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The Ultimate Guide to Craft Materials: Shrinky Dinks

February 4, 2014 By Thaleia 3 Comments

The Ultimate Guide to Craft Materials:

Shrinky Dinks

Welcome to my part of  – The Ultimate Guide to 50 Craft Materials. Each day a different blogger will feature a kid’s craft material to create an amazing resource! If you’re a regular crafter with children or a newbie this GUIDE will be the best resource you will find in 2014!  I chose shrinky dink paper to inspire everyone with a beloved craft from my childhood.  Please keep reading to find out much more about shrinky dinks and how to use it.

shrinky guide

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Many of you growing up in the 70’s, 80’s, or 90’s are probably very aware of Shrinky Dinks.  You may have been given a pack with Smurfs, Rainbow Bright, Pac Man, GhostBusters, or Mr. T already printed on the Shrinky Dink paper for you to color in. You then had to watch like a hawk while the oven worked it’s magic.

Today you can purchase plain shrinky dink paper in a variety of sizes, colors, and sheens. You can then print your own images or trace your own images for whatever character your heart or child’s heart desires.

Shrinky Dinks Machine

There is even a Shrinky Dinks Machine- Yes, you read that right. A machine that is similar to the Easy Bake Oven that heats up via lightbulb to shrink your images! I only know this because my children were given one second hand from a family with children 6 years and 8 years older than mine. We have put the machine to use during the Summer when it would be way too hot to heat up the house.

We were invited to a Despicable Me party for one of our friends, but had nothing themed to wear. We turned to our trusty shrinky dinks. We printed a coloring page off the internet and shrunk it down. We then traced over it onto the shrink paper. We colored the minions in and hole punched the tops. Once shrunk they made nice earrings and a necklace charm.

(I had some really great in the process pics that have mysteriously disappeared from out PC! So I had to take a few more quick ones this AM. Sorry for not having a full tutorial!)

shirnky dinks earrings

 

 ultimate guide to 50 craft materials

 

Wanna find out about all the other craft materials featured? Check them out right here:

January 1st

Googly Eyes – Craftulate

 

January 2nd

Foil – Sow Sprout Play

 

January 3rd

Pipe Cleaners – B-Inspired Mama

 

January 4th

Fabric – Mama Smiles

January 5th

Tape – The Craft Train

 

January 6th

Felt – Tutus and Teaparties

 

January 7th

Straws – LalyMom

 

January 8th

Styrofoam Balls – Great Googa Moogas

 

January 9th

Craft Sticks – P is for Preschooler

 

January 10th

Glitter – ZingZingTree

 

January 11th

Wax Paper – The Eyes of a Boy

 

January 12th

Clay – Afterschool for Smarty Pants

 

January 13th

Sand – Little Bins for Little Hands

 

January 14th

Pom Poms – Sugar Aunts

 

January 15th

Contact Paper – Simple. Home. Blessing.

 

January 16th

Rice – Powerful Mothering

 

January 17th

Paint – Royal Baloo

 

January 18th

Paper Bags – Suzy Homeschooler

 

January 19th

Crayons – True Aim Education

 

January 20th

Pasta – Peakle Pie

 

January 21st

Construction Paper – Home Grown Friends

 

January 22nd

Glue – The Fairy and the Frog

 

January 23rd

Recyclables – Happiness is Homemade

January 24th

Chalk – Child Central Station

 

January 25th

Buttons – School Time Snippets

 

January 26th

Feathers – Juggling with Kids

 

January 27th

Craft Foam Sheets – Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

 

January 28th

Beads – Living Montessori Now

 

January 29th

Yarn – Crayon Box Chronicles

 

January 30th

Cardboard – Princess and the Rock

 

January 31st

Tissue Paper – Stir the Wonder

 

February 1st

Corks – Makeovers and Motherhood

 

February 2nd

Seashells – Creative World of Varya

 

February 3rd

Stones – The Mad House

 

February 4th

Shrinky Dink Paper – Something 2 Offer

 

February 5th

Flowers and Trees – Danya Banya

 

February 6th

Food (for edible crafts) – My Buddies and I

 

February 7th

Cups – The Chaos and The Clutter

 

February 8th

Sequins – Teach Me Mommy

 

February 9th

Magnets – Diapers-n-Heels

February 10th

Paper Plates – How We Learn

 

February 11th

Ribbon – Here Come the Girls

 

February 12th

Markers – Cheap Crafty Mama

 

February 13th

Paper Mache – Scribble Doodle and Draw

 

February 14th

Jars – Happily Ever Mom

 

February 15th

Socks – Vicki Arnold

February 16th

Wheels – ALLterNATIVE Learning

 

February 17th

Stampers – Playful Learners

 

February 18th

Play Dough – Powerful Mothering

 

February 19th

Clothespins – Wildflower Ramblings

 

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  1. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    February 5, 2014 at 9:26 am

    Making Shrinky Dinks into earrings and a necklace is a great idea! (I hope you had fun at the Despicable Me party – we love that movie!)

  2. Lisette says

    February 5, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    There is a shrinky dinks machine?! I’m so out of the loop! I used to love these as a kid! Adding them to my list of activities to do!

  3. Candace says

    February 9, 2014 at 11:17 pm

    Can’t wait to check out all of the ideas! I keep meaning to do shrinky dinks with my kids–I know they’ll love them!

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