How to make a bottle cap necklace
In this article, you will learn how to make a bottle cap necklace.
Materials required for making a bottle cap necklace:
You will need the following materials for making a bottle cap necklace:
Bottle caps,
Hammer,
Ribbon,
Small nails,
Drill with small bit,
Jewelry pliers,
Decorative jewelry ornaments,
Glue,
Copper wiring,
Epoxy
Step by step instructions on how to make a bottle cap necklace:
First step in making a bottle cap necklace is to wash the bottle caps thoroughly.
Next, you need to decide what type of designs and patterns you want for your necklaces.
Based on the design patterns, you need to punch holes in the bottle cap. You need to compulsorily punch a hole through the top of the bottle cap to hang it through a thread loop. You have the option of punching holes through the centre and bottom of the cap as per your design. For punching holes, you can either use a drill with a small bit or a hammer and a nail. Ensure that the width of the hole is enough for a decorative thread to pass through it. While punching holes, ensure that you keep the bottle cap on a hard surface to prevent the cap from cracking.
Once holes are punched in the bottle cap, you need to decorate it. For this, you need a decorative picture, epoxy, sticker and scissors. Measure the diameter of the bottle cap and cut out the picture in a circular shape with diameter same as that of the bottle cap. You can then glue the picture to the bottle cap. Spray some epoxy on the picture so that it sticks to the bottle cap and also gives it a glossy look. You can also add some glitter to the bottle cap if required. This is the right way to design the necklace.
You can make a necklace using one bottle cap or multiple bottle caps. If you want to use multiple bottle caps, you need to string them together. For this purpose, you can decorate multiple bottle caps as per above instructions. Then you need to string them together using a ribbon and jewelry clasps. Nowadays, you get plain necklace with jewelry clasps. You can purchase them or you can design your own decorative ribbon and string the bottle caps together. Use can use other materials like copper wires to string the bottle caps together.
Given above is the step by step guide of making a simple bottle cap necklace. There are many different versions of this simple necklace. Firstly, consider the thread to be used for stringing the necklace. Almost all will agree that a decorative ribbon is the best option as far as the string goes. However, there are other materials like copper wires which can be used to make the necklace string.
Another variation of this necklace is using magnets. For making a necklace using magnets and bottle caps, you need to follow the same instructions as above except for the string. The string is not tied to the bottle cap. Instead, the ends of the string are tied to a magnet and being a metal the bottle cap is attracted to the magnet. Thus, using a magnet saves you the trouble of drilling a hole through the bottle cap. Using a magnet also has the advantage of changing the bottle cap as frequently as you like. If you get bored of seeing the same design on your necklace, you don’t have to follow the same instructions again and start making a new one. You can simply detach the bottle cap from the magnet and in its place attach a new bottle cap with a new pattern or design.
You can also string more than one decorative bottle caps to form chunky jewelry. You can have different types of pictures on the necklace. Bear in mind for whom you are making this necklace. Most probably it will be for a little girl. Considering this fact, choose a picture for the necklace. You can choose pictures of cartoon characters or Disney fairy princess or cute puppy dogs or decorative flowers.
So follow the above steps for preparing a great bottle cap necklace and gift it to someone you really care for. Not only will it show your artistic side but also show the persons to whom you have gifted this wonderful gift how much care for him/her. A bottle cap necklace is a great birthday gift for small girls who love pictures of fairies and princesses. These are easy to make, don’t cost much in terms of money and time and you can use waste materials to create beautiful designs and patterns. Now that you have learnt how to make a bottle cap necklace, you can go ahead and start creating your own bottle cap necklace collection. You can teach others also by following the step by step instructions given in this article.