These cute tulip earrings can be handmade at home by drawing, cutting, heating and shrinking a sheet of shrink art plastic. Download the template and watch the video to make your own.
Short Making Video (overview)
Shrink art (a.k.a. shrinky dinks, or “puraban” in Japanese) isn’t only for making flat creations; three-dimensional shapes can be made too. When the charm is baked, it gets smaller and thicker – making them durable and light-weight, perfect for crafting jewellery.
Watch me make these cute pair of tulip earrings from a sheet of plastic. (Short & Sweet version.)
Long Making Video (real time)
This is an extended video of a short clip I’ve uploaded in the past to share the entire process. The cuts are in real time so you might want to view it in double speed.
What you’ll need
Materials (Craft kit coming back soon):
- Frosted shrink art plastic sheet
- 2x earring hooks – I used surgical stainless ear wires
- 2x jump rings
- 2x long eye pins
- 2x 8mm round beads – to help shape the tulip petals
Tools:
- Coloured pencils or markers
- A pair of scissors
- A hole puncher – a single hole punch is best
- Jewellery pliers – to assemble the earrings
- An oven or hot sandwich press – to shrink, thicken, and harden your charm
- Baking paper and foil tray
- A pair of winter gloves – to protect your hands from heat
Steps summary
Here is the summary of steps to make it. Watch the long making video above for details.
1 – Trace and colour in 2 flower & 2 leaf charm plans.
2 – Cut them out with a pair of scissors. Punch holes for jump rings.
3 – Heat one charm in the oven or sandwich press for about 30~60 seconds until it stops shriveling and shrinking.
4 – Wear a pair of winter gloves to protect your hands. While it’s still hot, bend it to shape before it hardens. (Watch the long making video above for details.)
5 – Repeat with all charms and assemble the earrings.
Template download (PDF & SVG)
You can print out the PDF template and trace over it to make your own tulip earrings. Or if you have a cutting machine like a Cricut Maker, you can use the SVG file to cut it out (and colour it in after).
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