Friendship is something that should be cherished and making something special for a friend is a great way to show friends how much they mean to you. Shrinky dinks can be found at any large craft store or here Shrinky Dinks Craft Kit
Lucky Charms
- Gather your materials. You will need some shrinky dink paper, black and green colored pencils, a hole punch, a brown grocery bag (or parchment paper), a cookie sheet, scissors and some ribbon or chain.
- Start by drawing some shamrocks- I can’t hide the fact it took me a while to get it right.
- Next color it green.
- Cut out
- Punch a hole in it.
- Place it in the paper bag on the cookie sheet and place in the oven. Follow the instructions given for the temp.
- Watch the WHOLE time. It only takes a minutes or two.
- Let cool.
- Thread the ribbon through and give someone you care about some luck of the Irish!
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Stacey says
A tip – Shamrocks are easy to make if you just think of them as three hearts put together. In fact, I make shamrock cookies exactly that way with a heart shaped cookie cutter!
ashley toler says
hi im tring to do these charm necklaces with the shrinky dink paper a d when I put them in the oven they dont stay up the start folding!!! is there a trick to this or something! lol
Allison McDonald says
Yes – if they curl flatten them with a wooden spoon.
Rebekah Buckley says
Instead of buying Shrinky Dink paper, use styrofoam trays from the meat department at the grocery. They have given them to me free/cheap! We use permanent markers. They turn out really cute, and much cheaper.