Custom Keychains: Student Gift Idea for Back to School, Holiday, or End of Year

I always like to send my students home with a small treat of some sort on the first day of school. It’s an exciting day, but it can be nerve-wracking for many kids. So it’s my little way of not only saying, “Yay, you survived!” but “Yay, that was a FUN day!” Welcome to our class community!

Last year, my kids were obsessed with these little keychains that they could earn for selling school fundraiser items. They loved to collect and attach them to the zippers on their backpacks. So I figured special keychains would make for a great back to school gift! The plastic keychains are available at Hobby Lobby and also on Amazon.

Package of Playside Creations plastic button key chains, 16 count, each 2.75 inches wide. The package is white with colorful lettering and is labeled as a classroom pack for ages 5 and up.

Here are a couple of examples of templates to fit inside the keychains, some with text and some with images. I like to copy the ones with text only on Astrobrights color paper.

Three colorful sheets of printable keychain labels: yellow with be silly, be kind, be you, blue with fourth grade rocks!, and green with I ♥ kinder. Each sheet has multiple circular labels.

Sheets of circular stickers featuring cute illustrations of llamas, hot air balloons, cacti, and pineapples, each with encouraging phrases like keep shining on a white background.

Then all you have to do is cut out the circles and pop them into the keychains. You can cut them by hand, or save time with a circle paper craft punch. Pretty simple!

A collection of colorful round keychains with labels such as BLAKE 2nd grade 2018-2019, I love third grade, first grade rocks!, and best class ever! Mrs. Olsens 2nd grade.Two round keychains with colorful inserts: one yellow reading Mrs. Olsens 2nd grade family, and one blue reading You are kind, you are smart, you are important.Six round keychains featuring cute cartoon designs: a llama (having a llama fun), pineapple (sweet!), hot air balloon (keep soaring!), llama (no prob llama), bee (bee kind!), and cactus (stay sharp).

You can find these same keychain design templates right here in my shop, and you can also find them in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. They include editable templates so that you can customize them for your own class.

This unique gift is sure to be a hit with your kiddos! Wishing you a happy back to school season coming up!