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Shrink Plastic Christmas Ornaments
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How to Make Shrinky Dink Ornaments

These Shrinky Dink ornaments are SO FUN and super simple to make! Kids and adults will love colouring our free templates and watching them shrink like magic in the oven!
Active Time20 minutes
Baking Time3 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Yield: 1 shrinky dink ornament
Author: Debbie Chapman
Cost: $2

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

Step 1: Find what you need

  • Gather your supplies and materials.
    Shrinky Dink ornaments supplies

Step 2: Set up the shrink plastic sheet

  • Print one of our free Shrinky Dink ornament templates.
    Find the link for the Santa ornament in the materials list above, or scroll down below the tutorial for more ornament shapes.
    Shrinky Dink Ornaments
  • Tape the corners of the template to your working surface.
    Santa ornament template taped at top corners
  • Place a piece of shrink plastic over the template and tape its corners down as well.
    You should be able to see the template through the shrink film.
    Shrink plastic being taped over ornament template

Step 3: Colour the ornament

  • Colour in the picture on the shrink plastic sheet using permanent markers. Leave anything you want to be white blank.
    Santa with hat and face coloured
  • Trace the detail lines of the template using a black permanent marker.
    Black outlines drawn on Santa design

Step 4: Cut out the shape

  • Cut out the ornament shape, along the outline of the picture.
    Cutting Santa design around outline
  • Use a one hole punch to punch a hole at the top of your ornament.
    Hole punch on Santa hat

Step 5: Bake the ornament

  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set your ornament on top.
    Place the baking sheet in the oven, following package instructions for time and temperature.
    Pan with shrink plastic ornament entering oven
  • Leave the Shrinky Dink ornament in the oven until it shrinks, curls, and flattens out again. Ours took about 3 minutes.
    Shrink plastic Santa

Step 6: Add an ornament hanger

  • Cut an 8 to 10 inch piece of string or ribbon. Thread it through the hole at the top of the ornament and tie the two ends together in a knot.
    Shrink plastic Santa ornament
  • Your Shrinky Dink ornament is complete!
    Shrinky Dink Santa ornament

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Notes

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