Melted Crayon Window Art

I really love the idea of using window pane art. My son loves the way the shadows look and will even play with them!

Supplies

• Copy paper
• Crayons
• Pen
• Cookie Sheet
• Oven Mitt

Directions

1. Cut the paper to fit the window panes. I held the sheet of paper to the window and used a pen to score and mark where I should cut. Easy peasy. Cut a few extra, just in case.
2. We used cheap copy paper, because it's sturdy enough for the melted crayon drawing but thin enough for the stained glass part.
3. Set up our drawing stations with a folded over towel to protect the table, a cookie sheet, a piece of paper cut to size, an oven mitt, and some crayons.
4. I put the cookie sheet into a 300 degree Fahrenheit oven for a few minutes to heat up, then transferred it to the drawing station. Protect your child's hand with the oven mit and carefully draw.
5. As they drew on the paper over the hot cookie sheet, the crayon will melt, creating super vibrant lines. The slower the drawing, the more the crayon melted.
6. Reheat when ever the cookie sheet cools down. (By the way, we've done these with both wax crayons and soy crayons and both work equally well.


YOUNGER CHILDREN
If you have children too young for this type of thing then have your child create a drawing and THEN heat it up slowly with the oven.



7. A day or two after we finished the melted crayon art, we turned them into stained glass panels for our front door by painting vegetable oil on the back. The oil immediately makes the white paper much more transparent (you can see the design of the placemat through the paper in the photo above).
8. The paper was pretty oily, so we rubbed off the extra oil with a paper towel before putting them on the window.
9. Let your kids help place each stained glass drawing into a window pane. The oil-covered paper clings to the window as is and doesn't need anything else to make it stick.