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Friday, February 15, 2013

Shrinky Dinks!

OhEmGee, I remember sitting at the kitchen table at my Grandmother's house coloring in Smurfette, then sticking her in the oven and watching her shrivel up into a tiny work of art.  Shrinky Dinks were quite the rage back in the '80s as I recall, and now you can get the material to make your very own!  It's called PolyShrink and it comes in several colors.  I bought a sampler pack with several 8.5" x 11" sheets:  black, clear, and white.  I've been experimenting with it a bit.  I found that it CAN be cut on the laser!  The heat from the laser shrinks it quite significantly while it is cutting.  Then you still need to stick it in the oven or hit it with the heat gun to finish the shrink process.  I made some teeny tiny black bats to glue on an ATC which turned out well.

My next venture was to make pendants.  My boyfriend's twin sons had a birthday recently, and we made them each a tag to hang on their backpack or keychain of something they enjoy.  One is into Minecraft, and the other enjoys "My Little Pony."

Rainbow Dash shrinky dink.
Rainbow Dash is his favorite character, and this is my interpretation of her "cutie mark".

Minecraft Creeper shrinky dink.
This shows the presentation of the tags - I made themed cards to go with them and hung the tags inside.

I found the PolyShrink at my local bead store, Ornamentea.

Let me know in the comments if you have more ideas using PolyShrink.  Happy crafting!

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