Shrinky Dinks Creative Pack 10 Sheets Frosted White Kids Art and Craft Activity

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Kits came with pre-printed coloring sheets of your favorite characters (I was partial to the Care Bears or Rainbow Bright) and a set of colored pencils. If you plan to make it into a charm, it’s a good idea to use a hole puncher to put a hole in the plastic before you shrink it.

You’ll need a good pair of scissors to cut out your shapes and you can also use a hole puncher if you’re planning to make your DIY shrinky dinks into charms. I’m super excited to teach you where to find this special plastic and how to use it to make your own DIY Shrinky Dinks!It won’t take very long for them to shrink up, only about 2 to 3 minutes, so I DO NOT recommend walking away from your oven. Polystyrene is actually quite difficult to recycle, so reusing it for a project like this is a great way to keep it out of landfills! How to Identify #6 Plastic for DIY Shrinky Dinks

I found some at my local Dollar Tree, when I bought an aluminum pan to bake brownies in to bring to an event. The lid that came with it was mainly a nice, flat piece of #6 plastic. Don’t freak out if your DIY Shrinky dinks start to curl up. That’s perfectly normal. They’ll uncurl again. Be super careful, since they’ll be hot. You’ll want to let the cool for a few minutes before trying to handle them. I always loved making Shrinky Dinks when I was a kid. I remember standing by the toaster oven with my sister watching the little plastic sheets curl up and melt. Such a fun craft to make. It seemed magical to me. And don’t forget about making handprint keychains! They can make great gifts for mother’s day, father’s day, grandparent’s day, and more!

Shrink plastic project ideas

Recently I learned that the magic of Shrinky Dinks (Shrink E Dink or Shrink A Dink as they’re sometimes known) is that they use a special type of plastic for their special shrinking sheets, and that this type of plastic is also used for a lot of other of things.