Making your own Winnie the Pooh hard plastic key chain charm is a great project that parents and children can do together. When you’re done, you’ll have a rigid, clear, waterproof plastic Pooh charm that you can use as a key ring, Christmas ornament, as part of a hanging mobile, luggage tag, necklace or earring pendants, or anything else your imagination can come up with.

This is what you will need:

A large piece of clear plastic #6 (styrofoam)

Fine point permanent marker (black)

Colored permanent markers (Yellow and red for Pooh Bear)

Scissors

Headband

Use of the kitchen oven and kitchen mitt

aluminum foil sheet

drill

Golden thong keychain

First get a large piece of #6 clear plastic (styrofoam). This is easily identified by looking for the recycling symbol. A #6 in the triangle means you are ready to go. Clear lids for takeout trays are typically made from #6 plastic. Next, find a Winnie the Pooh photo to use offline. Download a suitable photo and print it on your printer on plain paper. Keep in mind that the final product will be scaled down to approximately three to four times smaller than your initial image, so keep this in mind.

Cut the #6 plastic so that you have a flat sheet slightly larger than the image. Glue the image to the plastic sheet. With the fine point black permanent marker, trace the outline of Pooh, as well as all of his features: eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth, shirt, etc. Fill in their dark features like eyes and nose. Once you’ve tracked him down, use the yellow marker to fill in his fur and the red marker to fill in his shirt. Next, remove the tape from the paper image and cut the plastic into the shape you want (rectangle, oval, etc.)

Move the oven rack to the bottom. Place the aluminum foil on the rack.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. When the oven is ready, place the plastic image on the aluminum sheet with the oven mitt and close the door.

For the first minute or so, your art will start to curl and shrink. It’s fun to watch! Then shortly after, it should start to flatten out. After about three and a half minutes, your image should be ready. Using the oven mitt, carefully remove the foil tray from the oven.

Your plastic amulet is still hot and will stay moldable for another ten seconds or so before it cools down. If it’s not completely flat, you can smooth it out by placing a large, flat object like a book on it. Or if you want you can bend and shape your art. But work fast before it gets cold.

After the charm has cooled, drill a small hole in the top for the chain. Attach the chain and you’re done. You’ve just created your very own Winnie the Pooh hard plastic keychain! These make great gifts for Winnie the Pooh enthusiasts and can even be used as baby shower party favors.