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Home / Holidays/Themes / Spring/Easter / How-To: Shrink Plastic Flower Head Pins

How-To: Shrink Plastic Flower Head Pins

March 27, 2012

Spring has sprung early here in North Eastern Ohio, and we’ve got lovely flowers blooming outside. I used some shrink plastic to make some sweet little flower head pins and  bring some of that “spring” indoors to my crafting table.

Shrink Plastic flower headpins craft

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They are actually really easy. Let me show you how to make them!

You’ll need:

  • Clear shrink plastic (I used clear for that translucent look.)
  • White glass “corsage” pins
  • Alcohol-based markers (I used LetraSet ProMarkers, but Copics or Spectrum Noir would work too.
  • 2 inch flower punch (I used the “Whale of a Punch” by EK Success, but this die would be great, too!)
  • 1/8 inch hole punch
  • Heat tool
  • Sanding block or sandpaper
  • Hot Glue Gun Helpers (not mandatory, but really helpful)

First, punch out your shapes with the punch. You can add a small hole as shown, but really it’s not necessary.

Then scuff up your plastic using the sanding block and color the sanded area using your alcohol-based markers. If you didn’t punch a hole in the middle , now you can just pierce it with the headpin, like so.

Shrink Plastic flower headpins craft

Make sure that the scuffed/colored surface is face DOWN, away from the headpin.

Next, apply heat and shrink the plastic. It will curl up and rock around a bit, but when the plastic is fully shrunk it will be flat.

Let it cool for a few seconds so you can handle it safely. While it’s still warm and pliable, gently draw the petals forward over the headpin to shape them, like so:

Shrink Plastic flower headpins craft

Use Hot Glue Gun Helpers if you have them handy!

Repeat until you have a full bouquet of shrink plastic flower pins. Next, I’ll show you how to make the cute little pincushion. Stay tuned!

Shrink Plastic flower headpins craft

That’s it! These are adorable just sitting in a pincushion, but you could also add them to cards, ATCs, or other cute mixed media projects!

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Comments

  1. CIndy deRosier says

    March 27, 2012 at 13:37

    I love this idea! So cute!

  2. Dee in NH says

    March 27, 2012 at 18:54

    That’s awesome! Love those sweet little flowers!

  3. Julie says

    March 27, 2012 at 23:42

    Sooo cool. I had not heard of this kind of shrink plastic befpre. You could do so many fun things with it!!!

  4. Brandi says

    March 28, 2012 at 10:48

    That is a really cute idea!

  5. Vicki O'Dell says

    March 29, 2012 at 17:56

    OH! Man! LOVE this idea. There are so many pretty heads on floral pins these days. I could really go to town with this one! 🙂

  6. Alexa says

    March 30, 2012 at 14:49

    FYI, you can use any #6 clear plastic for this. It’s used for some take-out and bakery containers. Just look for the #6 in the triangle that’s used to differentiate plastics for recycling. If you are lucky enough to have curbside recycling, you can get a nearly endless supply of the stuff.

    You could also use it to make buttons. Just be sure to punch the holes ahead of time. A regular office-type hole puncher works just fine. And you can shrink things in the oven at 275ºF for a just about a minute. They’ll curl up and then uncurl, just keep an eye on things.

  7. Connie says

    April 7, 2012 at 22:32

    So adorable and clever!! <3 <3 <3 Lurves my "Craft Test Dummies!!!"

  8. Moira says

    May 14, 2012 at 10:42

    That is so super cute!

  9. Stazzi says

    May 20, 2012 at 10:11

    HaH! I finally tried making these. They are so cute. I mostly used TH’s tattered flower die. I colored some with the TH distress pens and others with copic markers. Both worked well. Then after shrinking them, I added diamond stickles to some and glossy accents to others. That really enhanced the color.

  10. Janel from NellieBellie says

    December 31, 2012 at 11:08

    These are fantastic! I thought they would be so much harder then this. NOT!! Love!

  11. louise says

    February 24, 2013 at 09:16

    So lovely I just made these and I am delighted with them thank you so much!

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