This is one of the items Dylan and I got in our Mystery Box of Paper, a nice packet of them! I made the small owl out of a scrap, and a full sheet for the 5" owl! They're ridiculously fun to make, and so much easier and better-looking than back in the day we coloured and cut them by hand! ...which isn't to say I wouldn't try to make them in that way again...
(When cut, put in an oven at 325 degrees and in 1-2 minutes they shrink to a piece of hard, inflexible plastic!) @pamknowler said she didn't know anything about this product...
So you cut them on your Cricut cutter? They turned out really beautifully and I see you’ve shown the change is size from the space in the film to the final baked one.
@gardencat Yes, on the Cricut...longer blade-that I so seldom used!...and I tried some different settings as there was no "Shrink Film" setting!) It was all an experiment!
@pamknowler Dylan made a keychain holder for his brother, a surfer carrying his board. They're cute dimensional elements on cards. Dylan wanted the large owl for his bedroom door. We also made initials to put on things! ...etc... imaginations at work!
@bjywamer I raised two girls and never thought I'd have anything in common with boys' interests! I was certainly wrong about that! @ljmanning With the Cricut I can make the clean cuts, and they turn out so nicely! -I'd forgotten how much fun they could be!- @koalagardens @taffy It got its start years ago, when people discovered they could cut the plastic lids on plastic containers (soup, carry out, etc), draw on them with perm markers and shrink them! So the craft industry made & sold whole sheets for a substantial price, but I'm sure you could still cut up plastic lids!
@casablanca ...we each have our talents; you paint beautifully! Me, not so much... @ludwigsdiana Try a plastic lid from the grocery... same to you Issy @jamibann if you had any interest at all! @merrelyn Thanks...being able to cut them cleanly elevates them a long way since around 1975!
OK, I realize no one is going to rush out to try this, but only fair I explain the process if one person wants to give it a try! (Ask the grocer in the deli or meat dept for a plastic lid (or two!)
@ljmanning With the Cricut I can make the clean cuts, and they turn out so nicely! -I'd forgotten how much fun they could be!- @koalagardens
@taffy It got its start years ago, when people discovered they could cut the plastic lids on plastic containers (soup, carry out, etc), draw on them with perm markers and shrink them! So the craft industry made & sold whole sheets for a substantial price, but I'm sure you could still cut up plastic lids!
@ludwigsdiana Try a plastic lid from the grocery... same to you Issy @jamibann if you had any interest at all! @merrelyn Thanks...being able to cut them cleanly elevates them a long way since around 1975!
OK, I realize no one is going to rush out to try this, but only fair I explain the process if one person wants to give it a try! (Ask the grocer in the deli or meat dept for a plastic lid (or two!)