Kenzie's wax-paper & crayon art

Well, it seems that the majority of folks coming here are not coming out of adoration for my daughter. It's craft ideas! Who woulda knew? I have a bachelor of fine arts (BFA) in Art Therapy. That, and my past work with kids is where the majority of my creative ideas stem from. When the well of ideas occasionally runs dry, I pirate ideas from Kiddley. There's lots of good inspiration to be found at Kiddley.

At least during the wintry months, which find us hibernating, crafts will continue to be a good part of our day. We began this project last night, during dinner. Kenzie's a BIG help in the kitchen, so this was a good distraction. :) Having a fair supply of broken crayons - we used a pencil sharpener to shave bits away. We just let them drop as they would on wax paper. This took awhile - and is a good task for kiddos developing their eye hand coordination, fine motor skills, etc. Be mindful of a pencil sharpener if it has an semi-exposed blade though! One for kids is best.



When finished, we layed a second layer of wax paper over the top and popped it in the oven for a minute or so. After it cooled - we had this:



This morning we cut shapes out of the art. We'll make some valentines cards out of the hearts. We decorated our windows with the hearts. I desperately wanted to string them on some ribbon, but Kenzie's all about taping things. We also had some left over bits, so Kenzie told me what shapes to cut & I obliged. Presto. This project is very simple and can be expanded in so many ways.