See more ideas about plastic crafts upcycle plastic bottle crafts.
Shiny plastic sheets that melt in oven jewlery.
Something for shaping the bracelet a can is a good choice and usually around the right size.
Most of us simply toss empty plastic bottles away without a second thought.
Cheapy plastic pony beads available at craft stores for around 5 for a pound a cookie cutter and cookie sheet or muffin tins or other shape nonstick metal cooking vessel it doesn t ruin the pan.
Friendly plastic doesn t seem to be carried in craft stores the way it was in the 80 s and 90 s but i think it can be purchased online.
Bake your design for one to two minutes.
Intricate designs may require placement and softening of a few pieces at a time.
My particular acrylic is 3mm 123 or 3 253 i put it in for 5 minutes worked great for my thickness.
Time varies depending on thickness of the plastic.
Place the plastic sticks on the aluminum foil in the desired pattern.
When oven is at 300 place the plastic on a piece of aluminum foil on the baking sheet.
You can still use it for food later an oven set to 400 jewelry wire or glass or metal beads and ribbon.
Next place the cd shiny side up on top of the oven safe bowl so it overlaps the top.
May 17 2017 melt it shrink it recycle it or upcycle it into something cool.
If you ve already made our pony bead clippies or pony bead necklace then you know how the magic works place the beads on a craft use only cookie sheet melt them in the oven and voile.
However learning to melt them with a toaster oven and mold them is an inexpensive hobby that will let you explore your creative side while also giving those bottles a brand new existence.
Plastic will melt together.
The longer the plastic is left in the oven the more inlaid and flat the surface will become.
Some sheets are machine sanded frosted sheets that usually come in packs of 10.
Some shrinky dinks come pre cut and with designs already outlined on them and others will just be the plastic sheets.
May 11 2014 explore tkament s board melted plastic ideas on pinterest.
Putting them in the oven partly melted them so they stuck together and spread out a bit if the heating was long enough.
Put the baking sheet bowl and cd in the preheated oven and bake until the cd starts to get soft and bends to the shape of the bowl.
See more ideas about melted plastic plastic bottles recycle plastic bottles.
Don t use oily or waxy substances like crayons or oil paint on shrinky dinks because they will melt in high heat.