https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/unlucky-charm-bracelet • Posted by Gertie
This Friday the 13th it's time to embrace and face all the things that make people nervous, I used a bat, a broken mirror, a voodoo doll, a raven, the number 13, a black cat, a full moon, an owl, and an open umbrella inside. For the charms on my bracelet I made homemade shrinkies from recycled #6 plastic. (Shrinkies were a huge hit with campers at summer camp. You can buy Shrinkie Dink plastic sheets, but why bother when you can recycle something.)
This Friday the 13th it's time to embrace and face all the things that make people nervous, I used a bat, a broken mirror, a voodoo doll, a raven, the number 13, a black cat, a full moon, an owl, and an open umbrella inside. For the charms on my bracelet I made homemade shrinkies from recycled #6 plastic. (Shrinkies were a huge hit with campers at summer camp. You can buy Shrinkie Dink plastic sheets, but why bother when you can recycle something.)
Start with #6 plastic. (The kind you often find from deli containers. I used a cookie container.)
Cut shape. I cut circles all the same size.
I printed off a sheet of clip art I found on the computer as a template to trace my designs.
Use magic markers/Sharpies to trace and decorate.
Punch hole in plastic before they go in the oven. It will be too thick after wards.
Place in a pre-heated 350-400 degree oven. They will curl up, shrink, then flatten out and stop shrinking. They only take a few seconds so watch them.
This picture shows how much they can shrink form the original size to the final size.
Get chain ready with latch attached on end. The jump rings are for attaching the charms to the chains of the bracelet.
Attach the charms by the jump rings to the chain. Space evenly.
Wear and enjoy.