Project 5: Shrinky Dinks

Shrinky Dinks are an awesome activity from when I was younger. If you can find them, get them. I got these for work a while ago, and made sure to stop by and buy a pack for myself too. They come with 6 sheets, I usually use 1 sheet a time and get 4 things out of it.

Cost: less then $5.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Play time: up to 20 minutes.

Materials.
Shrinky dinks
Oven
Permanent markers (Sharpies work best.)

Preheat your oven to the temp suggested on the package.

Then plop down a cut-out shape, and your markers.


Use an oven with a window. Have fun watching them shrivel up in a funky way. Make sure you don't take them out until they're flat. They will be very hot.

After they cool it's fun to compare how much they shrink. The Liam card on the right started out the same size as the big blank piece.