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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...