Tutorial: DIY Shrinky Dink (from plastic container!)

I'm so excited about today's post! XD Of course most of you already know about "Shrinky Dink",but honestly I've never tried it before because there's no such thing here in Egypt! (sad,eh?)

SHRINKY DINKS shrink to approximately 1/3rd their original size and actually become 9 times thicker. Simply place the SHRINKY DINKS piece you created into a Home Oven or Toaster Oven for 2 magic minutes. Watch as your creation gets smaller and smaller.
It's "MAGICAL" and it's so quick and easy to do! 

Well,I've found an amazing tip on the internet that you can actually replace shrinky dink with ordinary plastic containers!  (ha!)

WARNING:

Your plastic has to have the "6" sign like this: (Look for it people!)

So,today we've had fast food for lunch && I looked at the plastic lid and BAM! yes it had the lucky 6! :D

I told everyone not to throw their lids away and give them to me! :)

When I got home, I started working. ^^ Here's what I did:

Ingredients:

Your plastic container (Trim excess so you have one flat sheet)

Scissors-Sharpie permanent markers (or any other kind,really). 

Not pictured: A small sheet of aluminum foil.

Now here's the trick I 'invented'. lol

If you're not quite confident about your freehand drawing,and you don't have any good coloring books to trace from.. you can trace right from your monitor! :D

Yup,crazy as it sounds. Here's how:

Google some free digital stamps, choose your image and open it in a new tab.

With tape,stick your plastic sheet to your monitor (seems cruel right? lol ) and start tracing!

Color your shape if you want, mine was a ladybug so it needed minimal coloring.

Now cut & measure your scribblet. Mine was 7 cm long.

If you're making a charm/pendant now is a good time to punch a hole in the top or whatever you see fits. ;)

 Here comes the fun part! :D Pre-heat your oven/microwave for 5 minutes or something,then insert the ornament and the foil tray,and watch the magic! ^^ At first the plastic will curl like crazy,but eventually it will be flat and *tiny*! :D It will shrink and shrink ( So you have to make sure your drawing is large enough before baking. ;)

 Lookie! :D

Aww ^^ from 9 cm to just TWO cm!

That's it,now you can insert a jump ring and attach your new masterpiece to your backpack,a necklace or bracelet. :)

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did,please leave me comments,it really makes my day. ^^

Have a shrinky-fun day. ♥

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This little project has been featured on:

 The Happy Homester
THE KID IN MY HEART