The kids and I had a fun weekend making up a few Valentine’s crafts. I’m sure everyone has made some form of these crayon projects at some point in their childhood!
{Please excuse the dirty window!! I promise that it is clean on the inside but the outside is a mess! As I was saying in an earlier posting, we have had a lot of rain this year…}
The project was very easy and the kids thought that the melting crayon wax was really cool! Here’s a quick run down for you.
MATERIALS
- wax paper
- crayons {I ended up using about 3}
- iron
- scissors
HOW TO
- Pick out your crayon colors and shave them down with a pencil sharpener. I found the good ol’ Crayolas did the best for giving nice shavings as the cheaper crayons just kind of turned into dust. {they would still work though}
- Spread out a large sheet of wax paper and fold in half. Spread the wax shavings evenly over one half of the wax paper {you don’t need a whole lot of wax}. Leave 1-2 inches around the outside border of the wax paper uncovered.
- Fold over and crimp the edges of the wax paper. {I discovered the messy way that the wax easily runs out of the wax paper if it is not tightly folded!}
- Iron over the wax paper on medium heat until the wax is all melted. {I would recommend an old towel underneath it if you are ironing on a good ironing board!} The wax will all kind of run together so if you want different colored hearts do seperate wax sheets.
- Using a sharpie, outline the hearts on the wax paper. I drew really big ones, had kids cut them out, and then I trimmed them again so the edges were a little smoother. {The kids had returned to playing by this time and didn’t even notice!}
- Hang your hearts up in a window and let the light shine through. Hopefully your windows are a little cleaner than mine. 🙂
My pictures are terrible but they do look pretty cute in real life.
I still have one more project that we worked on this weekend to show you. The kids have done their part but I still have to finish!
In linked with My Delicious Ambiguity, I Heart Naptime, Child Made and Katie’s Nesting Spot.
Hope you having a great week!
These are cute! We made them last year and we might just have to do them again. It was a lot of fun! Maybe this would be a good project to work on tomorrow since it is a snow day :o. I’m your newest follower! I can’t wait to look through your blog some more! Stop by and visit if you can!
I remember doing these as a child, I don’t know why I haven’t thought to do this with my daughter yet. Thanks for the reminder!
xoxo
Kelli @ loveoursimplelife.blogspot.com
These are really sweet. Your pictures are fine 🙂
I made similar hearts 10 years ago- so be sure to save yours because they keep really well. I strung mine on silver thread with 1-2 small beads. I hang them from pink icicle lights in the door jam into the kitchen. Cute as can be.
Hey! I’m featuring this over on my blog, sweetbabyhiccups.blogspot.com. Let me know if that’s not okay. Thanks!
Chelsie chelsie@sweetbabyhiccups.com
Hi there!
I also shared this on my blog ~ please check it out to be sure that I credited you correctly. I also pinned this on Pinterest and credited back to you 🙂
Katrina
http://www.theyallcallmemom.com