Description
Create beautiful blue crayon suncatchers that brighten up your home decor with colorful light displays.
Ingredients
- Blue crayons
- Waxed paper
- Embroidery floss or string
Instructions
- Gather your materials: blue crayons, waxed paper, and embroidery floss or string.
- Select your favorite blue crayons and peel off the wrappers.
- Use a sharpener to create shavings from the crayons. Aim for a nice pile of shavings to achieve a vibrant suncatcher.
- Spread the crayon shavings evenly on a large sheet of waxed paper.
- Cut a second sheet of waxed paper to match the size of the first one and place it over the shavings, covering them completely.
- With an adult’s help, set your iron to the lowest setting and gently iron over the top sheet of waxed paper. Move the iron back and forth quickly for about 10 to 15 seconds, watching carefully until the crayon shavings begin to melt.
- Once melted, remove the iron and let the waxed paper cool completely and harden. This could take a few minutes.
- After cooling, draw raindrop shapes on the hardened wax with a pencil or pen. Get creative with different sizes and shapes if you like.
- Use scissors to carefully cut out the raindrop shapes from the cooled wax.
- Punch a hole at the top of each raindrop using a hole puncher, making sure it’s big enough for the embroidery floss or string to fit through.
- Thread a piece of embroidery floss or string through each hole and tie a knot to secure it.
- Hang your finished blue raindrop suncatchers near a window to enjoy the colorful light display.
Notes
- Experiment with different shades of blue crayons or mix in a few other colors for a multicolored effect when melting the shavings.
- To make seasonal variations, try using different shapes for different holidays, like hearts for Valentine’s Day or leaves for autumn.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Craft
- Method: Crafting
- Cuisine: N/A
Nutrition
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- Saturated Fat: N/A
- Unsaturated Fat: N/A
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