Translucent uses as the crayon fuses

It’s not often I come across a new and never tried children-crafty thing these days, and when I do it’s a time for celebration and experimentation. Adrienne was saying nice things in defence of homedads at Thingamababy, so I followed her link and found Baby Toolkit where they had posted the most fantastic craft with crayons. I’ve done a little research, using my own experience of toasting cheese sandwiches with a iron, and worked out how to do this craft and still be able to iron your trousers later. Hopefully. It’s also a good exercise in letting your 8 year old start to use a hot-hot iron.

You will need
1 big piece of greaseproof paper
1 big piece of foil a bit bigger all round
your iron
that stash of old crayons that’s been scuzing around your craft draw
a pencil sharpener

Start warming your iron to a medium setting, too hot and you’ll get bubbles. Layer the greaseproof paper on top of the foil. Take some of old crayons and shave them into a pile in the middle of your paper. Flatten this pile down so it covers just one half of the sheet to a fairly even depth. Fold the paper and the foil over and start to iron evenly and slowly until the shavings fuse into one great big translucent sheet. Allow to cool. Now cut out your shapes and hang on thread at your window.

Enjoy.

tag... play for today, 8up, makes