Jul 152008
This weeks unplugged project is STONE. This is a project we did last summer that my kids want to try again soon.
Materials needed: Rocks with a flat spot, crayons, grater, the worlds second biggest magnifying glass, (’cause we obviously have the first biggest), and sunshine.
Grate the crayons onto the flat spot of the rock.
place rocks with shaved crayons in the sun and use the magnifying glass to catch the sun and melt the crayons.
And as a let down I do not have a photo of a finished rock-sorry!! The first photo has a semi-melted , semi-finished one in it.
I love this project! Super neat that you used a magnifying glass to melt the crayons
We’re going to have to dig out some old crayons and give this one a try right away!
Oh coolio! Adding to the list of must do’s…when the sun actually emerges!
Fantastic idea! I’ve been hesitant to jump on the hot rock craft bandwagon but I really like the idea of using the magnifying glass. Thanks!
Ah…melting crayons is a much nicer hobby than burning leaves. I was just reminiscing about my favorite magnifying glass I had as a kid…thankfully, I never started a brush fire!
I also love the magnifying glass for this! What fun!
Yes, a bit of a let down not to see the finished product… but your reflection in the mag glass almost makes up for it-
And… is there really a hot rock craft bandwagon?
such a fun idea. Gotta try it.
Very cool! It is supposed to be in the 90′s here by Thursday so maybe we can do without the magnifying glass.
I always love your creative activities that you do!! So inspiring.
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Oh, I love this project! We tried the “regular” hot rocks for this Unplugged assignment, but I love this twist! Can’t wait to try it.
We tried this today. It was a lot of fun, though I was seeing a big pink spot for about 5 minutes afterwards.
Thanks for the great idea!
This is such a creative idea! Thanks for sharing it! I’ll surely try it with myson, he’ll love it… I usually “make” crayon with him by melting them on the oven after shaving and placing them in little baking tins. But this is so much fun!
I am now imagining the most gorgeous splatter paintings on the rocks. Clever not showing the finished thing – we’ve got to try it now.
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