This idea has been floating around in my head for a couple of years at least. So, I finally decided to purge it out of the ol’ noggin & bring it to life – annnnd it turned out better than expected!! I’m pleased as punch with this Eighties Charm Necklace & it COMPLETELY reminds me of my pre-teen years (oh the eighties!) & rocking my fab charm necklace. Out of all the things I wished I saved from the eighties (well, besides my hyper-color shirt), was my charm necklace – that necklace was the bomb diggity!
If you weren’t around in the eighties, perhaps you were still a twinkle in your parents eyes – charm necklaces were like the beanie babies of the nineties and the rainbow loom of this century. Well, at least they were in my little bubble of the world – hubs claims he had never heard of them where he grew up.
I wanted to recreate my Eighties Charm Necklace in a way that everyone could make it – with simple materials & simple steps!
I’m a craft hoarder (ha-ha go figure) & have a billion gazillion of these little erasers. I have no idea why, lol, but I do! I tend to buy stuff when I see it, if it inspires me in some way – aka craft hoarder – because a billion things inspire me in different ways each & every day ;)
Just a few supplies are needed for this project:
- some flat erasers, these are all very similar to, if not exactly like, the ones I used: assortment
, dinosaurs
, zoo animals
, insects
.
- screw eyes
- 9mm round jump rings
- lanyard hooks
- 30” oval link chain necklace
- pliers for jewelry making
And it’s really very simple to make:
- screw in a screw eye into the top of the eraser
- attach a jump ring using your jewelry pliers
- clip on a lanyard hook onto the jump ring
- place charms in desired order on necklace, we used 14 erasers & spaced them two links apart.
YES!!! It really is that easy to recreate your own Eighties Charm Necklace. And, I love it so – I’m so happy with how it turned out – it really does remind me of my long lost Eighties Charm Necklace!
What was your favorite thing from the eighties?
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If my daughter were awake, she’d be squealing with delight!
She recently heard about my 80’s charm necklace (saw a few pics), and she has been begging for one. We may need to make a craft store trip in the near future to make her own!
hehe – love it!!! Check out the dollar spot at Target too – for every seasonal change they usually carry matching little erasers – I hoard them as I see them :) xo
Oh my gosh, Melissa, what a blast from the past this is! Ha ha ha, I adore it! And, I am pretty sure my girls would go insane for this, so I might be making it very soon! I’d love to have you link this up with me for the Create & Share DIY and Recipe Party; this would make an awesome addition! I hope to see you there!
-Karly
awwww shucks – thanks Karly! I surely will do – headed over now :) xx
i loved those necklaces so much, some of the pieces were so detailed. they’re like a tween version of those beaded bracelets that people have now, you know? your eraser version is super cute, and love how bright it is. fun.
Thank you so much!! xx
So cute! Great idea!
Thank you Tracy!
Oh my goodness! This is simply adorable. I will have to try this with my little one. :) I am a HUGE charm girl. I have collected them for years. It would be fun to do a mother/daughter matching charm necklace. The little girl’s necklace could me made with the erasers and the moms could be a matching design but maybe made of gold or silver. My daughter and I always point out designs in the clouds so I’m thinking it would be cute to each do a cloud charm. Hers (would be the fun eraser) and I found a super cute cloud charm on Charm America
Thanks so much for the inspiration!
– Margene
Love it & love that it can be an activity for you & your daughter too :) Thanks for checking it out Margene! xx
Wow, hoarding must be genetic – remember Grammy’s fabric. Cool necklace and it is so light weight too.
I think it is genetic! Love ya mom :) xx
This is awesome!! Great job!
Thanks Maria!! xx