Wax paper crayon hearts

Then iron the paper evenly for about seconds using medium heat and a non-steam setting. Set each piece of melted crayon wax paper aside to cool off before cutting your hearts. Begin with a 12-by-16-inch sheet of waxed paper.

Deposit wax-crayon shavings. Protect your ironing surface with kraft paper. Place the waxed paper on the kraft paper , and cover it with another sheet.

Trace and cut out hearts of various sizes. This is easier if you slit the wrappers with a knife first. Sharpen the crayons over a piece of wax paper. When you have the colours you want distributed over the wax paper —I did a fairly random distribution— cover the shavings with another piece of wax paper. Open the sheet back up and place on a piece of kraft paper or paper bags.

Now, let your children’s imaginations run wild! They can scatter their crayon shavings onto one half of the wax paper - they do not need to completely cover the paper as the wax will melt and fill in any gaps and we will be shaping the creation into a heart AFTER they have hardened. This is an oldie but a goody and fun and easy to make.

The possibilities are endless! You don’t have to just make hearts but do keep your shapes. You can also just use one sheet of wax. Crayon Hearts If the sun seems to peer right into your window, give it something pretty to look at — and through!

These translucent hanging hearts are easy to make from waxed paper and crayons. In return, sunbeams will color your room with cheer. You might have to leave the iron in one spot for quite a while to get the saved crayon under it to melt well. When your wax paper and crayons have spread their wonderful color all over the sheet, you can cut hearts out of it. We used a card stock heart cutout to trace the heart shapes onto our wax paper for easy cutting.

Stick your pretty hearts to the window with a little tape and. Wax paper and crayon hearts. Article by Mary Kaleiohi. Once it is melted I will take my fingers to rub out any air bubbles. The windows in our breakfast room is a perfect place for them.

Little wax paper crayon hearts might be fun hanging from the chandelier, as well. The big ones look so cheery on this dreary day. Hope you had a fun weekend!

I found this idea will doing an online search. Trace your various shapes of hearts on the waxed paper. Cut out the multicolored hearts with Crayola scissors. Punch a hole near the top.

Use ribbon or yarn to make a hanger for your Heart Suncatchers. Even with a hair dryer, the temperature gets super hot. Watch that your hands don’t get too close to the heat source. Use an oven mitt to remove the melted crayons from oven and allow to cool. When the crayons have coole help your child pull the sides of the baking up away from the crayon and slip your finger underneath to release the crayon completely from the baking cup.

Put your crayon hearts on display or use them as regular crayons! Lay the wax paper on a flat surface, then use the pencil sharpener to sharpen the crayons, allowing the shavings to fall onto the wax paper. When you have enough shavings to cover the desired area, place the wax paper , covered with crayon shavings, on your ironing board.

Cover the crayon shavings with another piece of wax paper , then place a piece of scrap paper on top.