Friday, March 20, 2015

Shrinky Dink® Stuffed Animal Goggles

I have previously blogged (see: http://campbelldemo.blogspot.com/2012/05/homemade-shrinky-dinks.html) about how transparent polystyrene packaging such as those used to hold baked goods can be used to make plastic trinkets, and how this polymer behavior is the basis for Shrinky Dinks®, a craft/toy that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and can still be purchased today (®Shrinky Dinks is the Registered Trademark of K & B Innovations, Inc.).  I have found that if you trace a pair of lab goggles onto a sufficiently large piece of polystyrene packaging, cut it out, punch a hole at either side, and shrink it in a toaster oven, the resulting goggle shape is a size that fits stuffed animals. I used an elastic band to hold the "goggles" in place.

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