Shrinky Doodle Dinks
So, this is how it works in my house… I take out my “craft” thingies, and 3 seconds I’m getting mobbed by my girl squad, asking “Can I do that too? Can I have this paper? Can I use your markers?..” Which is pretty cool, and I hope they will share my “oh, I can make anything, if I feel like it” attitude 
But, they are also like a hurricane (or rather, 2 hurricanes) leaving path of distraction in their wake, which is the main reason I do most of my ‘crafting’ when they’re already in bed 
Among the debris left after my daughters’ creative endeavors, was this pile of shrinky dink plastic, from which they carefully cut out their pieces and left big chunks unused.
So, one quiet winter evening, I set up on a mission to make something out of nothing, so to speak. Here is how it went. I cut the leftovers into random shapes, smoothing sharp edges (or sometimes making them) and punching holes as I went. Then I proceeded with doodling on these shapes (some are kinda matching, but mostly it’s as random as the shapes themselves)
After all pieces were cut, punched and drawn upon, I colored them with bright pencils and metallic pens before laying them all out on a lined pan, just so:
The results are very cute, I think. They are rather small (see them next to a quarter), but bright and funky. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with all of them (I’m not meticulous enough to be a good jewelry maker, unfortunately)… we’ll see. Maybe they will magically appear in the Wearable Doodles section of my Doodlage Shop with hand painted wooded beads.
I am quite happy with how these little gems came out and that I saved from being wasted some of the expensive shrinking plastic. How do you make good use of your crafting leftovers? Share, please
Right now, I’m sewing together bits of fabric scraps – I can’t seem to get rid of them. Going to work these into bigger pieces or some creative fabric jewelry.