Shrinky Dinks Jewelry Kit Kids Art and Craft Activity

My 7 year old son and I spent a couple of hours playing with these shrinky dinks. He enjoyed coloring in all of the animals and I colored in the flowers. He was amazed at how they shrunk in the oven and loved watching them curl up and then flatten in a smaller but thicker form. After several successful shrinky dinks, he became for creative and used markers (instead of the provided pencils) to color in the shapes. He also wrote small messages. So far, we played with this kit 2 times for several hours each. The kit comes with many shrinky dinks so we still have the ability to play with it again. My son was only interested in coloring and shrinking. He didn't make any of the jewelry. I strung one shrinky dink on the provided string and it seemed quite flimsy. I quickly abandoned the project as I didn't know anyone who would wear the jewelry even if it looked great. All and all a fun project to do with your little ones. Since purchasing this kit, I did buy a plain sheet of shrinky dink paper. We enjoyed the precut designs this kit offered, but wanted to do our own creations as well. This kit does not allow for creating your own design (although you can create your own color schemes).

When I asked what the twins might want for their birthdays, the reply was "Well one like crafting and the other one like baking". I immediately thought back to my childhood and Shrinky Dinks! Did they still exist? Heck yes, so I bought tons of them. I also bought the oven to go with it, so it was no stop baking, and watching them shrink. They were amazed every single time. My 5 yr old nieces loved them! My 5 yr old nephew loved them. My 6 yr old nephew loved them! and the 7 yr old neighbor girl loved them too! Everyone was engrossed in the Shrinky Dinks. We were all sitting on the dock, next to a beautiful lake, on a gorgeous day, playing Shrinky dink nation. Gotta love that. Great fun, for cheap. You can't go wrong with these.

Shrinky Dinks were the coolest things ever when I was a kid, so I decided to share them with my 5 and 7 year olds. Watching them curl up and melt in the oven is a childhood right of passage akin to building with Legos and cooking cruddy muffins in an easy bake oven. Every child should get the chance to do it at least once. Luckily, Shrinky Dinks have have only gotten better over time (unlike easy bake.) When I was a kid, you drew your own picture and then painstakingly cut it out, doing your best not to make jagged edges. If you wanted a key chain, you had to dig out a hole punch. (Do they still make hole punches?) This kit has done all the hard work for you, so you can sit back and color, without having to worry about making the hole the right size to string on a necklace or earrings. My kids love it, and if I'm being honest, so do I. It's so much fun! So why the 4 stars rather than 5? Well, it's the hoops for the earrings. They are cheap and frankly, I wouldn't wear them, let alone allow my daughter to. But really, that's only a minor drawback. This is a great set, and we love giving it as a gift, after having so much fun with it ourselves. :)

You remember Shrinky Dinks. Don't you? Of course, you do. These things have been around for years and there is a reason for that. They're very cheap and a lot of fun! I purchased this jewelry set along with http://amzn.to/1AMroXR last year for Christmas. They both made a nice and cheap gifts that put big smiles on my daughter's face. However, when the boxes were open, the Shrinky Dinks jewelry set got used 10x more often than that other 'Infinity set'. My girls had way more fun making, baking and wearing the crafts from the Shrinky Dinks jewelry set. And after a 6 months, I don't think I've seen any items leftover from that fancy 'Infinity' set. On the other hand, the Shrinky dinks necklaces still get worn and I'm getting birthday requests for more. Even for older girls, this one should be a no-brainer. Shrinky Dinks are fun and your kids will have fun crafting them. Just like you did when you were little.

This is a great thing to get for your kids, it will keep them busy for hours and hours they’ll be so quiet you’ll forget they exist. It will also serve their mental health with creativity and help them learn to do things on their own, helping them learn to use empty time for productive things. I watched the kids how they colored these plastic looking things and put it into the oven. It was amazing to see how that thing melted so perfectly into a miniature that you can hang onto a keychain (it’s really cute). This is really made of some good quality material not just some junk. Buy it and you won’t regret it, and your kids will thank you.

I bought this for my twin girls when they were almost 5. It is still one of their favorite craft projects even as kindergartners at almost 6. It is always the first gift they think to give their friends. It has become our go-to-gift for birthday parties. There is a nice variety of projects with a lot of pieces to color. It makes for a nice gift as it doesn't get used up in one use and is reasonably priced. Each time we give it, the girls love it as a gift and the moms get to reminisce about the days when we did Shrinky Dinks as kids. Who doesn't love to watch them bake!

This had a large variety of cut outs to color and shrink, which my daughter (6) found to be a great activity. It kept her and her friend busy for hours. However, there is not enough elastic string and the metal pieces necessary to make all the cuts into jewellery. Also, in the directions it shows to use small metal rings to attach the dinks to the earring, but the kit does not come with these rings at all. So, very disappointing in this sense. I can of course buy these separately - but I would expect it to come with the kit if they show up on the directions.