Beer Buds Softball Trophy

Have a great season but didn't quite make the playoffs? Celebrate your team's spirited effort and surprise them with these fun, unique trophies.

Step 1: Materials Needed

• bottle of beer
• scrap piece of metal (like metal flashing)
• tin snips
• file
• hole punch/awl
• mallet or leather jeweler's hammer
• template 2" x 5/8" (use scrap of card)
• engraver tool
• baseball toy figures, spray painted silver (search: Amazon for toys)
• jump rings (bead/jewelry supply)
• length of chain (bead/jewelry supply)
• silver spray paint

Step 2: Create Metal Tag

• Use template to cut out 2" x 5/8" piece of metal
• File edges
• Punch holes in the corners

Step 3: Engrave Metal Plate

Step 4: Bend Metal Tag

• Use the bottle and mallet or leather jeweler's hammer
• Put gentle bend in tag

Step 5: Finish It Up

• Add jump rings to metal tag and add length of chain
• Use hot glue or epoxy to attach spray painted baseball figure to top of bottle

• Depending on your toy figures you may need a small piece of plexi to secure figure to bottle cap

• Other notes:
  • I did a whole set for my softball team
  • I varied the players on the top and tried to match them to the player's position
  • I used all the same type of beer but you could mix & match the bottles
  • Obviously you could swap out the beer for soda
  • or make basketball trophies by swapping out the baseball figures for basketball figures

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