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Making a heartfelt gift can be as easy and as simple as tracing your hand.Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty Images
Trace the outline of your hand or the hand of a child on the Shrinky Dinks paper. Trace completely around both hands. Remember to keep the fingers upright and the thumb straight out so that you will be able to make the necklace look like the sign for "I Love You." - 2
Coloring allows you to make it as simple or creative as you want.Jupiterimages/Polka Dot/Getty Images
Color the traced hands. Use colored pencils or crayons to decorate the Shrinky Dinks paper. - 3). Cut out your colorful traced hands.
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Watch them curl and then quickly flatten before your eyes.Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images
Lay the hand cutouts on a cookie sheet. Put your finished pieces in the oven at 350 degrees for just two or three minutes. - 5). Bend the middle fingers. As soon as your hand shapes come out of the oven, use a fork to bend the middle and ring fingers down. Hold them down for a minute until the plastic hardens. Slide a ribbon under those two fingers to create your necklace.
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