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Think Outside the Toy Box Summer Series: Wax Paper Letter Art
A few things to note. It’s Friday. Afternoon. Which is most definitely not Monday morning, when the Think Outside the Toy Box Summer Series usually posts. Life totally got ahead of me this week and I’m just barely treading water. Hence the late arrival of our most recent artsy home project, Wax Paper Letter Art.
The great thing about this week’s project is that every single item is at the ready in any home with kids. Used, broke down crayons, construction paper, scissors, wax paper, a little Elmer’s glue and an iron. Win.
I shredded the old crayons with a tiny cheese grater (Truth: That is the first time I ever used that thing!!!!) so I had little dusty piles of color. Then I let scattered the crayon dust over pieces of wax paper to create a mix of different colors. I liked that I could spread each color individually and make more “artistic” choices instead of having mixed all the colors together completely beforehand.
Once the mini masterpieces were complete, I put the second piece of wax paper on top and ironed everything to create the fun crayon color effect.
While that cooled down, I cut out the boys’ initials in black construction paper. Then I glued the wax paper finished color project to the construction paper and voila! Awesome new initial art that I will frame and hang in their bedrooms. They are going to love them!
NOTE: If you didn’t want to frame them, you could hang them in a window or by a light source! You could also do this on a large scale (like ABCs or 123s or full name) with a piece of poster board as your mat, or you could switch it up with designs or other shapes if you didn’t want to do letters. In fact, when I do it again, I’m sure I’ll use poster board, since it’s more sturdy. The creative opportunities are endless and this simple project made for some quick fun that brightened our home. Loved it!
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| In front of the window…the light shines great and the colors look really neat! |
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It’s Monday!! You know what that means…it’s time for another Think Outside the Toy Box Summer Series challenge! This week…Kool-Aid. Last week, I thought I hit the bottom of the barrel as far as low cost, spending less than $6 on an afternoon of family fun with Paper Bag Maracas, but I blew it out of the water this week! Kool-Aid was on sale at Target for $2. I already had the rest of my supplies, so $2 and we were ready to go! Time to get messy and creative with Kool-Aid Sprinkle Art.
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Jocelyn McGaffic
July 17, 2014 at 12:51 am
What a fun and creative craft! I am going to try this with my kids and make decorations for their bedroom windows. Thank you so much for signing up for the #MerryMonday Linky Party!
Marina Silva-Opps
July 19, 2014 at 12:27 pm
What a great idea! And, you are right, all the ingredients are at home…something to do during a rainy day!
Katy Blevins
July 19, 2014 at 7:28 pm
Exactly! Have fun and I’d love to hear more about when you do it and how you make it your own!
Sadia
July 21, 2014 at 12:06 am
How adorable!!! I wonder whether those of us in insanely hot climate could just weigh down the paper outdoors and let the ambient temperate melt the crayons. It certainly works on the car seats. 🙂 I so detest cleaning melted crayon!
Thanks for linking up at HDYDI.
Katy Blevins
July 21, 2014 at 9:51 am
Ha ha ha! We’ve had a handful of those super hots days as well!! And yuck to cleaning up melted crayon. That is the worst!!