+SBPhishy Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Alright, I know you've all been waiting... Well, wait no longer! They have arrived! No, seriously... Here's my new sig item. I think it's pretty cool. They are made out of shrinky dinks. Awesome! Quote Link to comment
+cache_us_if_you_can Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Great idea! Where do you buy the shrinky dinks? Quote Link to comment
martmann Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I'll take one if I see it, cool. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Great idea! Where do you buy the shrinky dinks? I get mine from Hobby Lobby. Look in the kids' arts and crafts section. You can get a bag of the chains there as well. Quote Link to comment
ashoofack Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Whats a 'Shrinky Dink'? Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Whats a 'Shrinky Dink'? It's a piece of plastic that looks like a thick transparancy foil which is rough on one side. You can color on the rough side, usually with colored pencils, then you cut out your drawing. Put it in the oven at low heat and it shrinks down to 1/3 the size and nine times the thickness, leaving you with a pretty durable plastic trinket that you can do things with. More info is here... Quote Link to comment
+ChileHead Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Whats a 'Shrinky Dink'? Somebody doesn't have kids! Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Whats a 'Shrinky Dink'? Somebody doesn't have kids! Or maybe Shrinky Dink is not sold all over the world. Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Well, I've got a kid and I hadn't heard of Shrinky Dinks prior to coming to the forums Do they make that stuff flexible enough to run through a printer? We're ready to graduate beyond Sculpy now Quote Link to comment
dead_white_man Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Well, I've got a kid and I hadn't heard of Shrinky Dinks prior to coming to the forums Do they make that stuff flexible enough to run through a printer? We're ready to graduate beyond Sculpy now I have kids (teenagers now) but I hadn't heard of them since I was a kid maybe 35 years ago. I didn't know they still made them. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Well, I've got a kid and I hadn't heard of Shrinky Dinks prior to coming to the forums Do they make that stuff flexible enough to run through a printer? We're ready to graduate beyond Sculpy now Read the FAQ here. I have keychains that I use for a sig item which I ran through a copier for the outline, then colored them in by hand. I also tried running them through a color laserwriter, but the heat from the printer actually started the shrinking process, so I probably won't be trying that again... Quote Link to comment
+The Weasel Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Very Nice, you need to come to Iowa with those!!! Quote Link to comment
BelleauWood Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Those are really nice. Good job! Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Nice, but where (outside of 1984) do you find Shrinky Dinks? Quote Link to comment
+DomHeknows Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I used to know two twins who were tiny and their nicknames were shrinky and dink :-) Sugarpuff's cereal used to do them in cereal packets. I wish we could get the stuff over here in the uk although from what I remember they used to stink the kitchen up something rotten. Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 (edited) Nice, but where (outside of 1984) do you find Shrinky Dinks? Right here... Edited February 13, 2004 by The Cheeseheads Quote Link to comment
+RuffRidr Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Nice, but where (outside of 1984) do you find Shrinky Dinks? I've seen them in Walmart in the craft section, as well as in the aforementioned Hobby Lobby. --RuffRidr Quote Link to comment
bjs539 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 (edited) Here in Wisconsin we have a place called Nasco, it's an arts/crafts supply house. You can order 'shrinky dink' material from them as well. Go to their website at www.enasco.com and in the upper left corner there will be a search box where you can enter a part number... enter this number: 9718610 This might be easier for those without nearby access to shrinky dinks... Hope this helps! =) -bjs539 Edited February 13, 2004 by bjs539 Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Here in Wisconsin we have a place called Nasco, it's an arts/crafts supply house. You can order 'shrinky dink' material from them as well.Go to their website at www.enasco.com and in the upper left corner there will be a search box where you can enter a part number... enter this number: 9718610 This might be easier for those without nearby access to shrinky dinks... Hope this helps! =) -bjs539 Actually, I think the company that makes them is based in Wisconsin. At least that's what I gather from their ordering/contact address... Quote Link to comment
bjs539 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Yup, in Fort Atkinson actually. They have a retail store thats pretty neat to browse around in, especially if you have kids =). I just figured that the website might make ordering the stuff easier for people who can't find the stuff locally. If you ever get up towards Madison on Hwy 12 you should make it a point to stop by and check it out, really neat place. =) -bjs539 Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I'm going to have to look into this...I could make saxophone keychains! Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Very neat sig item -- congrats! I think it's very cool... Quote Link to comment
McKenzie Clan Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Very cool indeed! Man, I need to get a sig. item. Scott :-) Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Very cool indeed! Man, I need to get a sig. item. Scott :-) OOOO! oooo! OOOO! I WANT ONE!!! Verrrrrry cool! Sn gans Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 Alright. I'm finally awake this morning. Do they make that stuff flexible enough to run through a printer? Those are run thru the printer. I actually have no artistic talent unless I can do it on the computer. There is a new kind of shriky dinks that are for ink jet printers. They come out looking like mine. Also, I ordered them from shrinkydinks.com They have everything. Chains and hole punchers too. You can definitely find them at craft stores though. The printer ones are neat. You can print a real picture on them, and turn them into a keychain or whatever. I'm 21 years old, and I remember playing with them when I was little. THey have definitely been around forever though. I used to have ghostbuster ones... I'm glad you all like them! Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Those are run thru the printer. I actually have no artistic talent unless I can do it on the computer. There is a new kind of shriky dinks that are for ink jet printers. They come out looking like mine. Here's a question about the inkjet paper... What happens if the keychain gets wet? Does all the ink come off or is it "baked in"? Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 it figures. i live in michigan and will never get to california. would you sell one? i love gettin sig items. i will pay postage. please!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+The Weasel Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 it figures. i live in michigan and will never get to california. would you sell one? i love gettin sig items. i will pay postage. please!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe instead of buying one, they could make one a un-official TB and get it to ya that way? Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 it figures. i live in michigan and will never get to california. would you sell one? i love gettin sig items. i will pay postage. please!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe instead of buying one, they could make one a un-official TB and get it to ya that way? sounds good to me. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 FREE SHRINKY DINKS!!!! Well, sort of. Basically, anything that is labeled as recycle 6 plastic will shrink. The results vary, and are interesting to experiment with. The best results are from the clear flat area on the lids of common clear salad togo containers. For kicks, see what happens when you shrink pieces of plastic soda cups. The results are interesting. We had some shrinky dink sig trade items we made for a while, but now we have the smashed pennies so we haven't made any of the shrinky dinks in a long time. Use an oven temp of 250 degrees F and keep a watchful eye on them. (Heck, 90% of the fun is watching them shrink, right?) If the surface of the material you find is smooth or glossy, you might want to rough it up with a very fine sand paper so that it holds the color better when you draw on it. I believe Joani has had some success with printing on shrinky dink pages with an ink jet printer (I'm not positive about this though). Definitely don't use a laser printer. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 it figures. i live in michigan and will never get to california. would you sell one? i love gettin sig items. i will pay postage. please!!!!!!!!!!!! Send me your address if you want one of these: Click for larger image --Marky Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 (edited) Nice item SBPhishy! Good info Marky! Thanks! I thought about making some shrinky dink items too. I doubt I will inkjet print them though because the fun for me is the process of hand coloring them. I think I will try Marky's suggestion too. Sounds like a fun experiment! Edited February 13, 2004 by carleenp Quote Link to comment
+Shoebugs Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 I love the TB idea!!! Maybe it could be a signature item trade T/B. You could start out by attaching several of your key chains with the idea that people could take one of yours if they add one of theirs. Mine are glass nuggets with my dogs picture and my caching name on them. At this point...I couldn't attach one to a T/B but certainly could figure out a way. I just love to find a log post that says someone took my sig item!!! Sorry if it's an old stale idea....those are REALLY cute fish and I would love to have one too so you'll have to ship one of those T/B's to Arizona. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 (edited) Well, I've got a kid and I hadn't heard of Shrinky Dinks prior to coming to the forums Do they make that stuff flexible enough to run through a printer? We're ready to graduate beyond Sculpy now Hey, don't give up on the Sculpey!!! These are my new trade items, and there will be a mess of them at the St Valentine's Day M.A.S.S.A.C.R.E. Event : Nice trade item SBphishy! Edited February 13, 2004 by Planet Quote Link to comment
+Team Smallville Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Nice signature item! Here is mine from last year. I have a nice new blue one for this year! Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 You what would be pretty nifty - a signature item exchange web page. I'm not sure how it would work but the general idea being that you could order sig items from cachers all over the globe. Quote Link to comment
+The Weasel Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 (edited) You what would be pretty nifty - a signature item exchange web page. I'm not sure how it would work but the general idea being that you could order sig items from cachers all over the globe. That would be pretty neat. Some people might look at it as cheating, but I think it would be fun Edited February 13, 2004 by The Weasel Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 You what would be pretty nifty - a signature item exchange web page. I'm not sure how it would work but the general idea being that you could order sig items from cachers all over the globe. That would be pretty neat. Some people might look at it as cheating, but I think it would be fun It would be neat, but somehow it is not the same if the item is not gotten from a cache. I was just about to fire off my address to Marky and ask for a smashed penny, but then thought of that. Quote Link to comment
+The Weasel Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 You what would be pretty nifty - a signature item exchange web page. I'm not sure how it would work but the general idea being that you could order sig items from cachers all over the globe. That would be pretty neat. Some people might look at it as cheating, but I think it would be fun It would be neat, but somehow it is not the same if the item is not gotten from a cache. I was just about to fire off my address to Marky and ask for a smashed penny, but then thought of that. I agree in a way to that...but when it comes to sig items from different countries it would be VERY difficult to get one. I don't do a whole lot of traveling and this would be a cool way to do it. I have tried the "unoffical" TB approach with a VACMAN sig coin, but a cacher by the name of POKEYJOE decided that they wanted it more. Maybe we should do cacher trading cards that are like baseball cards with you hides and finds for each year!! Quote Link to comment
+Ish-n-Isha Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Great idea! Where do you buy the shrinky dinks? Buy them? No Just need to go swimming in cold water...... Quote Link to comment
+The Weasel Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Great idea! Where do you buy the shrinky dinks? Buy them? No Just need to go swimming in cold water...... "There was shrinkage!!!!!!"----George Kastanza Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Nice item SBPhishy! Good info Marky! Thanks! I thought about making some shrinky dink items too. I doubt I will inkjet print them though because the fun for me is the process of hand coloring them. I think I will try Marky's suggestion too. Sounds like a fun experiment! The printer is helpful for the black lines, just to help keep the size and style consistent. My keychains (sorry, no picture) start out as just the black on the shrinky dink paper, then I give them to my kids to color in, so each one is different. Quote Link to comment
+Team Benhamtroll Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 These are very cool! I'd take one . . . Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Those are run thru the printer. I actually have no artistic talent unless I can do it on the computer. There is a new kind of shriky dinks that are for ink jet printers. They come out looking like mine. Here's a question about the inkjet paper... What happens if the keychain gets wet? Does all the ink come off or is it "baked in"? As far as I remember, the ink is 'baked in'. I'm going to stop by Hobby Lobby on my way home to compare prices. The inkjet paper online was $8.50 for 6 sheets. The regular frosted parer is $5.00 for 10 sheets. SBPhishy, how many keychains did you make with each sheet? Quote Link to comment
+Search1128 Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 About 30 years ago when I was in cub scouts, our den leader had us save the plastic sheets that were used as packing within a new shirt package. There was usually a large sheet about 8X10 in the body of the shirt and a strip of plastic around the collar of the shirt. After we had saved enough we drew pictures on them by tracing cookie cutters and permanent markers. They we cut them out and shrunk them in the oven. We gave them to our parents as christmas tree ornaments. I still have one from way back then in our christmas decorations... Another comment... Shrinkage. Whenever we go water skiing in the summer, the first person jumps in the water and we all say "How cold is it?!". The jumper yells back "Seinfeld cold!" . Shrink plastic would be a good idead to use to attach to a TB for the goal sheet. Print it with a large font with the ink jet then when it shrinks it is a perfect size to attach to the chain with the dog tag and TB, and is water proof! Kirk out, aka Search1128 Quote Link to comment
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