Nanny, Iris and Bertie Discover Sizzix Shrink Plastic

My apologies for a certain little monkey who got in on one of the shots!

To be honest, I can’t remember what prompted me to order a pack of 10 A4 sheets of white frosted Sizzix Shrink Plastic (Amazon £7.99) but Iris and Bertie have loved  and run with it.

It was Bertie who was the most enamoured, as he is continually fascinated by different materials, tools and how they work together.

…… And, in turn, I am absolutely fascinated by Bertie’s little pudgy hands, I could just eat them …… knowing that one day they’ll all of a sudden change, grow bigger, more masculine, perhaps even hairy and work worn, but I am sure they will be mechanically creative hands knowing the boy and his enquiring mind, because everything he makes has to have a purpose.

Iris is the dreamer, with an imagination that is a million miles away, her head always buried in a book and then fired by the adventures within them in all her games and creativity.

After being shrunk with the help of a heat gun these first attempts weren’t as flat as had been hoped.  Iris and Bertie had wanted to turn these mini, experimental masterpieces into brooches for mummy and aunties, but the strong glue I used to attach the brooch backs melted through the white frosting affect of the shrunken plastic resulting in clear patches and the fastening showing through.

…….. however, two layers of paper glued on the back of a new design quickly solved that problem. 

A couple of days later reaped much better results, with Bertie deciding that a hole to hold a thread  by which to hang his designs from might work better ……….

….….. especially when Nanny also found a little wooden tree to hang all their new and future creations from.

What a team ….. happy times to wash the school day away before tea, making beautiful tranklements and childhood memories ……. and  it don’t get any better than that.