Oiled Paper Lantern

Still using crayons, we wanted to use the drippings to design a paper lantern! If you haven't already read our previous post about crayon melting, we'll just repeat the instructions here. But what is really awesome is the use of cooking oil to make the paper translucent and shiny.

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Crayon Melt Technique (Envelopes)

Getting those crayons for the Crayon Shavings project inspired us to do more crayon-y projects! Here's a very easy technique for decorating paper. We used to do this as kids. It's basically melting the crayon over a candle frame and using the dripping wax to make a design. We put our design on a cardboard to make some letter envelopes! Try  this out with a grade-schooler. Just be careful about the open flame!

 

Crayon Shavings

We remember a technique we saw on the Nickelodeon show "Artzooka" about using crayon shavings mixed with glue to create a beautiful 3-dimensional artwork. We decided to use that technique to decorate a plain white cookie jar, the one on the left in the picture below. This is a crayon technique that takes quite some time to do. Get ready to lay out those newspapers, shave crayons, and have sticky fingers!