Stained Glass Kite Craft
Use wax paper and melted crayons to make this simple, pretty sun catcher.
By Grace Dioguardo from Parents Magazine
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Alexandra Grablewski
Kite Sun Catcher
What you'll need:
Kite Template
Heavy colored paper
Scissors
Broken crayons
Wax paper
Pencil sharpener or old vegetable peeler
Old kitchen towels
Iron
Glue stick
Ribbon
Hole punch
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Alexandra Grablewski
Kite Craft: Step 1
Trace our kite template twice onto heavy colored paper and cut out both pieces.
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Kite Craft: Step 2
Use a pencil sharpener or an old vegetable peeler to make crayon shavings. Sprinkle shavings between two pieces of wax paper. Sandwich the wax paper between old kitchen towels and press with an iron set on low, until the crayons and wax paper melt together. Let cool.
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Kite Craft: Step 3
Cut the melted wax paper to fit between the two kite-shaped pieces of paper; glue together. Cut ribbon to make a tail, and glue to the bottom of the kite. To hang, punch a hole at the top.
Originally published in the August 2006 issue of Parents magazine.
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