Craft Idea: Crayon Sun Catchers
Valentine’s Day is coming up and I thought it was great time to try a new craft with my kids. I adore stain glass, so when I found directions for these cute crayon sun catchers on theSuburbanMom.com, I knew I had to try them.
I’m not a very crafty person, but the directions looked simple. Plus, I had all of the materials on hand.
What You Will Need:
- Old Crayons
- Wax Paper
- Parchment or Kraft Paper
- Manual Sharpener or Knife
- Iron
Remove the paper from the crayons. Then use a manual pencil sharpener to shave the crayons down to nubs. You may want to lay down some paper towels during this step. We prepped our crayons while watching a movie and got shavings all over ourselves.
Place your shavings on a piece of wax paper – approximately 12 x 12 inches.
Tip: Use only one crayon for each piece of wax paper.
Fold the wax paper in half and then double fold the edges to create an envelope that will contain the shavings. This is very important.
Tip: Be sure to double fold over your edges or wax will run out when you iron.
Place your wax paper envelope between a large piece of folded parchment or kraft paper. The parchment paper works as a drop cloth to contain the melted wax and protect your iron.
Set your iron to a low setting and run it over the parchment paper. As the wax melts, let it run inside the wax paper envelope to the edges, filling it with color. When the melted crayon is more or less evenly distributed, set it aside to cool (about a minute or two).
Once cool, use a pencil to draw large hearts on the wax paper envelopes, and then cut out your hearts. We cut ours freehand.
Finally, punch a hole in your hearts and hang them in the window.
Enjoy!
