Tutorial: Easy Window Hearts

Certainly not an original idea – but they are so easy I thought I’d share with you how we did them.
Materials:

• wax paper
• crayon shavings
• iron/ironing board
• floursack towel or kraft paper (or paper bags)
• scissors
• fishing line
• clear tape 

Step one:
Lay out your towel/brown paper to protect your board.  Tear off a length of waxpaper and sprinkle one half of the waxpaper with crayon shavings.  Keep in mind that they really spread when melted.  Fold waxpaper in half, cover with another towel or piece of paper.




Step two:
Set your iron on as hot as it will go, NO STEAM (in fact, if you iron is like mine, drain it of water, mine will make a very small amount of steam no matter what).  Iron the waxpaper sandwich until all the shavings melt.  It only takes a few seconds.  Depending on how you smoosh the iron around on the paper, the shavings move around a bit, and will leak out (hence the craft paper or towel you don’t love!)




Repeat with more paper and shavings.










Step Three:

Allow all the new stained glass sheets to cool completely.  Once cooled, they will crisp back up.  Using sharp scissors, cut out hearts (or whatever shape makes you happy!).  Lots of them!  They’d be really sweet cut out with all those fancy scrapbooking scissors… wavy edges, pinking shears etc. 






Step Four:
Once cut out, use fishing line and clear tape to hang them in your windows.  If you sun ever comes out, they cast the prettiest light and fun shadows. 


ENJOY!

xoxox,
CBear