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Luminaries

 

Candle light is so soft, calming and beautiful…
 And recently we learnt a new way to make luminaries at our Waldorf playgroup
Dino Boy and I enjoyed the process, so we decided to try it at home *smile*

 

 

 Using wax crayons we coloured in some sheets of watercolour paper… aiming to fill the page
Little Miss Q helped too…
She loves crayons and I often find her walking around the house with them clutched tightly in her hands!
Next we painted olive oil over the coloured watercolour pages…making sure to cover them well
Then we hung them up to dry for a couple of days
It is amazing how the oil makes the paper semi translucent… ready for light to shine though!

 

 

 Finally we used a hot glue gun to turn the coloured and oiled paper into luminaries
{I also used pegs to hold the ends together}

 

 

Aren’t they pretty sitting around a candle in a glass jar *smile*

Happy crafting, Kelly

June 15, 2012 by

Painting eggs ~ wet crepe paper

 

Husband of Mine has been having lots of fun perfecting his egg blowing technique.
He tested using drill bits before settling on using the dremmel ~ hee hee hee.
Any excuse to use a power tool!

 

 

We are however grateful for his efforts *smile*
At our Waldorf playgroup the other day we painted eggs with wet crepe paper.
It was fun, so we decided to make some more at home.
We used left over crepe streamers from a birthday party and I cut them into small squares.
Master D then wet them in a small bowl of water before placing them on the eggs.

 

Once the eggs were covered we left them to dry.
Then we had the big reveal ~ peel off the crepe paper and ta da, pretty eggs!
Happy Easter, Kelly
April 6, 2012 by