Shrinky Dink Earrings

 

I love to make adorable earrings for myself. I often use beads, clay, or... shrinky dink! It is very easy to make earrings with. Usually shrinky dink is clear, so if you don't want to draw yourself, it is very easy to trace. If you don't have peirced ears you can still have lots of fun making charms.

Start by deciding what charm you want. Don't be afraid to make asemetrical earrings. If you need some inspiration you can start by looking at my picture on the top of the page, and look at your own earrings. You can also look up pictures on google. Because earrings are so small, choose simple drawings so you can see them once they shrink.

Once you decide what to make, decide if you will draw it yourself or trace someone else's drawing. For my narwhale earings I drew the picture. I drew on paper first. Make sure your drawings is bigger than earrings because it will shrink.

Place your shrinky dink over the drawing. Trace. I am using a black colored pencil.

If your earings are asymetrical, repeat with the second picture. If not, flip your shrinky dink with the drawing over. Then place a second peice of shrinky dink over it.

Trace the drawing on the new peice. When you take them apart you get mirror images.

Color the drawings in. I find it helpful to place it on white paper so you can see what is already colored. Remember you need to color white parts to. I used colored pencils.

Cut around the drawings. Leave space to punch a hole.

Follow the instructions to bake yours.

Attatch a jump ring and an earring hook to each charm. You can also add beads if you want.

Thanks for reading! Have fun and add your own style to the project.