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Shrinky Dink rings!
We made shrinky dink rings today. At front are Bubbie's cute sunshines. Back left is Mac's gold "one ring" and back right is my third(!) attempt at making a ring with Psalm 27:4 on it.
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Notes for anyone else wanting to try it:
For my 8-y-o boys' fingers (and our particular brand of shrink film) it seemed that cutting a rectangle 5-3/4" x 1/2" worked best (that's 14.5 cm by 1.25 cm) - it shrunk to about 2-3/8" by 3/16" (6 cm by .5 cm.)
Probably 6" (15.2 cm) would be best for most women - I have small hands so I used the kid size. Different brands shrink different amounts - and the cheaper brands want to shrink more one direction than the other - so you'll have to experiment.
We sanded regular clear shrink film, and used Sharpie markers (Bubbie and Mac) and colored pencil (ring on right.) Then we shrunk them at 300°F (lowest temp recommended) in a toaster oven for 5 minutes (longer than suggested), covered with parchment to keep the ring from curling wrongly.
When the timer rang I worked quickly to wrap the hot plastic around a Crayola marker, which was about the right size. (Legally I need to say: DO NOT attempt this at home, obviously, since you might burn your fingers. I worked quickly and after doing five rings, some several times in a row, got a slight burn on one finger. Well worth it for me, but your mileage may vary - of course I won't recommend anyone else risking their own fingers.)
Once I got the ring wrapped around backwards, and several times the plastic cooled too much before I got it bent enough. No problem, I just stuck the ring back in the oven for another two to three minutes. It invariably flattened out again, but it softened and after a few times I got the hang of it, or else got lucky.
If you write or draw backwards on the sanded plastic, you can bend it around the other direction so that the writing is underneath with all the clear shrinky film on top. That's what I did on the ring on the right, and it gives it a nice shiny look. Bubbie's and Mac's (center and left) are bent with the sanded-and-drawn side facing out.
Shrinky Dink rings!
We made shrinky dink rings today. At front are Bubbie's cute sunshines. Back left is Mac's gold "one ring" and back right is my third(!) attempt at making a ring with Psalm 27:4 on it.
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Notes for anyone else wanting to try it:
For my 8-y-o boys' fingers (and our particular brand of shrink film) it seemed that cutting a rectangle 5-3/4" x 1/2" worked best (that's 14.5 cm by 1.25 cm) - it shrunk to about 2-3/8" by 3/16" (6 cm by .5 cm.)
Probably 6" (15.2 cm) would be best for most women - I have small hands so I used the kid size. Different brands shrink different amounts - and the cheaper brands want to shrink more one direction than the other - so you'll have to experiment.
We sanded regular clear shrink film, and used Sharpie markers (Bubbie and Mac) and colored pencil (ring on right.) Then we shrunk them at 300°F (lowest temp recommended) in a toaster oven for 5 minutes (longer than suggested), covered with parchment to keep the ring from curling wrongly.
When the timer rang I worked quickly to wrap the hot plastic around a Crayola marker, which was about the right size. (Legally I need to say: DO NOT attempt this at home, obviously, since you might burn your fingers. I worked quickly and after doing five rings, some several times in a row, got a slight burn on one finger. Well worth it for me, but your mileage may vary - of course I won't recommend anyone else risking their own fingers.)
Once I got the ring wrapped around backwards, and several times the plastic cooled too much before I got it bent enough. No problem, I just stuck the ring back in the oven for another two to three minutes. It invariably flattened out again, but it softened and after a few times I got the hang of it, or else got lucky.
If you write or draw backwards on the sanded plastic, you can bend it around the other direction so that the writing is underneath with all the clear shrinky film on top. That's what I did on the ring on the right, and it gives it a nice shiny look. Bubbie's and Mac's (center and left) are bent with the sanded-and-drawn side facing out.