Cornucopia of Creativity: “I’m thankful for” necklace — Kids Craft {Brie Brie Blooms}

I’m so happy to be part of the Mom Endeav­ors Cor­nu­copia of Cre­ativ­ity again this year!  I par­tic­i­pated last year and shared my Grate­ful Board.  This year I’m back from my new blog, Brie Brie Blooms.  I’m excited to show you how to make a fun kids craft that will become a keep­sake for you later.

My daugh­ter is almost four years old and was in com­plete awe of the magic Shrinky Dink used for this project.

Sup­plies:

• Shrinky Dink page
• Blue, red, and black col­ored pen­cils or per­ma­nent mark­ers (you can­not use crayons or water based mark­ers on the Shrinky Dink page)
• Printed note­book paper tem­plate (included below)
• Jump Ring and neck­lace (we used a chain but you could eas­ily put the charm on leather, rib­bon, or cord instead)
• Scis­sors, hole punch, and needle-nose pli­ers (not shown)

Start by print­ing the image below on a blank piece of paper.  If you copy and paste it into a word doc­u­ment and want the charm sized exactly like the one in this tuto­r­ial, be sure the drawn note­book page mea­sures three by four inches.

The Shrinky Dink charm will shrink about three times the size of your orig­i­nal image.

Place the Shrinky Dink page rough side up directly over the note­book tem­plate and trace with col­ored pen­cils.  Then use black marker or pen­cil to write on the first line of the drawn paper.  If you have older chil­dren you can skip this step and let them write on the paper themselves.

This is a per­fect time for a fun Thanks­giv­ing dis­cus­sion with your fam­ily.  Then let your chil­dren draw or write the things they are thank­ful for directly onto the Shrinky Dink page.

My daugh­ter drew our fam­ily (her, mommy, daddy, our two cats, and our dog). Cute!

Cut out the drawn image and punch a hole in the top.  Pre­heat your oven to 325 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with a brown paper bag and place your Shrinky Dink page directly on top.

Leave in oven for 3 min­utes and 30 sec­onds.  When you remove the pan from the oven you might notice the edges of the charm are slightly curled upward.  If this hap­pens, use a spat­ula to quickly remove the charm from the pan and place it on a cool sur­face.  Press the charm flat with a potholder.  The charm will cool quickly.

Once cooled, sim­ply add your jump ring and slide onto your necklace.

I’m look­ing for­ward to my daugh­ter wear­ing her new neck­lace this week!  These would make great gifts for grand­par­ents too!

Thanks so much for let­ting me stop by to share this kids craft!