Make these shrink film keepsake keychains with your students using Shrinky-Dink paper! These fun names will preserve how they wrote their name when they were first learning! We share how on Simply Kinder.
Hello! Hone your crafting skill with a DIY Jellyfish (Shrinky Dinks) charm. Cut out shrink plastic sheet per the template. Colour and String them together. Add glitters for extra blink. Perfect as a car charm, suncatcher or mobile. Difficulty level: INTERMEDIATE (Require shaping during the heating process) Youtube tutorial: https://youtu.be/J18TK59mPFg This digital download comes in 4 files type: .jpg, .png, pdf and .svg This design works BEST on 20 x 14.5 cm shrink plastic. Usage suggestions 1. Open .png or pdf file. 2. Print on A4 paper (make sure the printer is setting at 'No Scaling' or 100%). 3. Trace the pattern on a sheet of shrink plastic. 4. Colour and then cut each pieces in a general shape. 5. Trim 5. Shrink the sheet per manufacture's instructions. *THIS IS A DIGITAL PRODUCT. INSTANT DOWNLOAD ONLY* No physical items will be shipped
Our Shrinky Dink Initial Key Chain Project is a fun rainy day project and makes a sweet little gift, too! #BoredomBuster #DIYgift
【Great Value Set】 Shynek shrink sheets kit including 20 pcs blank shrink film papers, 12 colored pencils, 1 pair of scissors, 1 hole punch, 1 tweezers, 20 Pcs chain keyring with chain, 20 Pcs colored lobster clasps, 50 pcs opening jump rings, it's enough to make a lot of keychains or jewelry pendant 【Fun Heat Shrink Art Paper】These heat shrink plastic sheets are made of high-quality PVC and one side is frosted for easy to color. Shrinks to 20% of its original size after heating. You can directly color the pattern, or create your own pattern on the blank sheets 【Simple to Use】This heat shrink plastic sheet kit is very easy for primary craftsman. Just draw and color your favorite art, cut it out with scissors and then punch a hole, bake and shrink. It's such a fun craft to make! Recommended for children 5 years of age and older and adult supervision required during baking 【Ideal Dimensions】The heat shrink plastic sheet is in the size of 11.4'' × 8.0'', 0.3 mm thick, Shrinks to 20% of its original size after heating, is idea to use in classroom, at home when playing with kids 【Wide Applications】Using these shrink art sheets kit to make charms, keychains, ornaments, jewelry, toys or anything you can imagine. Create all sorts of different cool crafts and showcase your creativity
Small Shrinky Dink Worm-on-a-String, sizes on the each Shrinky Dink is going to vary on how they come out. Can change the size on request from ex-small to large, with small orders. As larger orders will be the size that most of them are to begin with. (Pins sizes-Small-Medium, Earrings sizes-Ex-small-Medium, Keychains sizes- Small-Medium, and Necklace sizes-Medium-Large.) Each Worm-on-a-string is made by hand and can take time to create. The order sizes will determine the time it takes to make. (Will update with how long it'll take to make to ship.) (Will be shipping only in North America to begin with and shall go further once prices for shipping out of the States cost.)
Everything you need to know about Shrinky Dinks! List of 50+ ideas that you can make, plus how to make them and all of your FAQ's answered.
Shrinky Dinks are back! Check out this creative list of 25+ Shrinky Dink Crafts. Do you remember in the 1980's when making shrinky dinks as a kid was all the rage? You would color on the shrinky dink plastic and then watch your colorful creation shrink down to an itty bitty size. As a kid, watching your creation shrink in the oven was magic! Did you know that you don't need that special shrink film to make your own shrinky dinks. If you have leftover plastic containers at home, say from take out containers or store bought cookie containers (look
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I have been busy in my craft room again, playing with the wonderful Button Assortment Britannia. For just £1.00 you receive a load of buttons. I... then just added a spool of the bakers twine and made this cute bracelet. I thought this would be something older children could make as it is very simple. Here is how I did it. You will need - * Button Assortment Britannia * Creative Expressions Bakers Twine Black & White * Imagination Crafts Magi Bond Here is how I did it - 1. Cut off about 100cm of the bakers twine ( for an adult bracelet) and cut in half. This will give you plenty to play with. Put some of the PVA glue on the ends and leave to dry. This will make it a lot easier to work with. 2. While the glue is drying choose the buttons you want to use. I used a large white button with a red one to fit inside it for the middle piece, you will need buttons with 4 holes for the middle piece. I also used 2 blues and 2 whites, you will also need a tiny button for the clasp. Lay them out on your table top in the order you want then to be in the bracelet. 3. Fold both pieces of bakers twine in half. Take a piece of your folded twine and with the 2 buttons on top of each other with the holes lined up thread one of the cut ends through the bottom hole and the other end through the top on one side. Pull the twine through until you have a small loop that you can thread the cut ends through, like you would putting ribbon through a tag, and pull tight. Do the same with the other piece of folded twine through the two holes of the same button. Your middle buttons should be secure. 4. Take the next button in your design and thread onto your twine. If it has 4 holes then thread in straight lines or you can even make a cross. For buttons with 2 holes the twine is thin enough for both pieces to go through the holes, just do them one at a time. The glue hardened ends really help with this. 5. Continue to add your buttons. 6. The rest of the bracelet is made up with knots. This is how you can make the bracelet the right size for you. The twine knots beautifully so it is very easy to do. I used square knots, or reef if you were a girl guide. There are lots of videos on You tube that will show you how to do them, rather then me try and explain how they are done. Do have a look they are very very easy. I then used a loop clasp knot to make the loop at the end and your bracelet is done.
Everything you need to know to make Shrinky Dinks! Including the best papers, kits, and how to make your own from recycled paper.
Shrinky Dinks are back! Check out this creative list of 25+ Shrinky Dink Crafts. Do you remember in the 1980's when making shrinky dinks as a kid was all the rage? You would color on the shrinky dink plastic and then watch your colorful creation shrink down to an itty bitty size. As a kid, watching your creation shrink in the oven was magic! Did you know that you don't need that special shrink film to make your own shrinky dinks. If you have leftover plastic containers at home, say from take out containers or store bought cookie containers (look
-Handmade -Lightweight -Shrinky dink -Sterling silver, nickel free earrings -Handle gently, with care to avoid breaks ***Please Note:*** -Earrings are made individually and no two are exactly the same -Returns or exchanges for health/hygiene reasons are not accepted. If an item has been broken or damaged due to design flaws, send your pair back to us and we will send you a new pair within two weeks of your purchase.
Shrinky dinks have been around for quite some time and are a classic crafting activity that many of us may have fond memories of from our childhood. They were popular in the 80s and 90s, but lately…
Shrinky Dinks are probably one of the most classic craft projects and likely one you’ve heard of. I remember making Shrinky Dink charms in middle school for keychains and jewelry making, and it’s a craft that I still enjoy today as an adult. It’s fun for crafters of all ages, so long as you can…
Remember making shrinky dinks when you were younger? That's why we've rounded-up 40 of the most amazing DIY shrinky dink plastic crafts on the planet.
Original hand-drawn design steer head Shrinky Dink earrings
Shrinky Dinks are back! Check out this creative list of 25+ Shrinky Dink Crafts. Do you remember in the 1980's when making shrinky dinks as a kid was all the rage? You would color on the shrinky dink plastic and then watch your colorful creation shrink down to an itty bitty size. As a kid, watching your creation shrink in the oven was magic! Did you know that you don't need that special shrink film to make your own shrinky dinks. If you have leftover plastic containers at home, say from take out containers or store bought cookie containers (look
Remember making shrinky dinks when you were younger? That's why we've rounded-up 40 of the most amazing DIY shrinky dink plastic crafts on the planet.
Use our detailed shrinky dink instructions to make an easy Shrinky Dink with our templates. Shrinky Dinks are a fun family craft.
Reliving childhood achieved! I was afraid making shrinky dinks as an adult would be one of those experiences that you remember from childhood as totally awesome, but when you try to recreate it as an adult it's woefully disappointing. Well, fear not, it was just as fun as I remembered. It was especially fun since I have a toaster oven and could watch the entire shrinking process from start to finish. As soon as my pieces started to shrivel up I almost squealed with delight. I probably would have had my parents not been in the other room. I didn't really have a specific project in mind since I wasn't sure how the finished product would turn out so I just did a practice run and made a little drawing of a peony (one of my favorite flowers) and followed some pointers I found online beforehand. Here are some tips I would like to pass along, as well as one thing that didn't work out so well. As I've only made a couple attempts with this oh so wonderful childhood invention, this isn't a complete list, but at least a couple to start out with: Little baby ruler! Make a full size ruler and shrink it as a gauge. Genius, absolutely genius! This is one of the best suggestions I found so that you know exactly how much the plastic will shrink in my particular source of heat and I can tell how much my future pieces will shrink. This is great in case I make buttons for a piece of clothing I might make or "retrofitting" beads for a piece of jewelry I've already made, especially if I'm trying to sell it and want it to look as perfect as possible. I even marked flu-size measurements after I shrunk the ruler so I can flip it over and use it to measure going both ways (it also turned out looking like an adorable little baby ruler afterwards). Key your eye on your pieces as they shrink. I'm fortunate enough to have toaster oven, which is the perfect heat source for dinks (as if I didn't already have enough reasons to love my toaster oven). I only made little pieces to start out with, but the larger ones tend to twist or curl onto themselves as they shrink so if you can watch them carefully you're able to use a chopstick (or whatever pointy long thing that isn't your own finger) to help flatten them out. But if you're patient they tend to flatten themselves out pretty well in my experience with my shrinking ruler. Here are some action shots if you're curious (and because it's fun to watch). Most of the other suggestions are found on the packaging. Bake the dinks on a piece of cardboard. I followed this step, mostly because I was afraid that if I baked them on a metal cookies sheet they wouldn't shrink, but instead grow and I'd have a giant ruler and HUGE MONSTROUS peony on my hands and they'd grow and grow and grow and take over my kitchen and smoosh me to death and my epitaph would be: "Death by Shrinky Dinks. Here lies Katy Manion, she truly loved her crafts. She lived as she died." Anyway I used cardboard and it worked out perfectly. The ruler shrivels up like bacon! The other step to surely follow it to sand the plastic before you color it. The Shrinky Dink brand-name plastic has a pre-sanded frosty version that doesn't require this step, but I happens to have the Grafix brand that still needed a quick sanding so that the color could really sink in. Also along the lines of color, make sure you're light handed when it comes to coloring the plastic. I've read this suggestion before, but still felt compelled to really push when using my colored pencils, which turned out fine with the peony since I was going for a real color saturation with that and it was also a little bigger, but when I attempted smaller pieces with more black outlines it didn't turn out quite like I wanted. I made little leaf beads with black outline and veins. That combined with a much smaller size and the greens concentrating after the backing resulted in a slightly muddy look from further away and it was also harder to make out the shading of the greens I was hoping would be more noticeable. Depending on the effect you're going for, however, affects what approach to take. Just experiment like I did; this plastic is so wonderfully versatile you're bound to be able to find success. There are endless possibilities for this re-discovered medium so if you're looking for a fun new project, go out and get some shrink plastic, on the double! Speaking of double, I here tell on the interwebs that you can double-bake or "fuse" shrink plastic. Apparently you bake it once, then bake again (surprise surprise!), but according to some tutorials I've read on the subject, it's a tad more complicated than that and require much practice and patience. After the first bake, you crank up the heat from 350 degrees to 450 and layer the two pieces in a pyrex dish (you leave one piece blank and put that one on top) and bake until the two melt to a glassy finish (about 8 minutes?). I have yet to try this and obviously this is an incomplete set of directions, but if I'm feeling adventurous in the near future I will attempt this one myself. Honestly though, I'm not done experimenting with the conventional use quite yet so it may be a while until this method gets its own blog entry, but I can guarantee it will happen. If you're ever mid-project of any sort and think, "if only I had the right size and shape bead for this," or "I wish I had a bead with holes in the the right size and place for my wire," or you need just the right color, consider shrink plastic. It makes almost custom beads and you don't have to worry about breaking them like you might if you use polymer clay, which can crumble or shatter if it's too thin or you work it too much with wires or other materials. Once baked, the plastic is a good 1.5 millimeters thick and can take a fair amount of abuse. I needed a tiny spider for a certain piece and couldn't get the right look using conventional beads and it was next to impossible to get the wire legs to look right on top of that so I went back to the drawing board and then back to the shrink plastic. I was able to make the perfect little dink spider that held the legs perfectly in place as well as the other wires exactly where I needed them for the exact look I was hoping to achieve with minimal swearing as a result. I even screwed up several times with wire wrapping and no matter how many times I reworked it, the plastic stood up to the abuse and showed no signs of cracking or breaking. Moral of the story: shrink plastic does not disappoint and it even better than I remember from my childhood (and yes, I am old enough to reminisce about my childhood!). Give it a try, it's cheap, fun, and versatile, what more could you ask for (other than a bottomless pint of Ben and Jerry's... I may have an ice-cream addiction...)? Signing Off for now. Yours truly, Katy Now that I think about it, it may be a while before I experiment with fusing shrink plastic since my soldering torch (yes, a soldering torch!) has just been shipped to me and I will surely be diving right into that the minute my dog, Sadie, barks her head off at the UPS guy when he brings it to my front door, but it will surely make for an entertaining post since I will undoubtedly be cycling between absolute joy at being able to solder for the first time since my first metals class and sobbing in desperation because something didn't work out right and swearing like a sailor, throwing a failed project across the room. If my parents know what's good for them they'll have both the fire department and my therapist on call... can't wait!
You have to see how we turned beautiful wedding photos into the most darling and durable, shrinky-dink keychains! Use any photo!
Bring the beauty of these fluttering creatures into your room with a shrinky dink butterfly mobile.
Shrinky Dinks are back! Check out this creative list of 25+ Shrinky Dink Crafts. Do you remember in the 1980's when making shrinky dinks as a kid was all the rage? You would color on the shrinky dink plastic and then watch your colorful creation shrink down to an itty bitty size. As a kid, watching your creation shrink in the oven was magic! Did you know that you don't need that special shrink film to make your own shrinky dinks. If you have leftover plastic containers at home, say from take out containers or store bought cookie containers (look
Remember making Shrinky Dinks as a kid? They are the plastic sheets that you can color and cut out and magically watch as they shrivel up and shrink down in the oven. I don't like letting go of things I loved from my childhood and decided to make shrink dink rings, for myself. Because I am a grownup.
The Ultimate Shrinky Dink Guide - InkJet Version: This Instructable will guide you through the entire Shrinky Dink process. I have worked with and tweaked Shrinky Dinks to a whole new art medium. With the ability to print with an inkjet printer on both sides of the Shrinky Dink paper, your experien…
Need a super awesome rainy day craft? Love Shrinky Dinks? If you answered yes, you'll love this tutorial. Video tutorial and free printables.
How cute are these. I used Shrinky Dinks to create the plastic middle on these little gems. Here is how I worked the lesson. Day One: Students received a worksheet that had for spaces on it. The spaces were the same size as the plastic shrinky dink before shrinking. In this case, 2 inches by 5 inches. They were to draw three ideas and present me with their #1. I would make suggestions or approve the design and present them with a plastic sheet (shrinky dink). They drew the design on with permanent marker. Day Two: When finished up with the plastic design, the students were instructed to get the 'practice string' to try out the knots of the friendship bracelets. As they were practicing, I was shrinking plastic in the back with a toaster oven. I would assist in placing a hole punch BEFORE shrinking the materials. I decided to double (actually triple) myself by recording myself making the friendship bracelet knots (two videos, one for the basic and one for the more advanced). I explained them knots verbally once at the beginning of class and then looped the video on my Smartboard with out words. The kids could refer to the video when they needed assistance. Knot 1 Above Knot 2 Above Above is an example of what I had playing on the board for the kids. It was very helpful! Day 3 and 4: It took the average student a bit over an hour to complete the two bracelets off each end of the plastic. I would allow early finishers to make other friendship bracelets. I also graded the bracelets before letting them take them home so I was grading those two days too. Things I learned... I learned that the plastic part should be shorter. I found that the length or the curve of the plastic made it week and when middle school kids took these home, many of them broke. I would make the plastic shorter and perhaps with out the curve next time.
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