Shrinky dinks

Remember these? You used them as a kid. You colored really cool ways then baked them in the oven and watched then get real small and the colors intensified. Ever think of all the really cool things you can make with them now. Now not the character ones that they sell for you kids. How about the blank sheets. You can buy blank sheets you can print out of your computer. You can stamp on them, glitter on them, doodle, draw, it is only limited to your imagination.
Great ideas:
charm bracelets- you can print out pictures of your kids, your favorite characters, hobbies, anything you can find. Once you have done that, you can either hole punch right on the paper itself, or you can glue the shrunken paper onto anything. Sometimes I have used polymer clay and made the base for the "charm" with the hole in the clay. Then I would glue the paper on the clay. The you would just put together like a bracelet, getting the supplies needed from the craft store.

Earring, or pins can be done the same way.

Ring-Do this by cutting a strip and decorating it the same way, then as soon as it come out of the oven, and it still burning hot, I mean it will still burn you so you should use gloves, twirl it around something to shape the ring.

Key chains- This is pretty much the same idea. They sell the rings for the key chain at the craft store.

Dog tags


Frames-These make great personalized one of a kind frames for your favorite pictures.

There is no end to what you can do with these. The jewelry supplies are very inexpensive and the paper runs about $10 at Walmart. You can get heavy weight paper or more light weight depending on what you are doing. You can also use recycled plastic lids, #6, like the kind from take out. Awesome idea when you are drawing the design. Save even more money and be green. Love it!

There are great ideas and tips about shrinky dinks here. It talks about trying different technigues, using different things, and different ways to seal them. A great blog!