"Apples Apples Everywhere" Stained Glass Project

Stained Glass Apple Craft


Use this as a craft you can hang in your window. There is an option at the bottom for younger kids, instead of melting crayons.

Materials:
waxed paper
wax crayons (Crayola don't work as well as the cheap kind for this project, though they do still work)
manual pencil sharpener (with a fairly large hole)
iron, ironing board and scrap paper (white computer paper or brown paper bag)
construction paper
scissors
glue stick or white glue

Directions:
ADULT: Plug in the iron and cover the ironing board with scrap paper. Set the iron to medium (no steam).
tear a piece of waxed paper that's square (or a bit longer than it is wide) and fold it in half. Then unfold.
Optional: Print the template at the bottom of this page and slide it under the waxed paper as a rough guide for filling the earth shape.
take the paper off some crayons and 'sharpen' them in the pencil sharpener. Let the shavings drop onto 1/2 the waxed paper.
when you have a few nice piles of yellow, green or red shavings refold the waxed paper. (or whatever color your child wants to use for their apple)
Fold about 1/2 inch around all the edges so none of the wax leaks out when you iron.



Iron for about 10 seconds. Peek and iron a bit more if necessary. All the wax should melt. The longer you iron, the more your colors will mix.

You'll find that nothing happens, nothing happens, nothing happens and then BAM it's totally melted, so just keep waiting 10 seconds and peeking so you don't burn anything

Let sit about 30 seconds to cool.


Alternate Method so your Younger Children can be involved in this project!

"I have done for this to make it more suitable for younger kids. Instead of using wax paper and melting crayons..."

Use clear Contact Paper and tissue paper pieces. You can use purchased contact paper or you can 'make your own' by spreading a thin layer of glue onto waxed paper.

Put Contact Paper piece sticky side up on the table (may need to tape it down).

Let kids stick tissue paper pieces to the sticky paper

Cover with another piece of Contact Paper sandwiching the tissue in between.

Kids Love handing these in their windows, so they can show off their works of art!