Melted Crayon Art

Cutting out all those heart and gluing them on things can get addictive. I am still not fond of the Valentine's Day nonsense but for the children's sake, I go along and help with the projects while quietly counting down the days. Then the hours. Minutes.

I saw this online here. Who can resist Martha Stewart's crafts? Especially if you don't have to buy anything that is involved!

So, I go right to it. Well, I did not want to use any of the crayons that hadn't died from natural causes. Meaning, I only used previously collected broken crayons. Well, using a pencil sharpener to get the material was a pain. :) It could be because they weren't full length but I'd think that with unbroken crayons the chance of breaking something off is even bigger since you'd hold the crayon differently. But it doesn't matter now.

 I got enough for about four hearts.

Here is the result:

I cropped the rest out only because my windows are very dirty (winter grime) and no need to advertize it :).

A few things:
- Definitely put something to protect your ironing surface and your iron
- The wax paper starts peeling when you start cutting out the shapes but it won't change how it looks on the window.

They definitely look pretty when the sun "catches" them. My children love them. Now I wish I had done it sooner.

I am thinking about making something similar with Easter eggs but... I cannot be sure I will go through with it. Getting the crayon shavings was a lot more pain than I had thought. Hoped. Wanted.

Even now as they are on my windows the sun is making the hearts look brighter and our rooms look cheerier :)