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Because I got a lot of questions on this stuff, here's a tutorial. Feedback on items like these are appreciated!Related content
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I am tempted to try this, if it weren't for the fact that my art skills fail on any scale. I'd also love to torment my suite-mates with the smell of baking plastic, since they like to cook and do dishes when I'm trying to sleep.
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Myth Directions! yes!
...nice tutorial, too xD
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Oh sweet! I'd heard of this mysterious "Shrinky Dink" but never seen it. Thanks for the tut! And wee octo is so cute, too.
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Thankies for putting this up, hehe, now I can make many Shrinky Dinks >= D
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Well I offically know why my shrinky dinks never worked out before -.-;;;
and.... now.. even though I am broke I feel the compulsion to go buy shrink dink stuff and go to town.... *sigh* my bank account curses you ><
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Why didn't they work out before??
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first of all I would try to color in every tiiiiny part until there was no sun through.. it had to be perfectly filled in.
Then letting my oven get too hot and not leaving enough edge.. and probably a few toher things. They either crackled and crumbled, didn't shrink, or turned into piles of goo
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I gotta find my old shrinky dink stuff... I miss doing them
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Dang, a pack of ten?? I got the Klutz Books 8-sheet refill D| oh well, I still have some sheets in the original book.
...
somewhere...
Ooh, the mod podge is a good idea! It must also help to smooth it out, 'cuz the backside's still rough after shrinking.
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Aww, that makes me want to make some.
Thanks for the tips!
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this is a brilliant tutorial - if i ever get the chance to do a shopping spree in granthams, i will try to find some shrinky dinks paper and give this a go! (:
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Awesome tutorial. I've been eyeing the SD paper in Michael's for months now, but didn't have the gumption to get any because I figured the magic wouldn't happen because I'm too old. Guess I'll have to try it out anyway.
By the way.. Myth Directions = great book.
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Nice tutorial, thanks for sharing 
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so you press the book strait to the plastic, or do you have to cover the dude with paper first...
also... did you put the paper bag IN the oven?? Isn't that super dangerous?
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It's only in there for a minute (like almost literally 60 seconds), so it shouldn't be dangerous unless you're sloppy and let it hang over to touch any heat sources. You only need a very small amount of paper. And yes, you can press the book straight to the plastic but if it makes you feel better you can use another piece of paper between.
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Oooh the mod podge and sculpey glaze are great ideas, I never thought of that. 
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The Mod-Podge is what I use to make sure the little flakes of colored pencil don't go anywhere. It's more of a glue than anything, and you can water it down if you need to (in case you accidentally did use too much colored pencil - more water = easier to brush on without moving the pencil particles around). The Sculpey glaze, you can't water down much, because then it just pools in the lowest valleys.
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Oooh alright. 
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And it just so happens that we have some Shrinky Dink paper lying around
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This honestly makes me want to give this a go
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Ah ha ha ha!
This tutorial was great.
I dont think I would be able to get shrinky dinks here, but it was fun reading this anyways.
I luv the little octopus at the end going 'watev' x3
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Apparently you can also try using #6 plastic (it's plastic that has a recycling symbol and a 6 inside it). Of course, I have no idea if you guys have items labelled the same way in Canada! So I don't know if that's helpful at all. I guess they use that kind of plastic in a lot of restaurant take-home boxes, or in produce sections in grocery stores.
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Sweet!
I'm making one, and making you one!
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I'd love to see anything you make!
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Now I just have to find a place to buy it
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btw
*drools over your prismacolor set*
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This is so awesome.
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Myth Directions ... X3 That makes me happy. These designs are so cute... I MUST go find some shrinky dink to make space taking objects! To the art store!
Just one question, how strong are the baked objects? Like... do they break when you drop it or are they pretty sturdy?
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I made one and put it on my keychain, which is full of... probably about a pound of keys and other objects. And I did drop it yesterday and it was fine. Just don't purposely try to bend it in half or anything, really.
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I always wanted to get these and try them my slef i think i will
this is nice so that someone who wants to do it Like me can use this <3
Nice Job
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Ah cool! I always wanted to try this ^^
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thanks!! I've always wondered how the amazing magic of shrinky dinks HAPPENS. (and here I thought there may be unicorns involved...)
anyways, thanks!
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There are unicorns and butterflies! But they move too fast for my camera to capture 'em.
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I KNEW IT. lord.
....go to [link] like it I swear.
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Link is borked or something.
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screw. well the original website is:
Icanhascheezburger.com
...it's worth it!
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way cute. I'm inspired to do this too >.>
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eh, i'm too lazy to do all that...
maaaake meee sooome! i'll giiiive yoooou moneeeeyssss!
>.>
Harena of ~woozalia
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Thanks for the tutorial! I'v been thinking that how do you do those, but now i know. If i can find those things in our artshop, im gonna buy them and try! That looks so interesting. 8D
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Altogether, how much did all the supplies cost?
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I really couldn't guess. I've had so many of these things for years, like the Prismacolors (probably the main cost). You really don't want to skimp on the colored pencils though - cheap colored pencils will end up looking, well, cheap. They don't go on as smoothly.
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k, are there any helpful hints you forgot to put in the tutorial?
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Not at this point... if there were, I wouldn't've uploaded it
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really cute and lovely tutorial ^^
i would really use it...especially the colouring tips...we dont have shrinky-dinky paper here but it's named diffirent and works the same ^^
so that will be no prob
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This is very helpful, cause I was pondering the thought of making my own key chains. Thank you for making this! (It was really fun reading, too.)
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Very awesome. I think i'm going to go pick up some shrinky dink paper this week!
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