"A hundred hearts would be too few
To carry all my love for you."
~ author unknown
I'm joining Nicole at Frontier Dreams for her Keep Calm Craft On linkup <3
Getting back into a crafting rhythm has been hard around here lately. Our toddler is still quite young and is only interested in a few crafty type projects and for only minutes at a time (coloring, drawing, playing with play dough). The bigger girls are ready and so eager for bigger projects but between the two dynamics, I'm finding it hard to balance between keeping Seraphina happy and occupied as well as the bigger girls. With Valentine's Day around the corner, the girls were eager to make some heart decorations. We've managed to miss all of the festivals since Christmas so it was nice to sit the girls down for a project that will brighten up our home and get us in the mood for some Valentine's celebrations.
We made some crayon shavings with our box grater (Charlotte was able to take this task on)
Kiki spread them all over our waxed paper
Then I gave Charlotte our crafting iron (heated on low) which she then pressed all over the crayon shavings that were sandwiched between two pieces of waxed paper.
Charlotte and Kiki squealed with excitement and awe over watching the melted wax dance all over the paper. It was so wonderful to hear. Their eyes lit up and sparkled as they imagined what the hearts would look like hanging in our windows.
Sometimes it's only the simple things.
*** Visit our sister blog, A Simple Life, for a more in depth tutorial.
those are so neat. maybe we will have to give it a shot soonish.
ReplyDeleteIs a crafting iron different than a regular one?
ReplyDeletewhat a neat idea, might give this a go with my littlens next week :)
ReplyDeleteI love making these. We still have ones we made years ago. Yours came out lovely.
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