Deinonychus Keyring

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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.

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  Step 2

  I 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.

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  Step 3

  I 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.

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  Step 4

  I 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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Dragoness · 28 projects 6th September 2011

I just realised it looks a lot like the dino from the meme thingy lmao!

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Dragoness · 28 projects 6th September 2011

i need a heat gun, just for the fun and ease of not turning on the oven i was worried at first that it would stick to itself - it curled up so much.
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.

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bindiibabe · Dundee, Scotland, GB · 20 projects 6th September 2011

Awww, thats cute (in a "gobbets of flesh hanging from the teeth" kinda way)

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!

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