{"id":2566,"date":"2026-06-02T19:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/open-tele.com\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:27:55","slug":"father-s-day-shrinky-dinks-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/open-tele.com\/?p=2566","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day Shrinky Dinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9;border: 1px solid #aaa;display: table;margin-bottom: 1em;padding: 1em;width: 350px;\">\n<p class=\"toctitle\" style=\"font-weight: 700;text-align: center;\">Content<\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"#toc-1\">Let kids watch through the oven window<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-2\">Tips for Success With Shrinky Dinks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-3\">Reader Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-5\">Step 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The next day, the students in my small groups made necklaces from their cell cycle art with plastic jewelry making string that I picked up at the craft store. To avoid this step, use a hole punch to punch the hole before baking. While they were still warm, I flattened each with a metal spatula. Look at the size difference in how they shrink in only 1 \u2013 2 minutes! Charm bracelets, necklaces, magnets, jewelry, hair clips, rings, or even zipper pulls.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you make snowflakes, penguins, mugs of cocoa, or mittens, the joy of watching artwork shrink into something magical never gets old. If you\u2019re searching for a fun, educational, and affordable winter craft, these free printable winter shrinky dink patterns are the perfect solution. Templates give kids a clear starting point while still leaving room for personalization with colors and details. Children love seeing their drawings shrink into small, shiny charms, and parents love that this craft keeps kids busy without a big mess.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shrinky Dinks transcended their original purpose, transforming into fashionable jewelry and accessories.<\/li>\n<li>There are Kawaii foods, geometric flowers, geometric shapes, blank shapes, and cute designs.<\/li>\n<li>I adore that the set came with coloring pages INSIDE the packaging.<\/li>\n<li>When used for Shrinky Dinks, polystyrene sheets are typically 0.01 to 0.05 inches thick and can be cut into various shapes before being heated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"toc-0\">Watch the step-by-step video tutorial:<\/h2>\n<p>It should only take a minute so keep an eye on the oven until the shrinky dink has completely shrunk! If you have an oven light leave it on so you can watch the shrinky dink get smaller and smaller. Shrinky Dink charms will only need one hole punch through the plastic since you will use a jump ring. Keychains need a double or triple punched hole to make the shrunk version the right size to fit in a key ring.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc-1\">Let kids watch through the oven window<\/h3>\n<p>These materials are chosen for their excellent shrinking properties, ease of use, and the ability to retain vibrant colors after the shrinking process. Shrinky Dinks are a popular craft material known for their unique ability to shrink when heated, allowing users to create durable, plastic items from simple designs. Have you made anything with shrinky dinks? It can be a scrap or half a sheet of shrinky dinks. Take a ruler and create a shape based on the measurements of your ruler. How much a shrinky dink shrinks will vary by brand and how it is cut\u2026most brands of shrinky dinks shrink roughly 1\/3 the size of the original but below is how you can know for sure.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc-2\">Tips for Success With Shrinky Dinks<\/h3>\n<p>It brings back so many great memories of the those toys. There was a time in elementary school that our teachers would have us <a href=\"https:\/\/shrinky-dink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/shrinky-dink.com\/<\/a> create our own artwork with generic Shrinky Dink plastic. Much to the delight of children and adults who play with them even today.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes called shrink art, Shrinky Dinks first became popular in the 1980s and \u201990s. I created this Shrinky Dink charm necklace with some of my favorite book covers. It\u2019s fun for crafters of all ages, so long as you can use an oven, OR if you are making Shrinky Dinks with young children, you can bake the pieces for them. Label the type of plastic if you\u2019re using more than one kind to avoid confusion. Use small bins or drawers to organize markers, colored pencils, scissors, and hole punches.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc-4\">HOW TO MAKE BUG BROOCHES OR PINS WITH SHRINKY DINKS (AND FREE PRINTABLE TEMPLATE!)<\/h3>\n<p>Or make these fun 4th of July shrinky dinks! Check out these free printable Garden shrinky dinks templates. Would you like to make some gorgeous garden shrinky dinks? You can also make necklaces or other jewelry for a gift. Just print them out and lay them under your plastic to trace onto your shrink art. Here are some free Valentine shrinky dinks printables templates!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-5\">Step 2<\/h2>\n<p>We freehanded it on blank sheets of plastic, and copied the designs from coloring books. Popped them in for a few minutes, They curled up tightly (except the starburst, which just got all rumpled) and turned white and didn\u2019t shrink. If you really want reliable, consistent results, you\u2019re best off using commercial Shrinky Dinks. But they shrunk way more than the others and the end result was much smaller than I wanted.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still as cool as ever watching the designs shrink in the oven. I just loved watching the paper curl up and shrink in the oven. It\u2019s never too early to get a jumpstart on your Christmas crafting. The polystyrene sheets are created through a process called extrusion \u2014 the material is heated to the melting point, then forced through a die to give it its shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content Let kids watch through the oven window Tips for Success With Shrinky Dinks Reader Videos Step 2 The next day, the students in my small groups made necklaces from their cell cycle art with plastic jewelry making string that I picked up at the craft store. 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