Shrinky Dinks

Greetings;

Shrinky Dinks are farely simple. You can create a template or picture on a white sheet of paper and then run the shinky dink sheets through the copier rough side up.

PLEASE NOTE *** this will heat up your copy machine so only do 2 - 3 at a time. Wait for 5-10 minutes than run a few more (learned this the hard way). This may seem like a pain, so you could use a rubber stamp, if you have one.

Punch any hole before shrinking.
Colored pencils work best for coloring.
Place them colored side up on white baking paper and then on a cook sheet.(local bakery gave us 20 sheets of white paper)
Bake 3-5 minutes at 375 degrees. You are just better off to watch them continuosly for the first 2-3 batches, because each oven cooks a little differently. For me the oven at church cooked a lot slower that our home oven.
You will see the shrinky dinks curl up - shrink - then flatten. Remove immediately after they flatten. If they are a little curled press down with spatula immediately after removing.
Shrinks to about half the original size.

HINT*** don't have the original shape more than 4-5 inches, as it curls in the oven it could stick to itself if it is too big and might not release

There are instructions in the box, but they don't tell you all the nuainces you run into.