A little while ago I saw these cute “stained glass” crayon hearts over at Little Birdie Secrets. They’re easy and quick to make (which is a must for my projects!) and of course nifty and thrifty. ;)
While they still turned out quite cute, I had one little problem. I couldn’t find any wax paper here in Germany and resorted to normal parchment paper.. Well, I learned that you actually need the wax in wax paper to make the hearts stick together better. So, make sure to get the waxed version and you’ll get better results that I did. ;)
What you’ll need:
- Wax paper
- Crayons in pinks, purples and reds
- A pencil sharpener
- An iron
- Newspaper or paper towels to protect your ironing board
- Cookie cutters and a pencil for tracing the hearts
- String or thread for hanging
How to:
- Fold a piece of wax paper in half.
- Shave the crayons with a pencil sharpener and deposit evenly on one half of the wax paper.
- Fold the other half of the paper over the shaving.
- Seal the edges by folding them over.
- Cover your ironing surface with old newspaper or paper towels, so the crayons don’t seep through onto your ironing board or iron.
- Iron over the paper with low to medium heat and stop when all the crayon shavings have melted.
- Let cool for a couple minutes.
- Trace and cut out hearts (or any design that’s not too intricate).
- String the hearts with thread or string.
- Hang in front of your window, so the sun can shine through the hearts into your room.
Even though mine didn’t turn out that great, I still wanted to show them to you. Because for one, projects sometimes fail don’t go as planned. Secondly, I am confident that it will turn out better for you if you have access to wax paper. :)
I’m partying here! ♥
Comments
I love this! I attempted to do this last year and messed something up and didn’t have enough crayons to try again. I hope to attempt it again soon!!!
They’re lovely! I wonder if small one would notice if I raided her crayon stash :0)
What an awesome idea!! Definitely going to make some!
This is such a cute idea Vanessa!
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Love these cute little hearts! I am going to make some with my boys this weekend.
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How fun & super cute. Thanks for linking up over at Giggles, Glitz & Glam.
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This is so great and something I can incorporate with the little ones. Thanks for sharing!
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Love these. They are the perfect thing to cap off my Valentine decor. We’re pretty hard core Valentines celebrators at our house. We could drape these babies in every window or better yet…think of this…beaded curtains?
you may not think they turned out great, but I love them. so beautiful in their simplicity. Ill be grabbing some crayons next time im out I think…
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No wax paper in Germany? I see an export opportunity:-)
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I love the hearts!!!!
Thanks so much for linking up at The DIY Dreamer!!
You should come over today, there’s a giveaway that’s live right now :)
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I love this! I really want to try it.
This is awesome! We have a link party ending tonight… would you like to add it to our link party too? You could be featured next week!
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really cute! Thank you for sharing this at simply creations link party!
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These are super cute, Vanessa!
Need to chase friends with small kids, ready to share their crayons with me :)
Thanks for sharing this!
Lovely little garlands!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
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Your hearts look beautiful.
Dee
Love this idea. I’ve seen similar ideas for crayon leaves, but love the different take on it. :)
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I love these! My kids and I have made these before and they ALWAYS have such a great time! Thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party.. can’t wait to see what you share next!
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