Our first step for this project was an adventure for the girls we went up onto the mountain and collected the stones from the mountain creek so the girls got to wade in the water and sort through the stones while Mom was standing guard watching for rattlers. We made a little dam and talked about that too.
Next step take the stones home and wash them off. Cadee and I did this while Carlee was napping. Cadee sure had fun with the hose..
We left the stones dry overnight then put them on a foil cookie sheet and into the oven at 350 for 15 min. While the stones warmed up we peeled the paper off of our broken crayons. Once the stones were hot I took them out and gave one to each of the girls to color
You just press the crayon onto the hot stone and the wax will melt on the stones. Once we got some flat stones painted up I sprayed them in the sink with cold water so we could stack them. This was Cadee's favorite part.
Here are the girls with their masterpiece. What's next I'm not sure. Maybe Tie dye tshirts, marbleizing paper with shaving cream and food coloring or stepping stones. I do know next weeks unplugged topic is glass. Interesting....
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we did hot rocks too!! i dont think i heated mine up enough though as they didnt turn out as good this time (we have done it previously) i ahve been doing the challenges for a couple of months... it is fun
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