How to make a keybox with your own hands: master-classes on how to create it from leather, cardboard, wood, plywood and decoupage style (100 photos)

Gathering for work, a walk or to the store can be marred by the search for keys, and this problem can cost personal time and nerves.

Keys to the house, cottage or car, bike locks or mailboxes are always lost in the depths of bags and backpacks, and are most unexpectedly in the kitchen or bedroom.

To organize the proper and safe storage of keys we use a keychain, with their own hands to create such an accessory is easy enough.

Such an accessory is advantageous over a dedicated container, because it can additionally be used to decorate the house or put in order in the bag.

Variety of key boxes

To discover an original and practical way to store keys, no matter how often they are used, help key holders. A simple and convenient accessory can be made by yourself, without buying standard models, because the process itself will fascinate the home craftsman.

A beautiful keybox, made with their own hands, master classes and ideas we offer in this article, can become a source of pride, and for this it is enough to choose a certain type of product:

• wall open;
• wall closed;
• mini safes for the house;
• portable key holders.

A separate classification offers a division of such accessories and their models depending on the material and decoration technique:

• Metal and forged key boxes with an elegant design;
• made of solid wood, plywood or fiberboard with finishing;
• Key boxes made of improvised materials and their original combinations.

Among interesting and original ideas there are key boxes made of leather or thick fabric that can be easily carried in a bag.

Particular attention should be paid to products with a magnetic base, for which you can pick up an elegant metal key chains, providing a firm hold on the keys.

Extend the functionality of standard models will help additional hooks on the usual photo frames, and you can paint such models with embroidery and photos, paintings and stickers on templates.

Materials for making keyrings

In specialized stores, the prices of keyrings can be very surprising, and with the wide range it is difficult to choose a model with an exclusive design.

It is this parameter plays an important role when choosing a keybox, which is designed to store keys and decorate the interior.

That is why it is better to make a beautiful and unusual keybox with your own hands, using different in texture, strength and processing of materials:

• Natural wood is well processed, for a long time retains a unique wood texture and a pleasant shade of color;
• plywood allows you to create elegant structures thanks to the technology of sawing, it is easy to paint or decorate in other ways;
• Dense fabric or natural leather is used to sew key boxes with bright design, they are often used to keep keys in the bag.

A separate category includes key boxes, made by hand using improvised materials and according to individual projects.

For such products you can use old furniture, photo frames and frames from mirrors, shelves made of wood and metal, magnetic boards and remnants of building materials.

In order to decorate the created designs, techniques of coloring and burning, decoupage and hand painting, gluing films or stamping are used.

Key case of cardboard

To make such a model, it is better to take dense beer cardboard or use corrugated cardboard with several inner layers. It is important to ensure the integrity of the finished design and for this you can use glue to fix the elements previously cut out of one cloth.

A sketch is put on the canvas, it can be a few houses and a car, a blank or a few blanks should be cut out and colored.

Once the keybox made of cardboard is completely dried in the bottom part are screwed a few hooks for keys, and all surfaces are varnished.

Keyring in decoupage style

To construct a keybox is very simple, but for its decoration you can use any available techniques, such as decoupage.

To do this, you need to find an interesting pattern on a multi-layered napkin and carefully cut it out, the surface to be applied is pre-scrubbed and sanded.

Best of all, if a wooden surface is used for drawing, it should be covered with a thin layer of PVA glue.

On the machined area is applied cut out pattern, after drying it is covered with another layer of glue composition, and then lacquered to retain the brightness and saturation of the decor.

A keybox made of wood

Asking yourself how to make a keybox out of wood is not worth starting work with the implementation of a complex project.

For this is quite suitable a simple scheme and for such a keybox requires two elements (side walls) and cardboard for the wall base, which should be treated before fixing.

Glue or screw furniture hooks to the canvas of the cardboard, and it is better to use special hardware to fix the side fittings.

Corners will help to firmly fix the design, it can also be supplemented with bottom and top crossbars, glazed sashes or a few shelves for small items and glasses.

Plywood key case

Flexible and thin plywood is ideal for creating different designs, but for this you will have to master the technique of sawing. Thanks to it you can make a keybox in the shape of a family tree or a beautiful spider web, silhouettes of all family members or home and even a car.

A simple plywood keybox is made like a box with one or more rows of hooks inside.

For exterior decoration you can use the technique of burning and varnishing, apply paint and create an effect of an aged surface, or decorate it with bright patterns.

Closed keychain

Simple and convenient leather keychain, which you can sew yourself will help to keep the keys inside your bag or backpack.

Thanks to this product the lining will not be damaged, and the whole bunch is easy to get into your hands without getting lost on its own or lost on the bottom of the accessory.

Closes the keybox with a zipper sewn around the perimeter or thanks to a special and easy magnetic latch.

To sew it, you should choose a durable and high quality material, and inside it should be a special ring to fix a bunch, so the product can be easily used when you need it.

Special attention should be paid to the key-necks - safes, that is a tightly closing box of opaque material.

It is very easy to make them, standard drawings are used for this purpose, they can store spare keys and it is better to place such products in a secluded corner of the house.

Keychain without hooks

Looks interesting keyhole wall in the hallway with no hooks, because they can get caught in a hurry clothes grown-ups or children.

Children's keybox, located at the bottom of the wall for ease of use can be complemented by elements of the constructor, the second part of which is fixed to the keyring.

To brightly decorate your own home, you can use a magnetic base to make a stylish and modern keychain.

Magnetic base for knives will perfectly cope with this task, it is easy to decorate it with a beautiful fabric or paint it.

Another option of a keyholder without hooks is an organizer with separate pockets of the volume type.

They are sewn on a canvas, you can use a transparent material to better see what keys are kept in the pocket or solid color, pre-painted on it with embroidery or a picture.

Key case with a shelf

A keychain made of wood or other materials is most often placed in the hallway or vestibule.

Here it is also customary to store other accessories that interfere with keeping order in the room or make you spend precious time searching for them before leaving the house.

Additional shelves of solid type can be used to store cosmetics and perfume, gloves or hats. If you make a thin shelf, loose to the back wall of the structure, it is convenient to hang belts on it, fix the leash of the pet.

An overhead pocket made of cardboard or thin plastic, molded leather or fabric is used to hold mail and newspapers.

Additional hooks, fixed above the shelf or directly on it, allow you to conveniently place several models of sunglasses at once.

You can decorate the ready keybox at your discretion, for this you can use rhinestones and natural materials, lego toys and different techniques.

It is important that the keychain remains a convenient and compact design, which is used not only to organize the space, but also as a home decoration.

All the proposed ideas can be implemented independently and, if you want, complemented with bright designer decorations, completely transforming their appearance.

Photo of a homemade keychain