I have not seen shrinky dinks for years, and now I found out how to make them from scratch — from #6 recycleable plastic (the kind that restaurant take home food containers are), or sheets of purchased plastic.

Materials needed:



Clean Plastic, permanent markers, scissors, aluminum foil and oven mitts.  How easy can it get??



Wouldn’t this be an awesome project for the kids on New Years’ Day while the men (and some ladies as well) watch all the football games!

Chrisjob, on his blog, gives complete instructions on how to draw, color, cut and bake the shrinky dinks.  There are unlimited designs that can be made — simply draw your own design, or copy something from a coloring book — whatever suits your fancy!

Here’s another example of what you can make doing the shrinky dinks. 

As usual, we thank you for the time spent in preparing your tutorial!