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Make a cute 3D cat hair clip with shrinky dinks.

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published See Cat Morley's 1145 projects »
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  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 1
    Step 1

    Start by making your templates, remember they have to be seven times bigger than the size you want your finished hair clip.

    You'll need a big cat head, a slightly smaller cat head, an eye and a whisker.

    You can use my template by downloading the PDF.

    Cut these out.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 2
    Step 2

    Draw around your big cat head, whisker and eye templates on to black shrink plastic.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 3
    Step 3

    Cut out one head, two eyes and two whiskers, flipping the template for the reverse.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 4
    Step 4

    Use the smaller cat head template to cut out a cat head from clear shrink plastic.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 5
    Step 5

    When you've cut out all of your pieces, you should have something that looks like this.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 6
    Step 6

    Shrink down the plastic (according to your packs instructions) in an oven until small.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 7
    Step 7

    Draw around the small cat head on to shiny silver paper.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 8
    Step 8

    Cut the paper out a little bit smaller and stick to the black cat head.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 9
    Step 9

    Using clear adhesive, stick the clear head on to the black and then attach the features. Leave to dry.

  • How to make a plastic hair clip. Kitty Hair Clip - Step 10
    Step 10

    Glue a hair clip to the back, leave to dry and wear. Meow!

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victoria j.
victoria j. · 1 project
i love it im def going to try this i live to put bows and ute stuff like this in my hair all the time!!! thanks
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Jonah C.
Jonah C. · 1 project
I like! Happy
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Lolly.Bot
Lolly.Bot · Enfield, England, GB
Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute

I love it!!
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Grace D
Grace D · London, GB · 83 projects
Hehe aww this is so cute!
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