The first time artist Heather Bauer played with Shrinky Dinks, a craft toy popular in the 1970s, she was a kid. “I loved them,” she says. “You watched them bake and it was cool.” Now, adult Heather is ...

When it comes to toys, usually only the newest with the coolest technology get hot. But Shrinky Dinks are proving the exception to the rule. The plastic that shrinks when you bake it, a favorite in ...

There was a time when Shrinky Dinks® was on almost every child’s Christmas list. Betty Morris of Brookfield, Wisconsin, invented the plastic polymer sheets in 1973. Kids could color designs on the ...

In late 1973, Betty Morris and Kathryn Bloomberg set up a small table in Brookfield Square, a suburban mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was shopping season, and plenty of small businesses were ...

The basic idea behind Shrinky Dinks hasn’t really changed in the 38 years they’ve been around: The flexible sheets of shrinkable plastic can still be cut, colored and popped into an oven to shrink one ...

The first time artist Heather Bauer played with Shrinky Dinks, a craft toy popular in the 1970s, she was a kid. “I loved them,” she says. “You watched them bake and it was cool.” Now, adult Heather is ...