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.
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.
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!)
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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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!)
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!
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!