Joobli Studios Shrinky Dinks Giveaway
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to commentor #160: Kerrie Mayans!
On Kacie’s last birthday, she received a Shrinky Dinks set as a gift. Up until then, I was never very familiar with this creative activity. However, after checking it out we found it to be a great way to spend the afternoon. So when we had the opportunity to review a Shrinky Dinks set from Joobli Studios, we just had to sign-up!
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Joobli Studio is a boutique toy development company with a passion for art and design. We develop entertaining products that inspire kids and families to incorporate imagination and creative play into their daily experiences.
OUR REVIEW
We selected the Circus Jubilee Shrinky Dinks Party Edition set to review. When I first opened up the package, I was very surprised. I thought this was going to be a basic Shrinky Dinks set but instead found out that it contained lots of cool things to hold our own Shrinky Dinks party:
- Circus poster and converts to an 8 x 10 photo frame with a place for guests to sign their names.
- 32+ Circus Jubilee line art images for tracing
- 8 sheets (8 x 10) of frosted Ruff ‘n Ready shrinkable plastic
- 8 Circus Jubilee party invitations
- 8 Circus Jubilee party invitation envelopes
- 8 ball chains for making bag tags favors
If you’re not familiar with Shrinky Dinks, it’s very simple and fun! Just trace your image onto the frosted paper, color in the image with colored pencils, cut around your image, and bake it. That’s it! What you’ll have is a cool picture that has shrunk down to one-third it’s original size. You can use your creation to make key chains, gift tags, bracelets, shoe charms, book marks . . . the possibilities are endless.
What I liked best about Joobli Studios Shrinky Dinks’s sets is the flexibility it allows. Most Shrinky Dinks set come with already printed pre-made images that you need to select from. This can cause some friction among my daughters because Kiana is at that age where she wants to do everything her big sister does. If there’s only one of each image, they end up fighting over who’s going to do which ones. Since Joobli 
Studios’s sets come with blank plastic sheets, the girls can trace the picture of their choosing, whether it be the same or different one from each other. They can also decide on their own what kind of overall shape they’d like their finish products to be. Plus, not all the images appeal to my girls so they can make their favorites over and over again. This ensures that we make the most out of each and every plastic sheet.
And for older and more independent children, like Kacie, she can draw her own images using a Sharpie and make her very own original designs. This allows her to express her love for art and creativity.
My only suggestion would be to make sure you bake them long enough. The directions says 1-3 minutes but I made the mistake of taking them out as soon as I saw the edges starting to curl. It wouldn’t flatten properly because they weren’t cooked long enough and I ended up having to throw them away. The second batch was left in for about 3 1/3 minutes and this time they turned out perfectly.
Shrinky Dinks are a great way for kids to spend an afternoon indoors and express their creativity. And with this party kit, we could invite some of the neighborhood kids over and have our own Shrinky Dinks party!
WIN IT!
Thanks to Joobli Studios, I have a Shrinky Dinks set to give away to one lucky winner. You may select from the following sets: Wild West, Tiki Island, Enchanted Kingdom, Circus Jubilee or Christmas theme. To enter:
- Just mention in comments before midnight, Nov 2nd which set you’d like to win. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified via email shortly thereafter.
- The winner will then have 3 days to claim their prize.
To earn extra entries, you may do one or all of the following. Each one counts as an extra ticket but you must leave a separate comment for each one.
- Become a Joobli Facebook friend.
- Subscribe to my feed.
- Follow me on Twitter.
- Tweet this giveaway.
- Place my button in your sidebar.
- Mention this giveaway on your blog with a link back here and to Joobli Studios.
This giveaway is open to US addresses. Good luck!
This post was written as part of a program for Joobli Studios, who provided the product for review & giveaway. I was not compensated in any way except for the free product. By entering this giveaway, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood, and agree to my disclosure policy.
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My daughter likes making Shrinky Dinks. I think she would like the Enchanted Kingdom set.
all of them look great, but the Christmas theme one.
I would like the Christmas theme if I win.
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Enchanted Kingdom or Circus Jubilee is what I would select
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I would like to win the wild west set
My girls would like the Enchanted Kingdom.
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The Joobli Studios Shrinky Dinks Christmas theme would be perfect. We have a smaller tree that the kids decorate and these would be perfect.
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It is tough to just pick one – but I think that I will go with The Enchanted Kingdom.
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I would like to win Wild West for my son.
I choose the Christmas Theme!
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I would choose the christmas theme.
my grandsons would love the wild west theme
would love the enchanted kingdom set for my daughter and i
I would choose the Christmas theme. when I was a child I had a set of Donald Duck and Maickey mouse shrinky dinks. We made ornaments. I still have them.
My daughter would love the Circus Jubilee set. Fun!
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We’d love to win the Tiki set! So cute
Alison would love to win the Christmas theme.
I think I’d choose the Wild West kit. The boys would have fun with it.
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i wouls like the christmas shrinky dinks
my son would like the wild west pack!
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I would like to win the Christmas themed kit. Thanks for the chance.
I think Wee Man would like the Enchanted Kingdom the most…
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id like to have the enchanted kingdom or christmas themed kit
The Enchanted Kingdom one, thankyou for the chance to win
Would love to win any of them.
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I’d like to win the Enchanted Kingdom!!
The enchanted kingdom set is adorable.
I’d love to win the Christmas Fun Pack, my son has never done Shrinky Dinks and he would enjoy making these as presents for the family!
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