Do you love Shrinky Dinks? This Shrinky Dink necklace was so easy! If you love Shrinky Dink jewelry, this is a fun project to try with Sharpies and stencils.
I’ve been on a DIY jewelry kick for a while, and I’ve had some shrink plastic in my stash for about six months that has been begging to be turned into something.
Combine these two things with some Dimensional Magic and you have a Shrinky Dink necklace! If you like making DIY necklaces, you’re going to love trying this project.
This Shrinky Dink jewelry project is actually a little bit of a CraftFail because it didn’t go as planned, but it might be okay (the ink blurred a bit).
I’m wondering what you think and I want you to let me know in the comments!
Important Things to Remember
Shrinky Dinks shrink to about 1/3 of their original size and get nine times thicker. It’s magic, people. The nice thing about Shrinky Dinks is that even though they get smaller and thicker, they’re still very lightweight.
You also need to remember to punch your holes before baking your Dink. If you don’t, you’ll have a heck of a time trying to get them punched afterwards.
I’m pretty sure the only way it would happen is if you used a drill. I learned from experience and after throwing a few Dinks in the garbage!
Are you ready to give this project a try? Get the printable how to below:
Shrinky Dink Necklace
Materials
- Shrinky Dinks
- Sharpie(s) Dark Brown and Teal, or colored pencils
Video
Instructions
- You will first need to cut a circle shape out of your Shrinky Dink material. I used a circle cutter and did about a 3 3/8" circle (it was completely random, I just made sure my stencil fit), but you can also trace a shape and cut it with scissors.
- Create your design on the Shrinky Dink material using Sharpies and stencils.
- After removing the stencil, go back and thicken any lines that might not have fully transferred with the stencil.
- Punch any holes BEFORE baking the Shrinky Dink sheet. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the Shrinky Dink shape on a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
- Put the cookie sheet in the oven for 1 – 3 minutes, watching the Dink shrink. If the item folds on itself, untwist it and flatten while still hot. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and let your Shrinky Dinks cool before handling.
- Finish by putting Dimensional Magic on the pendant and allowing to dry.
Notes
- I’m wondering if I would’ve let the Sharpie dry a lot longer before baking if there would’ve been a difference in the blurring. Just thinking that maybe the Sharpie would’ve set more in the material somehow.
- It’s been recommended to me by several people that the Ruff n’ Ready sheets might help with the blurring. They are made to look frosted so have a textured side, which may take the ink better.
Also if you like handmade jewelry and accessories using Dinks, visit some projects from my friends below:
DON’T FLUSH! I think it’s beautiful! And it’s even more unique because it didn’t exactly turn out the way you intended.
I would wear it! Great Job!
I would totally wear this. It is really cute. I love that the lines turned a dark color-almost black from the photo. Great!!!
I just cannot find the dimensional mod podge in any of the stores around me though!!!
I think it looks great!!!! I have some shrinky dink in my stash and I believe I will be finding it tomorrow!! 🙂 Thanks so much!!
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I thought the way the bird was painted it was on purpose since the stripes aren’t that way. If both bled, I probably wouldn’t like it, but I def. do like this one!
-Stefanie
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I love how you perceived this as a fail, when I think it looks like it could be intentional. Like a stamp, then a water colored highlight. I bet you could find someone to love it, easy. I’ve found people that looooved things I’ve made that I thought were disasters.
I love it, and I’m totally making one when I get home. I actually might try it with the plastic cup trick I saw on Dollar Store Crafts!
I have had that happen to me and it didn’t come out cool like that! It’s funny how the bird ran, but the stripes didn’t…weird. It’s sweet. Btw…I heart dimensional magic.
I love it just the way it is! It looks like your spray painted the bird instead of carefully coloring it. I didn’t realize you could use Sharpies on Shrinky Dink. Duh! Well, good thing I have both Sharpies and Shrinky Dink waiting for me. Thanks of another great idea that’s going on my To Do List.
Looks good to me. Thanks for the tutorial.. I never heard of Shrinky Dinks until now… time to check it out!