I searched the world of Pinterest for a Valentine's craft for our Wednesday night Caravan class of 1st and 2nd graders... something that was NOT making Valentine's cards. I found these cool looking wax hearts for a unique window decoration.
Gather up some crayons, a manual pencil sharpener, wax paper, craft paper (to protect surfaces), iron set to medium heat, card stock heart templates, Sharpie, scissors, string, and clear tape.
Put down a piece of craft paper on your ironing board to protect it. Tear off a square of wax paper and fold it in half making a good crease in the paper. Open it back up and shave crayons onto the paper. Gather the shavings in a thin layer in the center and close the wax paper at the fold over the crayon shavings.
Place another piece of craft paper on top of the wax paper and iron on medium setting until the wax melts into a thin layer within the wax paper. Allow a couple minutes for it to cool.
Place a heart shaped card stock template and trace around it with a black sharpie. You can make your own template, or use this one from FamilyFun.
Cut out the heart, cutting along the inside of your traced lines because you don't want to see the Sharpie lines when you're finished.
Tape a piece of string to the heart and hang it in the window. Just remember that this IS made of wax, and if you hang it in a window that gets direct sun, it could melt.
Last night, my daughter helped me test this project before we take it to Caravan class tonight, and she loved it. Since we made them after dark, we couldn't get the full effect because holding them up to the kitchen light just didn't do them justice. It was fun to see them hanging in the window this morning.
My daughter memorized this verse in her Caravan class this year:
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:14-16
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