Sugar Skull Shrinkies

Mmm... sugar skulls. Tasty.

I got inspired via Martha, again. I decided to make my own little something.

Remember the shrinkidink post? It just keeps popping back up to haunt you, I know. I made the cute little "love skull" as a template for my own jewelry project.

If you click on the skull picture to the right, a larger version will open. Feel free to print that; it should print at 3.25" or so.

If you are printing directly only printable shrink-plastic I would suggest you do a test print first (since a browser window is not printer friendly, and I haven't done enough testing to justify a .pdf yet). If you are tracing, place this little guy under your shrink plastic and trace away.

The red dots are intended to be cut out, or use a hole punch -- they will allow you to attach this to a chain so it can be worn. The black areas you can cut out or leave as-is. If you are tracing, consider tracing in bright colors (reds, oranges, blues) to really make it feel like a sugar skull.

Once the plastic shrinks, it will be about 1/3 of it's original size. My finished plastic piece was 1.20" high or so. I decided to cut out the eyes, the nose, and the letters in the word "love." It was not easy and took great care.

I used a flat-finish modgepodge to seal the ink after shrinking my skull. I think my next step is to make a smaller template so I can incorporate these into earrings.