honey, i shrunk the art
i’m not in love with plastics, but who can resist the magic of shrinky dinks
hello my name is: basil
sure, there are so many wonderful materials and ways to create waterproof plant ID tags out there, but i immediately thought of how much fun novi has been having with coloring and scribbling lately, so why not color on shrinky dink sheets to make tags? today we headed to michael’s to get shrinky dinks (we opted for the “frosted: ruff n’ ready” kind,) and novi got busy decorating the pages with regular colored pencils. if you get the frosted ones, directions say to color on the rough side.
novi & her best friend coloring the shrinky dink sheets
then i cut her drawings into simple oval shapes (any shape will do — it’d be fun to make tiny animals, flowers, etc.) i wrote the herb names on the shiny side of the plastic sheet with a sharpie. (how i adore sharpies.)
cut and labeled
we heated our toaster oven to 325 degrees and watched as they magically condensed into tiny, thick, hard plastic discs.
watching the shrinkage
we attached craft picks (popsicle sticks, lollipop sticks, narrow dowel rods all work, too) to them using superglue (e6000 industrial glue is what the shrinky dink company recommends for the best adhesion.) if you wanna skip this step, cut shrinky dink paper tags into a long, rectangle with a point at the bottom or cut a post shape into the bottom of your desired shape and just push the one piece into the soil.
and now our little garden friends are ready to have a little meet & greet in our window sill while we make a beautiful herbed quiche.
nice to meetcha! wanna eatcha!
p.s. i punched holes into some of the extras (before baking) and made gift tags for future use.
for charmed gift packages
