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I don't know if any of you have a memory of these, but I remember making them as a child. Anyway, we have been using Shrinky Dinks for Art this week, for the past two days, and they are so fun I got caught up in making some myself. They would be a great art project for your children this summer, and even for any creative adults who love fun crafts.
You take a piece of clear plastic (Shrinky Dink plastic) and then you draw, or trace, a picture. You cut the picture out, leaving some clear plastic around it helps, and you hole punch it where you want the hole, and then put on a pan to bake. Once you bake it the thin plastic get's thicker and harder, and the picture shrinks and becomes more vibrant. You can make key chains, game pieces for homemade games, name bracelets, wind chimes, pendants, etc.
The children made a bunch up for a family that we will be visiting tonight. There are 7 children in their family, and my children were very careful to really make up special ones in the taste of each child, and some with their names. They made at least 7 for each one, put them in labeled baggies, and then put in some string in so that the children can assemble them however they want. I loved that idea, so we covered art and character training. ;)
Our's didn't puff like these, but this shows you how it works.
[youtube:1uotlo4c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nrt2OuiD0k[/youtube:1uotlo4c]
You take a piece of clear plastic (Shrinky Dink plastic) and then you draw, or trace, a picture. You cut the picture out, leaving some clear plastic around it helps, and you hole punch it where you want the hole, and then put on a pan to bake. Once you bake it the thin plastic get's thicker and harder, and the picture shrinks and becomes more vibrant. You can make key chains, game pieces for homemade games, name bracelets, wind chimes, pendants, etc.
The children made a bunch up for a family that we will be visiting tonight. There are 7 children in their family, and my children were very careful to really make up special ones in the taste of each child, and some with their names. They made at least 7 for each one, put them in labeled baggies, and then put in some string in so that the children can assemble them however they want. I loved that idea, so we covered art and character training. ;)
Our's didn't puff like these, but this shows you how it works.
[youtube:1uotlo4c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nrt2OuiD0k[/youtube:1uotlo4c]
