Extra- Stained Glass With Melted Crayons

Stained Glass With Melted Crayons

Our last lesson was for Valentine's Day, you can view it here.

Another bonus lesson for the week!

Simple, will require one on one supervision due to the use of a hot iron, but fairly quick.

What you will need:

-paint palettes/cups/containers to hold the different crayon shavings
-crayons
-peelers/pencil sharpener

-wax paper
-iron

-paper towels

-ironing board

-sharpie/marker

-scissors

Time: 45+ minutes

Prep:

• Shave the crayons (I used an old potato peeler, but I know you can also use a pencil sharpener). This is pretty much all of your prep time. It took me close to an hour to get these shaved. My advice, peel slowly, it's less messy. The shredded crayon will want to cling to your skin and go all over.
• Plug in the iron and set up the ironing board
• Cut the wax papers beforehand. I cut enough for each child to make 2. I cut 6x6 inch pieces of wax paper. You'll need 2 papers for each picture (The 2 papers are the bread of the sandwich and the crayons are everything in between)

• I brought up one child at a time. I spread out the first paper and put paper towel underneath it. They could pick all the colors they wanted. Try to keep the crayon away from the edges because the melted crayon could leak.
• Sprinkle all the colors!
• Cover with the second piece of wax paper and top it with another paper towel.
• Iron. Try not to over bake, the colors could melt too much and become muddied.
• Lift the paper towel to check periodically (don't go over 5 minutes unless you have very stubborn wax or a weak iron)
• Below are some examples of the process (before and after melting)

• Use the sharpie to draw your designs in the paper after they've cooled. I gave the kids the options of having a: Star, Circle, Heart
• Cut out your shape
• Hang on string or tape to your windows!

Related blog post:

-Stained Glass Leaves

(logging 2 hours for prep and execution)