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Monday, July 14, 2008

Unplug Your Kids: Stones (or rocks)

For this week's challenge on Unplug Your Kids, the theme was STONES (or rocks). I found this idea for Hot Rocks at Wise Craft.

To make Hot Rocks, you put some rocks in the oven (we used a toaster oven) for 15 minutes at 350 degrees on a foil lined cookie sheet. Then carefully remove the rocks with oven mitts and place on a work surface - we used a cutting board. Using peeled crayons, you just touch the crayon to the surface and the crayon melts and "paints" the rock.



Though we liked how the rocks turned out, I think we enjoyed the process even more. It was so neat to watch the crayons melt! And, the finished product feels very waxy.

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16 comments:

  1. Gottfredsen11:18 AM

    That is a very neat project.

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  2. So Smrt11:38 AM

    Very cool...how hot are they? What I'm really asking is, what age is appropriate for this? Could a young child get burned by touching it?

    They look beautiful! :)

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  3. Rhonda1:29 PM

    How neat and such pretty rocks. Lindsay painted rocks this weekend. Not with crayons though, we used watercolors while we were out at the campground. It kepr her busy for a long time! This is a grear project. Thanks for sharing it.

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  4. Robin2:40 PM

    Now THIS is an art project that I think GB would like. If we do it, I'll post so you can see our results. Thanks for the idea!

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  5. Anonymous3:10 PM

    Those are gorgeous! Great job! :)

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  6. Michie7:10 PM

    They came out really pretty! I've been wanting to try this project myself. :)

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  7. Anonymous7:35 PM

    Neat project!! I've never seen this one before :) They turned out really great, we're going to have to give this one a try. Glad you shared!

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  8. Garden State Kate7:58 PM

    We did a variation of this...my P
    was not crazy about the rocks being hot, so we heated the wax. ;-)

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  9. iMother2.010:05 PM

    I really love this idea and the finished rocks are gorgeous!

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  10. Anonymous1:01 AM

    Beautiful creations!

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  11. Melissa6:20 PM

    Cool! I just recently saw this project too and wanted to do it. Your rocks turned out wonderful.

    Blessings,
    Melissa
    www.homeschoolblogger.com/melissal89

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  12. Anonymous5:13 AM

    This is a great idea. We will be trying this today.

    Angela

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  13. Donna8:21 AM

    I can't wait to try this it looks like such fun & easy too!
    thanks for sharing it : )

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  14. Anonymous7:02 PM

    I love this idea and am thinking about incorporating it in our schooling this month! I'll let you know when we do.
    Jennifer
    www.homeschoolblogger.com/ZephaniahWay

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  15. Sherri10:58 PM

    Thank you so much for sharing this. I can't wait to do it with my kids!!

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  16. Anonymous8:38 AM

    That is so coo! We are totally going to do this, my kids will love it! How long do you have to do it, do the rocks cool off quickly?

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