If you’ve been reading Dabbled a while, you’ll know I’m a huge fan of shrink plastic.  With 4th of July around the corner, I was reminiscing over our brunch which turned into a shrinky-dink making  party last year!

Now you know I prefer to make shrinkies using #6 plastic recyclables, rather than buying the storebought materials, but this idea from Photojojo is pretty nifty:  Make Photo Necklaces, Earrings, Magnets and More Using Shrinkable Plastic

Other clever uses:

• Rachel at Craftzine shows how she used Shrink Plastic to make cake decorations!
• Make a Pet-tag with instructions from CraftStylish
• How about Shrinky Brain Scan earrings? Nifty!

Wanna make your own?

Dabbled shrinky resources/tutorials:

• Instructable – Make Doodle Earrings (great place to start on basic homemade shrinky info)
• All the Posts in the Shrinky Dinks Test Lab Series (here)

Some Dabbled Shrinky Projects:

• Make a $1 Bracelet with homemade Shrinky Charms
• Quick and dirty shrinky ID Tags from Plastic Cups!
• Santa Christmas Ornament (Template included)
• Doodle Earrings
• Wrap Around Wine Glass Markers (Charms)

These might be related posts, too:

1. Part 1: HOW TO- Doodle Charms – Jewelry from recycled plastic
2. Shrinky Dinks Test Lab – The Wrap-up Of It All…
3. Shrinky Ornament How To and Template (and IF)
4. Coming tomorrow: The Shrinky Dinky Test Lab
5. How to Make a Lovely Eco-Friendly Disc Bracelet