodburning and came across your Valentines heart key chains on Pinterest. I was wondering what size wooden hearts you used. I am wicked excited to try this it looks like it will be very beginner friendly :)

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