{"id":1305,"date":"2026-02-09T08:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T14:00:27","slug":"make-your-own-shrinky-dinks-awesome-craft-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/make-your-own-shrinky-dinks-awesome-craft-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Own Shrinky Dinks Awesome Craft!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9;border: 1px solid #aaa;display: table;margin-bottom: 1em;padding: 1em;width: 350px;\">\n<p class=\"toctitle\" style=\"font-weight: 700;text-align: center;\">Content<\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"#toc-0\">About Shrinky Dink Plastic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-1\">Materials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-2\">DIY Shrinky Dinks Dog Tags<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-5\">Want to take on this resin jewelry project but want more help getting started?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>You print the pages directly onto the shrink film, let the kids color them, shrink them, and they\u2019ve got a cute party favor to hang on their backpack! Your kids will have so much fun drawing\/coloring their keychain designs and then watching their creations quickly shrink in the oven like magic. Remove your Shrinky Dinks and let them cool for a few minutes before using them to create earrings, zipper pulls, and more. I prefer using colored pencils, which brighten during shrinkage. Fill in the design with color using coloring pencils or permanent markers.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-0\">About Shrinky Dink Plastic<\/h2>\n<p>You can even create three-dimensional shapes using shrink-plastic sheets to enhance the look of your cupcakes. Cupcakes are the perfect treat for baby showers, anniversaries, and birthday parties but decorating them can be a huge task. From animal print to floral and beaded bobby pins, you can create shrinky dink bobby pins in various designs and patterns. You can create playful kitties bookmarks, shark fin bookmarks, or rainbow corner bookmarks for your next reading session.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc-1\">Materials<\/h3>\n<p>Line a cookie sheet with some oven-proof parchment paper or foil. Once you have created your design, it\u2019s time to cut it out. Do NOT use oil-based materials such as crayons, oil-based paints or cheap colored pencils. The clear and frosted sheets are perfect for anything where you might want to trace a pattern or design. Shrinky Dinks are super easy to use and I\u2019m going to explain some of the ways you can create your own masterpiece!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-2\">DIY Shrinky Dinks Dog Tags<\/h2>\n<p>After reading through the steps, I knew I had to recreate it for Nori\u2019s dad. Which is your favorite style? You\u2019re done shrinking when it\u2019s totally flat. If you see the two sides connecting and sticking, simply pause, unstick and continue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place the shrink paper on a baking sheet and follow the directions on the box to shrink your photo.<\/li>\n<li>Shrinky Dinks were created in 1973.<\/li>\n<li>On a flat cookie sheet lined with foil or parchment paper, lay your cut out plastic pieces with the colored side facing up.<\/li>\n<li>Keep in mind that the designs will shrink to about one-third of their original size, so make your drawings larger than the final size you want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This shrinky dink bracelet is the perfect easy Mother\u2019s Day craft that kids can actually do. If you\u2019re looking for a fun way to create a kid-guided Mother\u2019s Day craft, you can\u2019t go wrong with shrink art jewlery! As it shrinks your colors also become more condensed, so they appear darker! It\u2019s fun to see how much it shrinks compared to your original drawing! Let your shrink film cool for a few minuets.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc-4\">More Printable Mother\u2019s Day Cards!<\/h3>\n<p>Next click \u201cBrowse\u201d and select the sunflower PNG file. Then, I\u2019ll show you how to make your own initial keychains and even turn a favorite photograph into a keychain! I\u2019ve also included a set of measuring squares you can use to make \u201creference keychains\u201d to check the amount of shrink before using new materials. All the images are available in both color and black and white versions so you can print ready to make files, or have the option of coloring in your own.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-5\">Want to take on this resin jewelry project but want more help getting started?<\/h2>\n<p>These Shrinky Dink Ideas for Mother\u2019s Day will make the perfect keepsake gift for momma, grandma, aunts and anyone on your gift giving list. Place paint side up in the oven <a href=\"https:\/\/shrinky-dink.com\/\">shrinky dink crafts<\/a> and on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Another one of our favorites is these Pipe Cleaner Superheroes.<\/p>\n<p>You can keep the parchment paper on top of them while you do this. Also, we had a lot of Shrinky Dink designs to create so we did them in batches. Place the various Shrinky Dink designs on the parchment paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content About Shrinky Dink Plastic Materials DIY Shrinky Dinks Dog Tags Want to take on this resin jewelry project but want more help getting started? You print the pages directly onto the shrink film, let the kids color them, shrink them, and they\u2019ve got a cute party favor to hang on their backpack! Your kids<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/make-your-own-shrinky-dinks-awesome-craft-3\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shrinky-dink-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions\/1306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locus-solus.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}