Make Breastmilk Earrings at Home
The only DIY kit that preserves breastmilk in its pure, liquid form. Create museum-quality earrings (and more) at home with patented technology trusted by 70,000+ mothers worldwide.
Make Breastmilk Earrings at Home
The only DIY kit that preserves breastmilk in its pure, liquid form. Create museum-quality earrings (and more) at home with patented technology trusted by 70,000+ mothers worldwide.
Earring options included,
just add 30 minutes.
What is a breastmilk earrings kit?
A breastmilk earrings making kit lets you turn a small amount of your milk into a wearable keepsake, right at home. Instead of shipping milk away or drying it into powder, DIY by MILKIES® preserves liquid breastmilk in resin, so your earrings keep the moment (and the milk) beautifully intact.
Meaning You Wear
Earrings are close, everyday pieces, so your nursing story can stay with you in a subtle, personal way, from first latch to the final feed.
Pure Liquid Milk
Our patented approach preserves breastmilk in its natural liquid form, no drying, no clay bases, and nothing removed, so what you save is truly yours.
Made to Last
Set in professional-grade resin for a crystal-clear seal and finished with quality metals, your earrings become an heirloom-style keepsake designed for years of wear.
Why make your own breastmilk earrings?
Milk Stays Private
If you don’t want to send breastmilk to a third party, you don’t have to. You preserve and craft at home, keeping every step, milk, process, and keepsake, fully in your control.
Choose Your Style
Pick the earring type and finish you love, then create a look that matches your everyday wardrobe. DIY turns the keepsake into something that feels uniquely you.
Fits Your Schedule
Designed for beginners with clear steps, this is a calm, doable project. Most customers spend about 30 minutes of active work and finish on their own timeline.
Beautiful Unboxing
Everything arrives organized in a premium keepsake box, so it feels special from the start. It’s an experience, whether you’re treating yourself or planning a meaningful gift.
DIY Breast milk Box – Set: 12mm Necklace "Circle of Life" + Bracelet + Ring + Earrings
(61 reviews)ROSE GOLD (24-carat rose gold-plated silver)
Craft an unparalleled emotional treasure right in the comfort of your home. With MILKIES DIY KIT, you don't just create jewellery; you encapsulate memories and emotions, courtesy of our patented preservation process, years of expertise, and over 50,000 satisfied customers. Everything you need is right in the box—our exclusive preservation agent, tools, and even a beautiful box for safekeeping.
DIY Breast milk Box – Set: 12mm Necklace "Circle of Life" + Bracelet + Ring + Earrings
ROSE GOLD (24-carat rose gold-plated silver)
What’s inside your making kit?
Everything you need to create breastmilk earrings (plus other jewelry options) is packed in our signature pink and blue keepsake box, beautifully organized, beginner-friendly, and ready for your at-home “mini jewelry studio.”
Jewelry Settings
Earrings + necklace, bracelet, ring; 925 sterling silver
Preservation Agent
MILKIES® patented formula for liquid milk
Jeweler’s Resin
Professional-grade, crystal clear resin finish
Complete Tools
Syringes, sticks, gloves, and essentials
Crafting Mat
Large mat with numbered zones
Video Tutorial
Step-by-step guidance in real time
Printed Manual
Comprehensive, clear, and easy to follow
Keepsake Box
Gift-ready, beautiful packaging with compartments
DIY by MILKIES® vs. other options
If you’re comparing ways to make breastmilk earrings, look at what matters most: keeping milk at home, preserving it in liquid form, and getting truly wearable, high-quality results.
| Feature | DIY by MILKIES® | Send-Away Services | Generic DIY Kits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Stays Home | |||
| Liquid Preservation | Varies | ||
| Patented Technology | Varies | ||
| 925 Sterling Silver | Varies | Often plated | |
| Video Instructions | Sometimes | Sometimes | |
| Ready In | 24-72 hours | 4-8 weeks | Varies |
| Price Range | $115-$199 | $200-$500+ | $50-$150 |
Patented Preservation
DIY by MILKIES® is the only kit that preserves breastmilk in resin while keeping it in its natural liquid state, no drying, no powders, and nothing removed, so your earrings reflect the real moment.
70,000+ Mothers
Built on MILKIES® experience and trust, with 70,000+ mothers served worldwide and 2,000+ five-star reviews, so you’re choosing a proven process, not a guess-and-hope craft experiment.
Global Support Team
Need help mid-project? Our teams are based in Germany, the UK, the USA, Canada, and Poland, so guidance is accessible across time zones when you’re creating your earrings at home.
Kasia Lew , Mother of 2, practiced extended breastfeeding & tandem nursing
From a Mother’s Journey to DIY Keepsakes
Kasia Lew’s journey began in 2013 with the birth of her first child, Adam. As a mother who practiced extended breastfeeding, and later tandem nursing two children, she came to deeply understand the bond created during this intimate, everyday season.
After months of research and development, MILKIES® launched on Mother’s Day 2016 as a home-based operation. Over time it grew into an international brand, serving 70,000+ mothers across 50+ countries who wanted a meaningful way to preserve their breastfeeding memories.
DIY by MILKIES® was created by listening closely to customers. Many mothers felt hesitant about sending breastmilk to a third party, even though they still wanted a keepsake. Kasia’s background in computer linguistics and multimedia helped her build a complete DIY kit with step-by-step video guides.
DIY by MILKIES® is the only kit that preserves liquid breastmilk in resin without altering its natural state. It’s a testament to Kasia’s dedication to authenticity and quality, so what you set into your earrings remains as real as the moment it represents.
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Happy Mothers
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Countries Served
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Founded
A breastmilk earrings making kit that honors the real work
Breastfeeding can feel like a private chapter that vanishes the moment it ends. Turning a few saved drops into earrings makes that chapter visible again, without handing your story to anyone else.
By Kasia Lew, Founder of MILKIES®
When the last feed arrives without fanfare
There is a peculiar silence that follows the end of breastfeeding. No closing ceremony, no official handshake, no certificate that says you did it. One day, the rhythm changes. The nursing bra goes to the back of the drawer. The pump parts stop hogging the drying rack. And a chapter that once dictated the shape of your nights becomes, almost instantly, something you have to remember on purpose.
That is why the search for a breastmilk earrings making kit is rarely about “crafting.” It is about proof. Proof that the hours happened, that the tenderness was real, that the labor was not imaginary just because it was domestic and unpaid and often done in the dark. Earrings are small, but they sit at eye level. They are visible in photos, in mirrors, in quick glances as you rush out the door. They are a daily reminder that what you did mattered.
For years, the only way to turn breastmilk into jewelry was to mail it away and hope the parcel arrived intact, hope you filled the forms correctly, hope your keepsake was treated with the reverence you feel for it. Many mothers did it gladly. Others simply could not bring themselves to hand over something so intimate.
A well-designed breastmilk earrings making kit answers that hesitation with something calmer and more human. You keep the milk. You keep the process. You keep the story in your own hands, at your own kitchen table, on your own timeline.
And yet, not every kit is equal. Some require you to dry your milk into a powder, mix it with fillers, or accept a cloudy, unpredictable result. If you are going to preserve a memory, you want to preserve it honestly. The best modern kits now treat breastmilk like the living material it is, not an inconvenience to be “fixed.”
Why we reach for objects when feelings are too big
Breastfeeding is time you cannot photograph
Most of parenthood is documented with ease. First steps, birthday candles, matching pajamas at Christmas. Breastfeeding is different. It is repetitive, intimate, and often solitary. It happens at 3 a.m. with one dim lamp, or in the backseat of a car, or in a corner of a party where you are half present and half elsewhere. Even when you do take photos, they rarely capture the full truth, the physical demand, the discomfort, the calm, the strange little universe created by two bodies trying to sync up. A breastmilk earrings making kit becomes a workaround for that missing archive. It is not trying to replace the experience. It is trying to hold a fragment of it in a form you can live with. Jewelry is portable memory, and earrings in particular are refreshingly practical. You do not have to “style” them with meaning. You simply wear them.
The pressure to make it meaningful can backfire
When mothers start looking for a breastmilk earrings making kit, they often carry another burden alongside the sentimental one, the fear of getting it wrong. If the keepsake looks amateurish, will it feel like a cheapening of something sacred. If it looks too polished, will it feel anonymous, like any other accessory. That tension is why the middle ground matters. The right kit should feel like “professional at home,” not like a school project and not like a black box. It should respect the fact that you are busy, tired, and doing this between naps. The result should be consistent, the process forgiving, and the instructions clear enough that you never feel alone mid-step.
Privacy is not a preference for many mothers
It is easy to frame privacy as a lifestyle choice. In reality, privacy is sometimes a line that keeps you steady. Some mothers are not comfortable sending breastmilk through the mail. Some have cultural reasons. Some have anxiety around shipping anything precious. Some simply do not want one more administrative task in a season of life that already feels like paperwork. A breastmilk earrings making kit is, at its best, a practical response to that emotional reality. You do not have to explain your reasons to anyone. You can do it quietly, on your own schedule, with your own boundaries intact.
What a modern kit actually needs to get right
The market is full of “DIY breastmilk jewelry” promises, but earrings are a particularly demanding format. The piece is small, close to the face, and seen from multiple angles. If the resin cures unevenly, if the color shifts dramatically, or if the setting is flimsy, you will notice it every time you put them on. A breastmilk earrings making kit must be equal parts sentiment and engineering.
DIY by MILKIES® exists because the brand spent years on the other side of the process. After MILKIES® processed over 100,000 orders worldwide, a pattern emerged: there was a real group of mothers who loved the idea of keepsake jewelry but hesitated to send their milk to a third party. They wanted the result, but they also wanted agency. They wanted the story to stay at home.
So DIY by MILKIES® was designed like a temporary jewelry studio you can unfold on your kitchen table. The box is thoughtfully organized, built around the reality that you might only have a short pocket of time. You get a large work mat to protect your surface and keep your tools in reach. You get a clear instruction manual written to be readable, not cryptic. And you get a step-by-step video guide that shows the process in real time, which is often what first-time makers need most.
The kit is not limited to earrings, which matters if you want a matching set or you are buying for someone else. It includes options across the range: 4 necklace designs, 2 ring styles, 3 earring types, and 1 bracelet design, with silver, gold-plated, and rose gold-plated finishes. That breadth turns a breastmilk earrings making kit into something more like a keepsake jewelry wardrobe, built around one preserved chapter.
Most importantly, DIY by MILKIES® is built around a single principle: keep the milk as milk. Not as powder. Not as a chalky additive. Not as a diluted suggestion of what it once was.
- Privacy and control since your milk stays with you from start to finish
- A guided process with a step-by-step video so you are not guessing at critical moments
- A full workstation feel with a large work mat and dedicated tools included
- Flexibility to create earrings plus other pieces from the same kit options
- Consistency built around MILKIES®’s patented preservation approach
If you have ever looked at DIY resin videos and thought, I could do that, the real question is not whether you can pour resin. It is whether your method respects the material. Breastmilk is not glitter. It has fats, sugars, proteins, and water, and it behaves like a living substance even when frozen and thawed. A breastmilk earrings making kit succeeds or fails on what it does with that chemistry.
Preserving liquid breastmilk is the entire point
A lot of DIY options quietly rely on a workaround: they ask you to dry your breastmilk first. Once it becomes powder, it is easier to mix into resin, and the curing process becomes more predictable. The trade-off is philosophical as much as it is technical. Powder is not breastmilk in its natural state. It is a processed version of your material, changed to fit the limitations of a generic craft method.
DIY by MILKIES® was developed around MILKIES®’s patented technology for preserving liquid breastmilk in resin. That phrase can sound like marketing until you translate it into the practical difference it makes on your work mat. You are not asked to dehydrate your milk. You are not asked to mix it with clay bases or bulk powders. You are not asked to remove “parts” of it to make it behave. The goal is to preserve full liquid breastmilk, as it is.
For earrings, this matters because the visual character of the keepsake depends on what you preserve. Liquid breastmilk has a softness and depth that is hard to replicate once it is turned into a flat powder. When you preserve it properly, you can keep that natural, creamy look that reads as authentic rather than manufactured.
It also matters for confidence. Many mothers come to a breastmilk earrings making kit with the same fear: What if I waste it. A process built for liquid breastmilk reduces the number of “conversion” steps where mistakes often happen. Fewer transformations means fewer opportunities to feel that sickening drop of regret.
MILKIES® backs this kit with the perspective of scale, not a hobbyist’s hunch. The brand’s operations span production in Poland, with local offices and teams supporting customers in Germany, the UK, the USA, and Canada. The kit’s design reflects what happens when thousands of real customer questions are turned into better instructions and more reliable outcomes.
Proof that the method is more than a nice idea
DIY by MILKIES® builds on the MILKIES® track record of over 100,000 keepsake jewelry orders across more than 50 countries, supported by a 5 out of 5 star reputation from over 2,000 reviews on platforms including Facebook and Google.
Your kitchen table becomes the studio
A breastmilk earrings making kit is, in practice, an invitation to slow down for one evening. You open the box and it does not feel like a chaotic craft haul. It feels curated. Compartments. Small tools with specific jobs. The kind of layout that tells you someone thought about the fact that you might be interrupted mid-step. You clear a space on the table and roll out the large work mat. The mat does an underrated thing: it marks the boundary of the project. Inside the mat is your moment of focus. Outside it, life can continue. A toy can be thrown. A snack can be requested. But the project stays intact. You watch the step-by-step video guide, not because you cannot read, but because seeing the timing and texture makes everything less abstract. In most homes, this is how we learn now. We cook with videos. We fix appliances with videos. We do our hair with videos. A breastmilk earrings making kit that leans into that reality feels less like a test and more like being shown, calmly, what to do next. Then comes the part that can feel surprisingly emotional. Measuring. Mixing. Handling something you once produced without thinking, multiple times a day, now treated as a precious material. It can bring up pride, grief, relief, even anger at how hard it was. You do not have to decide what you feel. You simply keep going. As the resin begins its work, the project shifts from “making” to “waiting.” This is where many mothers breathe out. The piece is no longer only in your hands. It is becoming itself. When the earrings are finished, they are quietly disarming. They are not loud. They do not demand attention. They just sit there, small and real, and somehow they hold more meaning than you expected. That is the strange power of earrings as a keepsake. A necklace can hide under clothing. A ring can be turned inward. Earrings face the world. They are a private story worn in public, in a way that feels elegant rather than performative. And when someone asks about them, you can tell the whole truth, or just smile and keep it to yourself.
- Set up your workspace using the included large work mat and tools
- Follow the step-by-step video guide to prepare your breastmilk and resin
- Pour and shape the material into your selected earring setting
- Allow the piece to cure fully before finishing and wearing
Choosing between sending away and doing it yourself
Most mothers considering a breastmilk earrings making kit have already weighed the alternatives, even if they have not said it out loud. The first option is a send-away service. You ship your milk, wait, and receive a finished piece. This can be ideal if time is the only factor and you feel comfortable with the logistics. For others, the emotional cost of mailing breastmilk is simply too high, and no amount of convenience cancels that out.
The second option is a cheap DIY kit built for generic resin crafts, the kind that treats breastmilk as an unpredictable ingredient you must “fix” with powders and fillers. These can produce a result, but the finish and durability are inconsistent, and the process can feel like improvisation. For earrings, where you want symmetry, clarity, and strength, that inconsistency becomes visible fast.
The appeal of DIY by MILKIES® is that it sits in the middle with intent. It is a breastmilk earrings making kit designed around the specific chemistry and emotional weight of the material, while still allowing you to stay in control of your keepsake. It brings the structure of a professional workflow home, without turning your kitchen into a lab or your memory into a shipment.
If you are buying a kit as a gift, this distinction matters even more. A thoughtful breastmilk earrings making kit should not add pressure. It should reduce it, by providing clear guidance, reliable tools, and a method that respects what is being preserved.
A keepsake that does not ask you to explain yourself
Breastfeeding is full of paradoxes. It can be empowering and exhausting, serene and overstimulating, wildly natural and strangely technical. It can be the most intimate relationship you have and the most invisible work you do. When it ends, the world rarely pauses, even if you do. A breastmilk earrings making kit offers a different kind of pause. Not a dramatic one. A practical one. A small ritual that turns a private chapter into something you can hold, wear, and keep close without needing anyone else’s permission. It lets you carry the memory forward without trapping you in it. If you are in the middle of weaning, or packing away pump parts, or simply noticing that time is moving too fast, making earrings from your own breastmilk can be a gentle way to mark the moment. The result is not just jewelry. It is recognition.
When you are ready, a breastmilk earrings making kit can help you turn a few saved drops into something enduring.
Stories From Our Community
Every piece of jewelry tells a unique story. Here are just a few from mothers who've created their own keepsakes.
“My husband ordered me this ring for Mother’s Day and it turned out gorgeous! The video really made the directions easy to follow and I like that it included a box for storage”
Jenny
ETSY
“Everything was sooo well thought out and the colors are too cute!! You get everything you need including cute pink gloves. The instructions were extremely detailed and simple. My oldest wanted to add glitter so he could be a part of the keepsake as well. I am so happy with my purchase and definitely recommending this to friends and family!”
Angel
ETSY
“The ring is so beautiful and I am so happy to carry something with me as a reminder of one of the hardest but most rewarding and beautiful journeys I have ever experienced.”
Ashley
ETSY
“ love this item. The kit has been very well thought and the quality is amazing. I am beyond happy with this gift to myself!”
Perrine
ETSY
“This is so beautiful! I’m in love with it”
Abigail
ETSY
“Easy instructions, excellent quality beautiful and unique.”
Yelitza
ETSY
“Having my breastfeeding journey represented in a piece of jewelry is so special to me. It’s the perfect way to cherish that extremely special time. The kit was very easy to follow and had everything needed. It turned out beautifully. Thanks so much to Milkies!”
Ashley
ETSY
“I bought this for my sister in law and she was absolutely thrilled! They turned out fantastic!”
rhondamorgan4711
ETSY
“Great product, very well designed, the kit is great. I recommend without hesitation!”
Marine
ETSY
“In the top ! I hope it will last over time. Priceless gift”
Anais
ETSY
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about making breastmilk earrings (and other keepsakes) with the DIY kit.
Turn your breastfeeding memory into earrings you’ll wear
Keep your milk at home. Preserve it in its pure, liquid form. Then create subtle, beautiful breastmilk earrings that carry your story, made by your hands, in your time, for years to come.