I’ve been having fun making little shrink plastic creations. I want to get some more Sharpies and colored pencils to make up more. I only have a couple of colors of Sharpies at the moment, so I couldn’t really do much. I did make them very basic and geometric, which I think turned out successful. By the way, I photographed these first two on the inside pages of Brini Maxwell’s Guide to Gracious Living. Gotta give a shout out. The illustration and photography in this is wonderfully mod!
For these, I chose to outline a 3 inch vinyl sticker stuck to my shrink plastic. I had to carefully remove it not to leave any sticky. It worked really well, since I know my handwriting couldn’t match that of a font if I tried. I used an old Aleene’s Shrinky Dink that I had on hand. It’s not currently sold, but there are plenty in the marketplace and at your local craft store, so finding it should be easy! They also have an inkjet printable version, so you could not even bother with doodling an image, rather you could have a clean and precise designed illustration or photo. It’s really up to what tickles your fancy!
I’m not really sure what I’m going to do with these, but I know there are tons of things to try. Even if they end up in a drawer, it’s a fun creative exploration that I got to discover as I watched TV.
I thought it would be fun to see what other projects were out there, so here’s a list of some super simple & fun ones you may like to try as well!
Check out these amazing Shrinky Dink illustrative necklaces by my friend Silvia!
Make a statement with this necklace from Alisa Burke.
June at Planet June stamps on your shrinky dinks to make super fab ring
Wear your pet around your neck with Punky Style
Revisit the 80’s with these fun Cassette tape shrinky dinks.
Cool spirograph Shrinky Dinks by maitreya…remind me of childhood.
Kristy Neale’s adorable Home Sweet Home card.
Cool photo toy camera photo pendants from jnhkrawczk’s Flickr stream
Rad medals from sirmorrow on Instructables.
Until next time Swellions!
Alexa
These are really cool! I used Shrinky Dinks to make the topper to a shrine I made to my Chihuahua. How big did you originally draw your designs? That’s where I get messed up…I either make the original way too big, or way too small.
super duper cool. i love these. you could mount them on something and spell out our name or a quote or something. then you can hang it on a wall or around your neck. hmmmm. now you’ve got me thinking.
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You don’t even need to go out & buy shrink plastic! I use plastic from #6 to-go containers. A lot of companies are switching to #1 (recyclable) which is awesome, but there’s still quite a bit of #6 plastic out there. It works just the same as the stuff you buy at the craft store and you are rescuing it from the landfill. Win-win!!