great activity to do together as a family

This Shrinky art kit is so much fun! I remember doing this when I was a kid so I was excited to do this activity with my own daughter. The kit comes with 72 pieces. There are 4 preprinted sheets with lots of different designs, 6 blank sheets so we can customize our own designs, a hole puncher tool, a set of long tweezers, 20 silver key rings, 20 silver earring hooks which makes 10 pairs of earrings and 20 multicolored lobster clasps. You will need extra items not included in the kit such as markers, color pencils or paints and scissors. The kit did not include any instructions at all so I went to Amazon and read some of the reviews to see what others had done. I also looked at some similar products for extra tips on how to effectively use this kit. I included some of the tips in the video I attached to this review.

The sheets have a shiny side and a matte side. Make sure to color or print on the matte side. Color the design, cut it out and punch the hole BEFORE baking. I set my oven to 325F and baked the Shrinky for 5 minutes. The Shrinky will start to curl up but be very patient because it will flatten back out again. I put the Shrinky on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. I also has a second piece of parchment paper and a metal spatula handy. As soon as I removed the Shrinky from the oven, I put the extra piece of parchment paper on top and pressed the Shrinky down with the metal spatula to help make sure it was as flat as possible. The Shrinky turned from a flexible piece of paper into a hard piece of plastic. It was very cool to see it happen. This is a fun kit and a great activity to do together as a family.

******If this included proper instructions, this would have definitely been a 5 star product. I gave it 4 stars because having the instructions is very important part of knowing how to use this kit.