Bubbles - Cute Round Critter Charm: Earrings, Keychain, Phone Charm

Meet Bubbles — my own character: a boy with a black bow tie and a girl with a red bow.

Is it a kitten, a puppy or a bear cub? Everyone sees someone different — pick the colours and it becomes whoever you like.

There is a loop on top, so Bubbles can be anything small and hanging:

• earrings — a boy & girl pair on earring hooks (that's how I made mine)

• keychain — on a split key ring

• phone charm or bag charm — on a lanyard strap

• a tiny Christmas tree ornament

Each one is a small round body (26 × 28 × 24 mm) with little feet, pointy ears, a tiny nose and big glossy 8 mm glass-cabochon eyes. The body is printed in silk PLA for the shine, the small details in black and red, and everything is glued together.

Parts to print (per character)

• Body — silk PLA (26 × 28 × 24 mm)

• Left ear, Right ear — black (5 × 5 × 6 mm)

• Nose — black (4 × 2 × 3 mm)

• Bow (11 × 3 × 8 mm) — black for the boy's bow tie under the nose, red for the girl's bow on the ear

The "Gathered" files show the assembled character in three variants (bow tie under the nose / small bow on the ear / no bow) — use them as a reference for where each part goes, or for multi-material printing.

Bill of materials

• 2× glass cabochon eyes, Ø8 mm (per character)

• Clear superglue

• For earrings: 2× gold earring hooks, 20 × 18 mm (per pair)

• For a keychain / phone or bag charm: a split key ring or a lanyard strap, plus a jump ring

Tips for keychains and charms

A keychain gets far more knocks than an earring:

• print the body in PETG or a tough PLA and don't lower the wall count — the top loop takes all the load

• use a jump ring between the loop and the key ring so the loop doesn't wear

• glue the eyes and details with gel superglue and let it cure fully before use

Assembly

1. Print the bodies and the small parts.

2. Glue the 8 mm cabochon eyes into the round sockets.

3. Glue on the ears, the nose and the bow tie / bow.

4. Attach an earring hook, a key ring or a strap to the loop on top.

Print settings

• Printer: QIDI Q1 Pro, nozzle 0.2 mm (fine details)

• Layer height: 0.06 mm, walls: 4

• Infill: body 10 %, small parts 100 %

• Supports: yes

• Material: body — silk PLA (eSun eSilk-PLA, red); small parts — black PLA, red PETG for the bow

• Print time: body about 56 min (2.8 g); small parts 5–15 min each