Hooking?

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So I have this little car plate (like, the marking off the car - in this case, a toyota) thing that someone very special gave me last night. It's basically the same size as a dog tag.

I want to make it into a pendant and hook it onto a nice long chain so that it almost sits like real dog tags.

How would you do this? I was thinking of maybe getting a coat of plastic around it to protect it, but I wouldn't even know where to go to get that done.

I'm sorry if this is very vague.