Love Hearts Charm Bracelet

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  Step 1

  Make a paper template of a heart. Remember you will want this to be a lot bigger than the actual end size of the hearts. Check the instructions with your plastic to see how much it will shrink by.

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  Step 2

  Use your template to draw out hearts on to the rough side of a sheet of shrink plastic. Make sure to use a permanent marker to draw on the plastic or it will just wipe off. Write little love heart messages inside the hearts.

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  Step 3

  When the ink is all dry, cut each of the hearts out.

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  Step 4

  Use a hole punch to make holes in each of the hearts. It's important to do this before you shrink the plastic otherwise you might end up snapping the hearts.

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  Step 5

  Cover a baking sheet in tin foil and space out the hearts on top. Place in an oven heated at 350° for a few minutes. The plastic hearts will curl up, shrink and then lay flat again. When the hearts lay flat again remove them from the oven.

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  Step 6

  Place a heavy book down on top of the hearts to ensure that they cool flat.

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  Step 7

  You have now made your love heart charms.

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  Step 8

  Cut a length of chain that fits nicely around your wrist.

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  Step 9

  Attach a jewellery clasp at one end and a jump ring at the other end of the chain.

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  Step 10

  Slip a large jump ring through the hole on each charm.

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  Step 11

  Attach the jump rings to the chain, close them and you're all done.

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Fading Ink · 6 projects 19th November 2008

Wow - i absolutely love this - but i have no idea where to buy the jump rings or chainy bits Where can you get them?

xx

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katiebugs :) 29th October 2008

ooh who's Tom? lol

very very cool
think i might make a version with hama beads. X

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Nicole Renee · Kansas City, Missouri, US · 16 projects 18th March 2008

That's Cute!

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Singingpraisehomemaker · 7 projects 8th February 2008

Loove it lol we finally got some shrinky dink lol

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 23rd October 2007

You should be able to find shrink plastic in a local art or craft store, last resort ebay. It's about 1/2cm think when cooked!

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Tiffany S. · North Carolina, North Carolina, US · 1 project 23rd October 2007

This is such a cute idea!

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Akira

June 30th, 2007

This is really cute! Where can I find shrink plastic and how thick is it?

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kevin

April 21st, 2007

i did not do it right

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Emma B

March 3rd, 2007

i think this is a really cool idea!

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aqeel Ijaz

January 24th, 2007

love u

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