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Step 4Make a Word Tray.
Line up your keys to make your name, so you'll have an idea of the size of your finished name badge and how it's going to look. Rearrange and swap keys till you're happy.
For my first key-based name badge, I just used a piece of foam double-sided tape to attach the keys to the usual plastic badge holder. This tended to lose keys over time, but it's quick and very flexible in what the finished badge will look like (and you get a choice of attachment methods depending on what kind of normal badge you have.) In this "finished" design, I'm going to use a "backing" of hot-melt glue with enough steel in it to be attached to a shirt by magnets.
Make a little tray of aluminum foil that will be about 1/8 inch deep beyond any reinforcement that will be in the bottom. The easiest way to do this is to cut a layer or two of corrugated cardboard in the size and shape of the finished badge, and push a few layers of folded foil around it.
I used some pieces of carton staples for the magnetic backing; they go in the tray under the glue.
For my first key-based name badge, I just used a piece of foam double-sided tape to attach the keys to the usual plastic badge holder. This tended to lose keys over time, but it's quick and very flexible in what the finished badge will look like (and you get a choice of attachment methods depending on what kind of normal badge you have.) In this "finished" design, I'm going to use a "backing" of hot-melt glue with enough steel in it to be attached to a shirt by magnets.
Make a little tray of aluminum foil that will be about 1/8 inch deep beyond any reinforcement that will be in the bottom. The easiest way to do this is to cut a layer or two of corrugated cardboard in the size and shape of the finished badge, and push a few layers of folded foil around it.
I used some pieces of carton staples for the magnetic backing; they go in the tray under the glue.
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