Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Valentine's Garland

Hanging garland

How to:
First you will need to gather your supplies. Old crayons, and a sharp shredding object (here we have a grater in the picture but we found the pencil sharpener to work much better,) and you will need wax paper.
Supplies
You will need to take all the wrappers off the crayons.
Prep
Then lay out a sheet of wax paper and start shredding.
Grate
Much better with the sharpener.
Shred
Shredding
Layer with another piece of wax paper
Layer
Melt!! I used the polyester setting and that seemed just right. Also you WILL want to put a pressing cloth or towel over and under your project you don't want any leaky wax escaping.
Melt
Trace and cut
Trace
Connect. I stapled mine together but you could punch holes for lacing string, or you could sew them together. I opted for quick as we were near nap time. Hang and admire, I love the way the light catches the wax it is so pretty.
Garland up

2 comments:

Angel said...

Great Idea Val!! We just made our own!
http://morrisfamilymadness.blogspot.com/2011/02/valentine-craft-and-best-kids-art-book.html

sewverymama said...

Love it! I think we will do this on Friday!