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Thursday, July 22

A Morning Full of Shrinking

Hope and I spent the morning making Shrinky Dinks, and I have to say, watching plastic shrivel is A+++ fun!  We made presents for cousins, necklaces for ourselves, and everything else we could think of!

Photo via this Flickr

We had quite the grand time.  Do any of you still Shrinky Dink?


 xoxo Katie

26 comments:

  1. Yes! ME! I actually have some in my drawers here and I saw it and almost included it in Hope's package the other day. I wasn't 100% sure, though, so I kept it. Now I know what we can do when you visit next. <3

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  2. Can you believe I have never shrinky dinked? lol. I have heard its really fun and want to try it now. Teach me? :)

    ps; I wish you were coming to Renegade SF next weekend UGH.

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  3. Oh man I used to love making those!!! I totally forgot about them! How fun.

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  4. i know becky from strumpets crumpets does and they are so cute! i totally use to when i was little...my brother and i both had some, i think his were g.i joes...i had lots; barbie, my little pony...so many!

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  5. i completely forgot about making things like that. it used to be my favorite and i would make things and give them as gifts to everyone i knew! so much fun! so cute!

    ♥ http://www.allisterbee.blogspot.com

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  6. YES!
    In fact, my cousin is coming over to visit soon, and we plan on playing with air-dry clay and making shrinky-dinks all night!

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  7. Yay! I'm so glad so many of you love it! It's so much fun!

    Liz- of course I'll teach you! Also, I REEEEEALLLLLLY wish I was coming to SF. I want to come and hang out with all of my e-friends!

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  8. I haven't yet, but I would KILL to have those Flight of the Conchords earrings!!!

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  9. Woah. I LOVE those FOTC earrings. Is there any way I could pay you to do those as necklace charms?

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  10. I always begged and begged for them, but it was one of those toys my mom thought was pointless so we never got to do more than once. As a grandma, she's probably done it dozens of times. But, it's totally the kind of thing I don't let my kid do. His preschool was really into those fuse beads and we have an entire shoe box full of fuse bead 'things' he made we don't know what to do with.

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  11. I Shrinky Dink too! I love it! It's like magic in the oven!

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  12. Oh my goodess, we love to shrinky dink around here! We make all kinds of necklaces. I did a pair of funky rollerskates recently. I may have to do this tommorrow now!

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  13. Bahaha. Flight of the Conchords earings? I love that show...

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  14. Those earrings are pretty much amazing.

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  15. Oh my goodness. Those Bret and Jermaine earrings just made their way onto my upcoming projects list...

    <3 theoptimisticmuse.blogspot.com

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  16. Me! I love Shrinky dink =) Need to think of something cute to make with it though!

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  17. I never have! How do I do it or where do I acquire them? My hubby used to do it when he was little. FOTC earrings are awesome!

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  18. I found some Hello Kitty ones at Michaels for $2 and I forgot how much I loved watching them shrink! Where did you get the plastic?

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  19. I do I do!
    I make pendants and earrings and stuff. SO much fun :)

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3005/2347521067_50f0735933.jpg

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2462883451_af7f28001c.jpg

    http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4480532620_e83a07626d.jpg

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  20. My links didn't work. I'll try once more...

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkletrash/2347521067/sizes/m/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkletrash/2462883451/

    *crossing fingers*

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  21. oh yes ma'am I love shrinking some dinks ;)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/strumpetscrumpets/3842174105/

    They are one of my favorites!

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  22. aww! i totally remember making shrinky dink smurfs with my mom when i was little! maybe i'll get to do some shrinky- dinking myself if i find a cute little buddy to do it with!

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  23. I had actually never tried it until a few weeks ago (at the Etsy Austin craft party) - SOOO fun! I need to go buy some so I can make more ^_^

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  24. I sure do, though i always seem to do it backwards. Me and a friend are into FIMO atm, oven baked clay, makng loads RAD jewelry and beads. WOOH.

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  25. I shrinky dinked... danked? with the neighbor kids a few months ago - what a blast!

    and um... love jemaine and brett!that's brilliant!

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