Shrinky Dink Necklaces

I have a day off, so I thought I would place around with shrink plastic.  Here is what I made today!

The last one is actually a memento for an alter for a friend that passed away.  He was a marine biologist and was especially found of the octopus.  His wife told me that he always likes when the animal prevails over mankind.  Which is what is happening here.

And since life is a circle, I will close with this necklace.  In celebration of a new beautiful being that was born, named Juniper.

Hand print shrinky dinks

This was a fun project with a beautuful outcome.  I had a lot of disasters before I got them to not curl up and stick to each other.  One trick was not to cut out the fingers all the way.  But most importantly, have two pairs of pliers ready to unstick them, then put the back in the oven to flatten out.  Once they are flat-ish, sandwich them between two pieces of parchment paper, with a heavy book on top until they harden flat.