Shrinky Dinks Party!
Indiana Jonas celebrated five years of life on October 25th.
To honor the occasion, we had a small party at our house. I told him that he could invite 5 friends, and he came up with a guest list of 4 people.
I kept suggesting other friends to make the 5th guest, but he denied them all.
The party was low key and low stress. The kids came over and we had a “favortivity” (party favor + activity in one!) planned: a cool Shrinky Dinks party kit!
I remember Shrinky Dinks from my childhood, and was pleased to learn that they are still around!
The Enchanted Kingdom Party Pack that we got is from Joobli Studio, a boutique toy development company that specializes in entertaining products that inspire imagination and creativity.
I was really pleased with the Enchanted Kingdom Joobli Party Pack. It retails for $18.95 and includes 8 themed invitations and envelopes, a themed poster to decorate the party room, 32 original images for tracing, 8 ball chains for guests to make party favors and 8 Shrinky Dinks sheets.
I filled out the invitations and slipped them into the kids’ bags at preschool. Pretty handy since my usual method of inviting people to my home is via email. But these are my son’s school mates and I don’t know their parents e-mail addresses.
The kit itself is made for the kids to trace or draw freehand the images they want to color and bake, but since my guests were young, I traced a medley of images on each sheet, and made a bag tag template for each child with their name already written on it.
The kids just had to color, cut and bake.
Baking it is the cool part, so as the adult present I got a front row seat at the oven. The Shrinky Dinks start to curl when they shrink so I flattened them with a metal spatula while they were still warm.
Other activities at Jojo’s party included eating stuff, playing with Jojo’s toys, and a few songs by Papa on the guitar.
It was hard to choose which Party Pack to use: there are several great themes like Wild West, Tiki Island, Enchanted Kingdom, Circus Jubilee or Christmas.
Creative Child Magazine awarded its Seal of Excellence to the Enchanted Kingdom Fun Pack and Circus Jubilee Party Pack, and TDMonthly Magazine’s counted the collection among the “Top 10 Artsy Toys for Toy Fair 2008.”
If you aren’t having a party, Joobli’s Fun Packs (retail price $17.95) come in a handy package that includes a foldout poster, 32+ original images for tracing, 6 sheets of shrinkable plastic, foolproof make-and-bake instructions and 8 ball chains to make bag tags. The themes available in Fun Pack from are Wild West, Tiki Island, Enchanted Kingdom and Circus Jubilee.
I think the Christmas Fun Pack ($17.95) and the Christmas Refill Pack ($9.95) would be a great way for kids to make really unique presents for loved ones. There’s a foldout Christmas poster, 24 original images and even a Christmas poem.
Joobli Studios is giving away some Shrinky Dinks right here! Owww owww! The prize will be winner’s choice from the five options for Fun or Party Packs. Yes!
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25 October 2009, 9:01 pm
I think the wild west would go best for my kiddo. I would invite some of his friends over from preschool, just because! Kids love to have play dates and it’s hard to get friends over because we live farther away than the other kids do from each other.
25 October 2009, 9:02 pm
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25 October 2009, 9:02 pm
Happy Birthday, JoJo!
I’d love to try the Tiki Island or Enchanted Kingdom fun kits. I loved Shrinky Dinks when I was little and I am sure Roo and even Jasper would love them now.
26 October 2009, 6:14 am
i’d like to win the Shrinky Dinks Circus Jubilee Fun Pack. having a funtivity party sounds like a great idea!
26 October 2009, 6:15 am
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26 October 2009, 6:46 am
I would love to win the Enchanted Kingdom Fun Pack for my niece for Christmas-she’d LOVE it!
26 October 2009, 6:48 am
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26 October 2009, 7:18 am
i would love to have the Wild West party pack - i would love just to do this with my kids. I grew up with shrinky dinks and loved coloring and cooking them!!!
26 October 2009, 7:23 am
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26 October 2009, 7:31 am
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26 October 2009, 8:10 am
main entry: first off I love the title of this giveaway very creative” our choice would be the Wild West one> my grandson would love this> we would use it to decorate the christmas tree in the theme thanks
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26 October 2009, 8:11 am
I would LOVE to win this for my 5 yr old grandson who loves to craft with mamaw & western theme is his favorite thanks
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26 October 2009, 8:12 am
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26 October 2009, 8:14 am
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26 October 2009, 8:58 am
My 7yo daughter is going to have a Christmas party and the Christmas Fun Pack would be a great activity for all of them.
26 October 2009, 8:59 am
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26 October 2009, 9:45 am
I would love the Christmas Fun Pack for my grandkids. I always put together gift packs of projects and fun things for the kids to do for Christmas and this would be perfect! Thank you so much!
26 October 2009, 9:45 am
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26 October 2009, 9:53 am
I like the Christma set–it would be so much fun when all the grandkids and friends get together
26 October 2009, 9:54 am
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26 October 2009, 10:40 am
I think the Shrinky Dinks Circus Fun Pack would be great fun - I remember when I was a kid, we would make some shrinky dinks and use them as Christmas tree ornaments - I think that would be fun to do again with my daughter, thanks!
26 October 2009, 10:41 am
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26 October 2009, 3:54 pm
I’d love to win the Shrinky Dinks Christmas Fun Pack. We drive 800 miles to spend the holidays with our kids and grandkids and I love to bring along some craft things to do with the grandkids. I loved Shrinky Dinks when my kids were little and would like to introduce the grandkids to them.
26 October 2009, 3:55 pm
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26 October 2009, 3:58 pm
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26 October 2009, 5:26 pm
Aw, happy birthday Jojo! What a great idea for a party.
I loved Shrinky Dinks growing up, and didn’t get to do them much since my mom was quite busy keeping 5 kids away from the oven.
I’d love to win the Christmas pack to make some ornaments for Soren’s little tree. It would be fun to do with a few of his friends.
26 October 2009, 5:27 pm
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26 October 2009, 7:25 pm
wild west set would be my sons favorite
26 October 2009, 7:26 pm
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26 October 2009, 10:00 pm
I would love to win the Christmas pack! My girls had Shrinky Dinks a few years ago and loved them!
26 October 2009, 10:01 pm
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26 October 2009, 10:38 pm
i think i’d like the circus pack. I have quite a few kids so I would use this as a rainy day activity to keep them occupied
26 October 2009, 10:39 pm
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27 October 2009, 11:54 am
Enchanted kingdom - somehow I missed out on these as a kid, but they’ve always looked so cool!
27 October 2009, 1:04 pm
oh, please—you’re never too old for Shrinky Dinks! my daughter is almost 15, but she and her friends would love the Enchanted Kingdom fun pack. i have big girl shrinky dinks, as in shrink plastic, but am, sadly, not very shareful . . .
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27 October 2009, 8:10 pm
I would have to get the Enchanted Kingdom. This would be perfect for my daughter’s birthday party this spring.
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01 November 2009, 3:40 pm
I think the Christmas Fun Pack would be fun to have and I would use it when I host a playdate in December and let all the kids make them…maybe make Christmas decorations for their trees! How fun!
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01 November 2009, 5:01 pm
The Wild West fun pack would be a neat activity to do with my nephew when he visits.
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I like the Circus Jubilee pack. This would be a great indoor craft for rainy or snowbound days.
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