How to Make a Shrinky Dinks Kit
You can make a Shrinky Dinks kit, using only one package of plastic sheets for shrink crafts. This economic alternative allows you to create custom images or themed kits for shrink plastic crafts and designs.
Things You'll Need
- Shrink craft plastic sheets
- Computer printer, rubber stamps, stamp pads or markers
- Scissors
- Hole punch (optional)
- Markers or acrylic paints to include in the kit (optional)
Instructions
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Choose images for your Shrinky Dinks kit. Most commercial kits are designed around a particular theme; your kit can be as specific or as general kit as you want it to be.
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Create images on the shrink plastic sheets using a computer printer, rubber stamps or by drawing designs by hand. For best results, the images should be simple line drawings, like a coloring book.
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Cut out the shapes smoothly, leaving a small margin around each design.
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Use a hole punch to make holes in pieces that are intended for use as pendants.
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Add instructions to your kit, including the baking directions from the shrink plastic you used. Suggest coloring on the frosted side of the plastic with markers, colored pencils or acrylic paints (consider adding these materials to the Shrinky Dinks kit yourself).
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Tips & Warnings
Consider whether the kit will be used by one or more people. Several different images are best for a single user; a kit with many copies of each design is preferable for kits that are intended for larger groups.
Be careful when removing hot plastic from the oven----plastic stays dangerously hot for several minutes.
