The sheets of plastic you get in a Shrinky Dinks kit is polystyrene—the same stuff as recycled plastic #6, which is commonly used for those clear clamshell containers you see in cafeterias.

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The magical world of Shrinky Dinks -- an arts and crafts material used by children since the 1970s -- has taken up residence in a Northwestern University laboratory. A team of nanoscientists is ...

FAIRFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ALEX BRANDS ® announced today that Shrinky Dinks ® has joined its family of brands, which includes ALEX TOYS ® , POOF ®, SLINKY ®, SCIENTIFIC EXPLORER ...

Shrinky Dink Science Creates Tiny Dark Evil Creatures. ... I made my own Shrinky Dinks out of hard, ... as part of our exploration of polymers. You don't have to make cute little keychain bobs ...

Moon Phase Shrinky Dink Necklace. Season 1 Episode 42 | 1m 13s. Making a moon phase necklace is a great way to learn the eight key lunar phases. Aired 06/16/2014 | Rating NR. Crafts for Kids.

From our friend, Aaron Rowe, over at Wired Science: Hack: Young Professor Makes Lab-on-a-Chip with Shrinky Dink and Toaster Oven A young professor has used her favorite childhood toy, a laser ...

By inscribing patterns in hydrogels with a laser and then shrinking the gels down to about one-thirteenth their original size, the researchers created patterns with details as small as 25 ...

Robot Made of Shrinky-Dink Polymer Folds Itself in 4 Minutes The robot begins as a flat sheet and uses heat to get into shape By Anna Simmonds , Nature magazine on August 8, 2014 ...