February 08, 2013

Peacock-A-Palooza Part 5: Shrinking Pictures


Did you have Shrinky Dinks as a child?!?!  I did!!  This project has some interesting potential!  We did not use Shrinky Dink brand material.  The product we used was Grafix Shrink Film.  Same idea for the most part.  After doing a Sharpie line drawing...the image was filled in with colored chalk dipped in water.  If you don't have a classroom toaster oven...they are a good investment(polymer clay, salt dough, melting crayons..etc).  The application of this product could be a jewelry lesson.  If you cut the product to the right size...it could shrink down to necklace size.  Use a hole punch before putting it into the oven...and you have the hole for the string once it is done.  Image an Egyptian unit...and they could do a hieroglyph necklace!!  




3 comments:

  1. Is it. The photos that are. Blurry, or did the shrinking process with the use of chalk make the images blurry?

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  2. Where do you order your shrinky dink from. I love it and want some plain sheets?

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  3. I believe it can be ordered out of any major art supply catalog...Blick/Sax/Triarco

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