Autumn is my favourite season!
My most favourite part of fall is the leaves. The beauty in change, the metaphors found in the trees letting go of what sprung from their branches only seasons ago. Its just all around lovely.
Throughout the years we have done different "leaf" crafts, but this years is my absolute fave! With many children, its nice to be able to do one big craft together as well, which we did for this one.
How to make this beautiful Fall Craft:
Materials:
A bunch of different leaves
An Iron
A sheet to Iron on
Waxed paper
Old crayons in a few different colours
Scissors
A Grater
Procedure:
Step One:
~ On a large work surface ( I used my kitchen Island), lay out the sheet first. I forgot to do this and then had to carefully slide the project on top for ironing afterwards!
~on top of the sheet, lay a piece of wax paper, wax side up!
Step Two:
~Arrange the leaves however you want. Cut any large, thick stems off first. Leave a bit of space in the middle so that you can seal it with the crayon wax later.
Step Three:
~Peel the paper off of the crayons.
~ Grate the crayons into one pile, mixing all the colours. {Adult job}
~Sprinkle these crayon bits all around the edge of the wax paper to create a frame, and also in the spaces between the leaves where you can.
Step Four:
~Lay an equally sized piece of waxed paper, this time wax down! on top. *** It's important that two waxed surfaces are facing each other as they will melt together, sealing the project.
~ Now your going to iron the top at about medium heat, slowly. be careful of the edges as sometimes the crayon bits escape and ironing straight onto them could ruin your iron! The longer you hold the iron over certain areas the more liquid the crayons inside become, and the more thei colours mix- creating black. The point is to melt them just enough so they stick! Slowly but surely! {Adult job}
Step Five:
~take your scissors and trim the edges straight.
~I used transparent tape to adhere it to my window. Pick a window that get sun exposure!
Picture Tutorial:
{Materials}
{Arrange leaves}
{Peel Crayons}
{Grate Crayons}
{Sprinkle Crayons}
{Wax paper on top}
{Gently Iron}
{Cut Edges Straight}
{Display!}
