Monday, October 11, 2010
Put the kids to work
As much as I try to teach my kids to be respectful and nice to their toys, things inevitably break, and those things of course involve crayons. I can remember as a child that I hated when the papers would come off, the tips would get worn down, or the colors would get mixed up in some other order than the original way they came. I love opening a box of fresh crayons and wish that they could stay like that forever.
When the crayons break I take them and keep them in a ziploc bag until I can think of a way to use them. Since Halloween is approaching I took one look at all of the bits of orange crayons and remember a craft I did in elementary school involving wax paper, crayons, and an iron. So on Saturday while daddy was at work we made some pumpkins. Before you get started though all those pesky crayon papers have to come off. Since my kids like ruining things so much I though this would be a perfect project for them - peel off all the papers...
This lasted about as long as it took me to take the picture. Apparently when it is okay to do this sort of thing all of the fun is lost...
I shaved the crayons with a pair of scissors (I'm not joking, this took FOREVER). Sprinkle the crayon shavings on a piece of wax paper and sandwich them between another sheet of equal size. I then slid the whole thing on top of an old towel since we were doing this on the kitchen table and then put a paper towel on top of that. The paper towel is crucial otherwise the bottom of your iron will be a big wax papery, crayony mess! Iron just enough for the crayon to melt. Once it cooled we cut out jack o'lanterns and taped them to our front door.
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