Shrinky Dinks

I remember creating Shrinky Dink creations when I was a little girl. For some reason, it is great fun to color on a thin piece of plastic, and then melt it in the oven. Most of the fun is watching the plastic transform in the heat! This past weekend I shared that memory with our girls and they made Tinkerbell Shrinky Dinks. They carefully colored each thin sheet of "magic" plastic and watched with amazement as we baked them and they curled up and shrank into smaller and more sturdy pieces of colored plastic. At one point I thought the little fairies were ruined because they curled up so much! But soon, they flattened out and the design was visible again. What a fun blast from the past!