Shrinky Dinks! by Belinda Mooney

Remember the days of Shrinky Dinks? Now your cans can make them too and you can recycle those styrofoam trays!

Styrofoam Tray Shrinks

Materials :

• Styrofoam tray
• clear plastic bakery container

Instructions :

1. Work in a well ventilated room - you may want to open the windows or do this outdoors.
2. Cut out shapes from meat Styrofoam tray and from clear plastic bakery container.
3. Place on piece of brown paper bag and put into toaster oven.
4. Cook at 300 degree F for a few seconds. (You may need to adjust the time or temperature.
5. You can also do this in a regular oven. Experiment with what works best with your oven.
6. You can watch the shapes curl, distort and eventually flatten (& stop their transformation) through the window. Then take them out.

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