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CaliforniaMama · 03-21-2012, 11:32 AM

Here he comes, a Shrinky-Dink Martian, out of the sky, to visit the humans of Planet Earth.

For the uninitiated, a shrinky-dink is a picture drawn and colored on a certain kind of plastic, placed on a tray and put in the oven to bake. The heat of the oven causes the plastic to shrink.

The plastic shrinks evenly and the picture stays intact.

The point? One can draw and color images in full size and then shrink them down into miniatures. It is a lot easier to color a big picture, especially for children, and a lot of fun to watch it shrink!

Follow the link to Curbly for full instructions.

03-21-2012, 11:32 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	March 21, 2012 Shrinky Dink Martian Here he comes, a Shrinky-Dink Martian, out of the sky, to visit the humans of Planet Earth. For the uninitiated, a shrinky-dink is a picture drawn and colored on a certain kind of plastic, placed on a tray and put in the oven to bake. The heat of the oven causes the plastic to shrink. The plastic shrinks evenly and the picture stays intact. The point? One can draw and color images in full size and then shrink them down into miniatures. It is a lot easier to color a big picture, especially for children, and a lot of fun to watch it shrink! Follow the link to Curbly for full instructions.