The boys and I had an amazing Saturday afternoon, bonding over shrunken plastic. We followed this tutorial from Instructables. It has detailed steps that are very easy to follow. Just hop on over there so that I need not elaborate on the process here. Now, onto our adventure...
Looking for a #6 plastic was already an adventure in itself. Who knew the number inside the triangle meant something! We settled on salad container lids. They still had labels on them, so we had to completely remove them along with all the sticky stuff.
Too bad we only had a black permanent marker this time. (Note to self: put colored permanent markers on the to-buy list.) Here are our drawings just before we popped them into the oven. Take note of their size in relation to the parchment paper.
Here's a picture of the baking process. It went so quickly that I didn't get a chance to get a better shot.
Post-baking, look at how they shrunk! Daddy's work was too long and skinny, that it ended up into a coil. I tried to straighten it out, but I ended up breaking it in two. Sad. Sorry, Daddy! But still, we're so happy with the results. Not only did they shrink, but they've become thicker as well.
And here are our finished products. A new necklace for Bluey. (Stage mom alert: Aww, his drawings are super cute!)
New bag accessories for the boys.
And a new bookmark for me.
This adventure will definitely have a part two.
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