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Kid Made Ornament: Harold's Purple Crayon Candy Canes

By Jen

Do you have a designer Christmas tree? You know, like the ones you see in magazines. Those trees look so lovely, but I wonder where are all the kid made ornaments? Our Christmas tree is a true family tree. We have ornaments that my husband and I made as children right along side the ornaments our daughters have made. I wouldn't have it any other way. This year we are adding a new ornament to the holiday decoration supply; Harold's purple candy canes. These sugar free candy canes were inspired by the classic book by Crockett Johnson "Harold at the North Pole"  kid made ornament

Kid Made Ornament: Harold's Purple Crayon Candy Canes

You will need

purple crayons
white crayons
pencil sharpener
waxed paper
iron
towel
scissors
string

The first step is to gather up all sorts of purple crayons. This craft is an eco-friendly way to use up the ends of crayons...we all have those little nubs of crayons left in the bottom of boxes. With the pencil sharpener, create a bowl full of purple crayon shavings and a separate bowl of white crayon shavings. crayons in bowl

Once you have your crayon shavings, cut a piece of waxed paper...about 12" long. Now, we experimented with melting our crayon shavings in the shape of a candy cane and it was disasterous...didn't work...the crayon melted everywhere. That is how we ended up taking the alternate route. Sprinkle the crayon shavings in a pattern of white and purple shavings dotted all over the waxed paper. crayon shavings on waxed paper

Place a second sheet of waxed paper on top of the crayon shavings. Place a towel on top of the waxed paper and iron the pieces of waxed paper together. Use a iron set at a medium temperature - whatever that is for your iron. Continue ironing until the crayon shavings are melted. Let the waxed paper cool and then cut out the candy cane shapes.

cutting out candy canes

With a needle, poke a piece of string through the candy cane...to hang from the tree. Alternately, we decided to turn a few of our candy canes into a garland, by threading them together on a long piece of string. Hanging in the window, our purple crayon candy canes make delightful sun catchers. We are pretty sure that Harold would love these candy canes. candy canes in window

Today's post is part of a fabulous celebration of kid made ornaments that is being hosted by Melissa from Mama Miss. Be sure to check out the other children's book inspired kid made ornaments that are being shared today on...

Living Montessori Now
Heart of Deborah
Kid World Citizen
The Fairy and the Frog
The Educators' Spin On It
Lemon Lime Adventures
Mama.Papa.Bubba.

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About Jen

Jen Farr is a mother living in Toronto, Canada. She has been sharing her DIY crafts, recipes, activities and parenting advice for over 15 years on her blog Kitchen Counter Chronicle. Jen is the mom of 2 lovely daughters. She believes in the power of taking small steps that can make big impacts on the world.

Comments

  1. Melissa says

    December 04, 2014 at 11:29 pm

    So fun Jen!! Love that you incorporated actual purple crayons into the ornaments!!

    • Jen says

      December 08, 2014 at 11:01 am

      I know, it happened so naturally...we had a lot of fun.

  2. Becky says

    December 05, 2014 at 7:38 am

    Love the ornament, love the book, and love the technique:). Super-cute!

    • Jen says

      December 08, 2014 at 11:01 am

      Thanks so much.

  3. Amanda Boyarshinov says

    December 11, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    Such a cute ornament!

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