Shrinky Dinks Creative Pack 10 Sheets Frosted White Kids Art and Craft Activity

So cool! I bought this for my boys for Christmas so they could make their own keychains for their backpacks. I tested it out by making Chewie in the picture (forgot the hole for the keychain).Reading the reviews made it really easy! The instructions say to bake 1-3 minutes but mine was still curled up at that point. Thankfully I had read a review that said to leave it in the oven until it flattens out. The instructions also say to leave it 30 seconds after it flattens.Here’s how I made mine:1. Print out a picture to trace. (This one was centered on about 1/4 of a page).2. Trace on the smooth side with a Sharpie.3. Color on the rough side with markers or colored pencils. (The directions say not to use crayons.)4. I probably should have outlined on the rough side with Sharpie again because the outline didn’t show up on the back side.5. Trim the edges. (Small scissors would be helpful.)5. Use a hole punch if you want a hole. (It will shrink to the correct size.)6. Place the rough, colored side up on parchment paper on a baking sheet.7. Put it in the preheated oven and watch it for 2-5 minutes. You’ll see it curl up and then flatten out.8. Take it out of the oven and remove it from the baking sheet. All set!Mine was only shiny on one side. Not sure if that’s normal or not. So fun— can’t wait for my boys to try this!

These are great. My photo shows what I made with one of the ten sheets, my "test runs" if you will. Toaster oven worked best for me. Also, for coloring, posca pens give the best black and work great in general. Prisma color colored pencils worked great too (pink heart and owl). Sharpie is okay but comes out transparent (love, top left). I glazed a couple with mod podge and nail polish top coat. I like the top coat better so far. I made a swatch test out of my first and also used scraps for testing things. I suggest you do the same if it is your first time with shrinky dinks. Lastly, they will curl up and look like they are getting ruined, just stick it out, they will flatten. Don't pull them out of the oven too soon and if you do, put them back. If they aren't completely flat, a spatula works good but work quickly because they cool fast.

I'm a teacher and had my kids make shrinky dink keychains for Father's Day. They turned out AMAZING!**One SUPER IMPORTANT TIP: the package says that it only takes like 2-3 minutes to shrink all the way... I timed the shrinking and at 2 minutes the shrinky dink paper was curling up and looking like it was completely ruined so I panicked and tried various ways to flatten them- DON'T DO THAT! Just trust and leave them in there for about 5-7 minutes and they will go from completely curled up to completely flat and gorgeous. If you take them out early all curled up, don't worry, just stick them back in and they fix themselves!I cut the shrinky dink paper into fourths and used a hole puncher to punch holes before baking and it was the perfect size. I also made some super cute customized cat keychains! My students and I used colored pencil for the pictures and then I spray painted theirs to seal. Put clear nail polish on top of mine and that works too. So easy and looks great!

This is my first time using this kind of paper. I like to do crafts with my 4 year old and saving hands prints is one of our favorites. These are fun pages to do hand prints on. I used acrylic paint on the ones we did and it came out nice. When you put these in the oven they will start to curl up but if you leave them a couple minutes longer they go flat. You do have a couple seconds after removing them from the oven to flatten them. Once dry, they're pretty cute. I made Keychains of my son's hand prints.These are fun to craft with. I'd recommend to anyone looking for a fun project to do with kids or to have a keepsake.

There used to be a character in the game 'Candyland' called 'Plumpy,' which my extended family learned during a Family Game night after my brother shared some trivia about The Chocolate Swamp not being the original name of that area of the Candyland board. No one could remember what it used to be called, so we asked Alexa who shared that it used to be The Molasses Swamp. Alexa then elaborated, sharing that the character 'Plumpy' was unceremoniously removed from the game in 2002 due to the belief that he promoted an unhealthy lifestyle. Not one of us had remembered Plumpy from our childhoods but upon hearing this, several of the adults laughed so hard at the name that they fell out of their chairs. So, of course, I decided to make ornaments for my family for Christmas: everyone gets one Plumpy and one Candyland kid because we are an immature bunch who never forgets when something funny happens.Note #1 - I bought the 'frosted' shrinky dinks, and I really wish that I had bought the 'crystal clear' ones. That's because I traced the outline of the characters, but I could only do it while holding everything up against a window on a very sunny day (otherwise, you can't see what you're trying to trace). If I had a light board, that would have made my life much easier. So: buy the crystal clear ones if you're tracing something!Note #2 - These shrink, alright. To be exact: they get about one-third smaller. The photos are the before & after, and in both pictures the characters are lying on a standard-size greeting card envelope. The colors really pop, too, after they've been shrunk.Note #3 - If you need a hole (say, for threading some fishing wire to make an ornament) then be sure to use an actual hole puncher and punch that hole BEFORE you bake/shrink these. As you can see from the photos, I botched the 'hole punch' part because I used kitchen knife. I had left space at the 'hand' area of the characters for a small hole, but all I did was slice/split the material. I thought that I could instead punch them after they've been shrunken/baked. I cannot - they're way too thick now. So now they're very tiny bookmarks.