As part of Kaleidoscope’s 50th anniversary celebration throughout 2019 we will be offering creative fun and artistic inspiration from Crayola! Be sure to go to Crayola.com for even more ideas!

May Crayola Create It Yourself

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PLACE CARD HOLDERS • Using Crayola Air-Dry Clay make place card

holder sculptures for a special meal. It is best to sculpt on a clean, dry surface.

• For each holder, form flower petals with small ovals of clay. Press several petals of various sizes together to form flowers and then bunch several flowers into a small bouquet. Add leaves to the base. If the clay starts to dry, just add a bit of water.

• On a small ball of clay, press a flat bottom. Press your flowers onto the base.

• Use a note card to make an angled indentation for a place card. Air-dry for at least 3 days.

• To paint the card holder, cover the art area with recycled newspaper and paint it with Crayola Watercolors. Use as many coats as you like. Air-dry the paint between coats.

• Cut place cards out of construction paper and write each person’s name in fancy lettering with Crayola Markers.

Protect your work surface with recycled newspaper. Place a plastic cup that is smaller than your flower pot in the center of the newspaper.

Flip the flower pot upside down and put it over the top of your cup.

Pour one color of Crayola® acrylic paint into 3-4 small plastic cups.

Leave one cup of paint alone. Lighten the second cup of paint

by adding a small amount of white paint. Darken the next cup of paint with a small amount of black paint. If you’d like a fourth color, add a small amount of paint in a complementary color to the final cup.

Add 1 tsp of water to each cup to thin the paint.

Pour each color of paint over the edges of your flower pot to create a drip dye effect.Let dry and add flowers, stationery or other items as you choose.

DRIP-DYE FLOWER POTS

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RAINDROP SUN CATCHER• Unwrap Crayola®crayons you want to use

to make your raindrops. Experiment with shades of blue!

• Sharpen your crayons into small shavings using a pencil sharpener.

• Protect your surface! Then, sprinkle the shavings onto a piece of wax paper. Be sure to blend the colors!

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On thin white cardboard or poster board, trace around an object, to make circles 5 inches in diameter. Cut out the circles.

Divide the circle into six equal, pie-like sections.

Color the sections with Crayola®crayons. Experiment with varying color patterns. Poke a small hole in the center of the circle with scissors. Pull about 18 inches of yarn or string halfway through the hole.

Hold one end of the string in each hand. Swing the string and circle until the entire length of string is twisted. Then give the string a firm, brisk pull. As the wheel spins, watch the colors appear to mix.

Complementary colors such as yellow and purple, red and green, or blue and orange will appear muddy brown. Alternating two primary colors will result in the secondary color that those two colors create. For example, when alternating sections are blue and yellow, the spinning wheel will appear to be green.

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• Place another piece of wax paper over the top of your crayon shavings. Tape down the edges and make sure to remove as many air bubbles as possible.

• With adult supervision, use a hair dryer to melt the shavings until they form a colorful melted surface.

• Wait for your melted crayons to dry before cutting raindrop shapes into your melted wax leaving the parchment paper on.

• Tie thin string to a dowel and tape your raindrops to the string to form your sun catcher!

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SPINNING COLOR WHEeLS