The Tutorial that almost was...
I have noticed that if we have a planned activity or craft for the day things run much smoother on the four year old front. That's a no-brainer, but it did take me awhile to figure it out. Entertained kid=happy kid=happier mom. In order to inspire myself to keep the fun rolling I am calling it our Summer Camp at Home (sooo clever). I think other bloggers did variations of this last summer, so admittedly it's not so much an original idea. But we are rolling with it.
Yesterday our craft o' the day was those melty crayon wax paper jobbies. Yeah, that is totally the technical term for it. I was going to be all cool and do a tutorial, but then I thought, really, if folks a) couldn't figure out how to melt crayon shavings between waxed paper or b) hadn't done this once before in their entire lives, then we had bigger problems than me doing a tutorial on the simplest craft ever.
So there, see? Two pieces of waxed paper with crayon shavings between. Lay an old hand towel over the top of your waxed paper and iron. There you are, crayon waxed paper stained glass thingies.
I'm hoping to spend a little time this weekend coming up with fun things for us to do next week. An outing or two and some simple crafts or recipes to try. We just got a backyard firepit, so marshmallow roasting is on the top of our list of things to do. I was thinking we'd make our own and roast those for smores. Anyone know if homemade marshmallows can hold up to campfires? If this is a sucess, I can see lots of them in our future!
Yesterday our craft o' the day was those melty crayon wax paper jobbies. Yeah, that is totally the technical term for it. I was going to be all cool and do a tutorial, but then I thought, really, if folks a) couldn't figure out how to melt crayon shavings between waxed paper or b) hadn't done this once before in their entire lives, then we had bigger problems than me doing a tutorial on the simplest craft ever.
So there, see? Two pieces of waxed paper with crayon shavings between. Lay an old hand towel over the top of your waxed paper and iron. There you are, crayon waxed paper stained glass thingies.
I'm hoping to spend a little time this weekend coming up with fun things for us to do next week. An outing or two and some simple crafts or recipes to try. We just got a backyard firepit, so marshmallow roasting is on the top of our list of things to do. I was thinking we'd make our own and roast those for smores. Anyone know if homemade marshmallows can hold up to campfires? If this is a sucess, I can see lots of them in our future!
i usually just pull out some of our moving box hord and give them paint and let them go to town. i'll have to do the crayon thing. i havent done that in years.
Posted by: jeanetta | May 31, 2008 at 08:56 AM
That turned out very pretty. What did the kids think of the transformation of the crayons?
Remember how Tyler can entertain himself with Playdough ?
Posted by: GB | May 31, 2008 at 10:27 AM
I love all those colours together. They are lovely!
Posted by: frazzy dazzles | June 03, 2008 at 03:01 AM
That is so cool. I remember doing that in preschool. They had us draw on wax paper that was set on top of a griddle. It made some beauties. Angry chicken had a good marshmallow recipe. Yum! Such a good idea to keep the kiddos busy with crafts. I wish I could get more organized to do the same.
Posted by: Debie Trotti | June 03, 2008 at 10:20 AM
If you want to extend the fun for one more day you could make suncatchers: enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/stainedglass
or what to do with all those smooshed up crayon pieces:
kidscrafts.suite101.com/article.cfm/fun_with_crayons
Go get'em Mom
Posted by: Vallen Queen | June 03, 2008 at 10:27 AM