Pride Heart Keychain

Happy Pride Month to all of my LGBTQIA+ friends! 

I am proud to belong to a church that welcomes everyone. That includes people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. Literally everyone is welcome. One of the ways in which our congregation is celebrating Pride is with a keychain craft. I'll be leading that after church on June 14. My sample is based on the rainbow flag, but attendees can switch out the colors to make a different flag if they wish. Affiliate links below. 

Pride Heart Keychain

Materials:

• square pegboard
• Perler fuse beads
• iron
• paper piercer
• jump rings (ooh, they make rainbow jump rings!)
• pliers
• key ring

Steps: 

Start in the middle of the pegboard with a row of 13 green beads. Add two rows of 13 yellow beads immediately above the row of greens. Add two rows of 13 orange beads above the yellows. The next row up is red: skip a space, add 5 beads, skip a space, add 5 beads, skip a space. The top row has two sets of 3 red beads, centered on the previous row of red. 

Now work down from your original green row. The next row has 11 green beads. Below that, 9 blue beads. Then 7 blue beads. Then a row of 5 purple beads, then 3 purples, and finally 1 purple. 

Follow the directions that came with the pegboard to fuse the beads. I suggest fusing the beads more than you might ordinarily, since you want your keychain to be very sturdy. 

Use the paper piercer to enlarge the hole where the keychain will attach to the heart. Open a jump ring and thread it through the hole. Continue adding jump rings until it is the length you want it, then attach the key ring.