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a dino for my fiance's keys
I made a deinonychus keyring for my fiancé because he loves dinosaurs and a deinonychus is his favourite. It looks like a velociraptor.
I'm proud of it, it was my first time using shrink plastic.
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Dragoness entered her project Deinonychus Keyring to cutey
03 Apr 19:41
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Step 1
First off, I asked my guy what his favourite dinosaur was. He said deinonychus so I googled it and confirmed I had the correct image.
I selected one I like and printed it off. -
Step 2I traced the image onto clear shrink plastic then turned it over and coloured it in.
Then I punched a hole above its head and cut it out. Cutting it out was a bit tricky. -
Step 3I turned the oven on to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F) and watched it (as per the instructions).
"The plastic will curl and twist. WAIT UNTIL IT LIES FLAT. It will then be pliable and fully shrunk."
I watched it do this, it was awesome!
The instructions said to flattened it but it was already flat. -
Step 4I added a jump ring and attached it to a keyring. Now I just have to give it to him. I hope he likes it.
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I was going to make a fimo dino but decided that copying a picture was easier then sculping with fingerprints. annoyingly when I cut it the plastic sort of broke in the corners because of the way i cut it, but it's a learning curve.
Shrink Plastic is awesome! I NEVER get tired watching it work...its like art-meets-science-meets-magic
It's cool when you use a heatgun - then you can REALLY see it do its stuff!