deerslayer2 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Ive heard about these shrinky dinks ive seen pics but where do you get the stuff to make them and how do you make them???? helplessly searching for a sig item Link to comment
bogleman Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Man-O-Man, shrinky dinks have been around for quite some time. Check out toys r us, or any toy section. They may be a little hard to find or just search the net for shrinky dink. They are plastic things that you cut out (could be cut already) then put in an oven and they shrink and harden when heated. Link to comment
+Oreo Pony Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 You can use a special ink to stamp them with then color them in with special markers and then shrink them -- great idea for a sig item! Link to comment
+The Herd Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 You may also try checking your local craft store. I know I have seen them at Michaels. The way they do them now, they try to convince you that you have to buy the "oven" for them to work. You should be ok just buying a refill pack. They never had the oven when I was a kid, and just sticking them in our regular oven worked fine. I don't know if they give you directions for doing them this way, so you may need to trial and error with a few to get the temp/cook time right. Just keep a close eye on them, and make sure you buy some extras. Man, you brought up some memories...I just may need to get some!!! Link to comment
+GeekGirl Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 You can find lots of info (including baking instructions, creative tips, etc.) at www.shrinkydinks.com. You can buy the material directly from them online, too. Link to comment
+Thrak Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I see that they've come out with Shrinky Dink plastick in 8x10 size that can be printed on your inkjet printer and then shrunk. Pretty cool I guess if you are creative and want to make a sig item. Link to comment
mudda_UBER Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 (edited) I've seen them (generic one's) at Wal-Mart too. I tried making something out of them last year (just messing around) and the things I made came out really wavy. How do you get them to come out flat, or can you? Maybe it was because I bought the generic one's. Edited October 8, 2005 by mudda_UBER Link to comment
+chstress53 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 This is what I usehttp://www.countryscrappin.com.au/en-us/dept_151.html Link to comment
+Jester2112 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 (edited) I see that they've come out with Shrinky Dink plastick in 8x10 size that can be printed on your inkjet printer and then shrunk. Pretty cool I guess if you are creative and want to make a sig item. As if I needed just one more thing geocaching related to add to my Xmas list. Santa's gonna come down the chimney and kick my you know what thanks to people like you! Thanks for sharing the link, I'm ordering now!!! Looking at my avatar, can you guess what my item will be??? Edited October 8, 2005 by Jester2112 Link to comment
tossedsalad Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 This is what I use http://www.countryscrappin.com.au/en-us/dept_151.html Holy cr*p! That is nearly twice the price of Shrinky Dinks at Amazon when you buy the 8 pack refills for $9. Link to comment
+Quiggle Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 (edited) Since you already started a similar topic here, I'm closing this duplicate. Edited October 8, 2005 by Quiggle Link to comment
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