christmas crafts...late!

here are a couple of belated christmas crafts that emma and i did together.

the first are crayons we melted into star and christmas tree shapes. these were for a gift so i couldn't post this until after christmas day :).

these are very simple and inexpensive to make. we used old crayons (and some new ones to make sure we had enough for the molds), peeled the paper off, and broke them into small pieces. then we stuck handfuls in the molds and stuck them in the oven until they melted. the stars were individual foil molds, and the christmas trees were those silicone baking molds i found them @ the grocery store for half off (do not use cookie cutters for molds...they don't work, i tried. once the crayons melted it all seeped out into a puddly, waxy mess.) once they've cooled, just pop them out of the mold.















































the second craft i meant to post christmas eve. i had been busy that day trying to finish up some home-made gifts, so i kept emma occupied making these cute wreaths. we had a bunch of those stick-on bows that we never use lying around and i finally discovered this craft project that uses them. cut out the middle of a paper plate (doesn't matter what size) to make a ring. stick the bows around the ring to make the wreath. since our stick-on bows are fairly old, i had to add glue before actually having emma stick on the bows. i also found some red streamer to tie in a "bow" for the bottom of the wreath. them i let emma find a spot for them around the house.