Homemade Christmas Gifts: Shrinky Dink Photo Ornaments

What could be more fun

and more personal

than Christmas Ornaments

with family photos?!

I was SO EXCITED

when I found ink jet printable

shrinky dink film

at our local craft store (Michaels).

I got to work making ornaments

for teachers, bus drivers,

grandmas, and myself!

The Mini-Saurus and her sassy self

in her red glitter shoes.

(made one for me

and one for grandma)

You have to read the directions

and adjust your printer

color settings

to dilute the color and crank up the contrast.

I trimmed my corners of my film

with my scrapbooking corner rounder punch.

I used a star shaped hole punch

for most of the ornaments.

After they baked in the oven,

I used gold craft wire,

needle nose wire pliers, and

assorted glass beads from my

collection to make the "hangers"

Teacher gift for Mini-Saurus'

preschool teacher

(photo of them on the first day of school)

The Frog Princess' Bus Driver.

(Bus Driver Gift)

remember the hand sanitizer

and school bus

rock paper weights

we made last year?

Another Teacher Gift

The Frog Princess and her teacher this year!