Shrink Art WZ601 Craft Set, Frosted

Bought these to make little charms to include in Christmas presents and as little presents themselves to slip into people's christmas cards, found them to be well received in both forms. The shrinking process turns your illustrations and paintings into very appealing little charms and brooches, and I was surprised with how well these frosted ones took on acrylic paint. You have to be conscious of how much paint you are applying, though, as if you apply too many thick layers of pigment the shrunken product will be rough and disappointing as the paint has to contract with the plastic. Making sure your colours are watered down and mixed correctly on the palette and applying them in as few thin layers as possible will result in little charms that are genuinely delightful when they come out of the oven. Another learned tip is to place the plastic between two sheets of baking paper before they go into the oven, and to either securely weigh down the edges of the paper or to use something flat, light and oven safe to lay on top of it. This stopped the plastic from curling up during the shrinking process and resulted in much flatter charms. You have to be careful not to squash them with something heavy or with an irregular pattern, though, as this will deform your design. Overall a very good value product and a very satisfying little activity that both adults and children can enjoy.

Great product, very easy to use and my 5yr old daughter loves to watch them shrink through the oven door. With a hole punched pre-cooking and a jump ring attached once they are cool they can be made into charms or keyrings. Make up your own designs or use rubber stamps or you can trace picyures through the plastic then colour in using coloured pencils or gel pens. Sometimes helps to press them under a heavy cookbook as they cool to get them really flat.Service very quick too. All round we recommend these.

Made a test piece gauge with Sharpies and coloured pencils. It shrank neatly. The colours are bright on the white background.

Fun but tricky to use. Make a ruler FIRST so you can get an idea of how much your pieces will shrink by as each pack can differ in shrink ratio. Be sure to apply your design on the rough side. Can be useful to seal design with clear nail polish after its been baked. Plastic will curl in the oven and doesn't always totally flatten after, or will stick to itself! Watch out for this and be sure to press them with something heavy and flat immediately after removing from oven. Take roughly 20 seconds so keep an eye on them!

I only discovered the wonders of shrink plastic fairly recently but these are great. The are quite small, so check the measurements first, but I used them to make animal brooches and they were the perfect size. These are the steps I followed and they came out perfect. Please note that I bought the matt transparent variety, so if you buy gloss or coloured ones it might be slightly different.- Draw the shape on them (I used permanent marker)- colour them in (I used pencil crayons and they came out perfect)- Cut them up to the desired shape- Pop them in the oven.It takes a few seconds for them to heat up (took longer than I expected, but I suppose that’ll depend on how hot your oven gets if it was preheated) and start shrinking, but once they start you need to be careful because in a matter of seconds they’ll go from not ready yet to overbaked.Once they’ve done most of the shrinking you just take them out of the oven, flatten them if needed and let them cool.They come with instructions so if you follow them they should turn out fine. I messed the first one up, but it doesn’t take long to get the hang of it.

Unfortunately it was very difficult to tell which side you were meant to draw on. It was ok, but didn't take the permanent pen that well.

Great product. Works as described just 10 seconds in the oven and we had perfect plastic miniatures of our drawings. Lots of fun. Lovely company to buy from as our first order is probably still lost in outer Mongolia somewhere. They quickly dispatched a replacement that was with us next day.

excellent value for money as it really works! I've made some earrings for myself and a pair of cufflinks for my brothers birthday, which were a great success.When the product shrinks, it really does become thick and hard and the colours are dense. You need to follow the instructions, BE PATIENT and wait for it to flatten out whilst it's still in the oven and then whack a book on top of it the minute it comes out - only for a minute - the whole process is very quick. You also need to use a good quality permenant marker (I used Sharpies).I'll be recommending this product to my crafty friends!