DIY guitar picks

i found a tutorial through pinterest for making your own guitar picks and thought it would be a great project for saraya to make some for justin.  it was one of the fastest, easiest (and sweetest!) projects we've done to date.  we made these for father's day but i had to wait to post the tutorial so he wouldn't see them before he got them.  :)

what you need:
1 guitar pick (for tracing)
#6 plastic (we used the disposable top from the $1 roasting pan)
foil
permanent markers
scissors

1. trace the guitar pick onto a sheet of paper

2. use a copy machine and enlarge 250% (we used our all-in-one but you can also take it to kinkos or the
library and use their machine)

3. use the enlargement as a template to trace onto the plastic

4. let the little ones color (i colored a sheet too)

5. cut out the picks and lay on a sheet of foil

6. put it in the oven at 325 degrees for 2-3 min

the original tutorial i followed said that the heat will make them curl up but that they'll flatten out during the shrinking process.  you can see that a couple of ours curled up and didn't flatten out.  i'm not sure why but 2 out of 10 isn't bad!  and while i don't recommend burning plastic on a regular basis, this was such a small and quick project that there were no noticeable fumes.  just for extra precautions i did this part with the window open while she napped far away from the kitchen.  when she woke up and saw the finished project she exclaimed "mama made them tiny!"