Cox Crayon Creations

Today we are making crayon meltings. We were looking for something fun to do, and since we have so many crayons that have melted a bit do to a coloring mishap in the sun, today seemed like a great day!
Step 1. Get out some crayons

Step 2. Remove the paper from your crayons
  

Step 3. Shave your crayons. Kids can do this with a dull knife or a sharpener. Adults can do this with a sharp knife, although it goes alot quicker with a sharpener.



 Step 4. Put all your piles of shavings together. ( We kind of organized by color )

 Step 5. Get out your paper. I would personally recommend using construction or cardstock paper. It being thicker will help it to hold up better to the heat and melting. We used construction paper, my kids like it because they have lots of variation on colors in a pack of construction paper.



 Step 6. Pick out your piece of paper and create a center line by creasing the paper down the middle, or folding it in half.

 Step 7. Set up the iron and start heating it.

 Step 8. Place crayon shavings on ONE SIDE only of the fold line in a specific pattern or just random, whatever looks good. The first one I did was specific, all the others were just done however!

 Step 9. Fold the paper back over, being careful not to move around and messing up the shavings. Take out some wax paper and tear a piece off that's just a little bigger than your folded paper.


 Step 10. Hold onto the paper with one hand and iron over the paper with the other. Make sure to evenly get it ironed and melted or the picture will not be evenly melted.


 Step 11. Pull the paper off and carefully unfold.

       
 *If you only do one side it will not be melted evenly.


To make sure it is done evenly, after your melt one side, take the wax paper off, flip your folded paper over and place wax paper over the top and melt again.

 Step 12. Unfold again and you'll see the finished picture. It will be hot and wet for a minute, allow to dry before hanging up.


Do it again and again! It's fun.... As you can see below, my kids had alot of fun... maybe a bit too much!!


 



This was fun, and my kids had the best afternoon ever. It was also a great way to spend the last little bit before school starts, especially since I go back tomorrow and they go back next week.