Add colorful color shavings to your project.
Take wax paper out of the kitchen and into the art room. The transparent nature of wax paper, along with its waxy coating, gives an artist a wide array of creative opportunities. Wax paper art projects typically involve sandwiching something between two, equally shaped pieces of wax paper. The item being sandwiched is normally not a large solid item, but a scattering of smaller objects, such as flower petals or leaves. This allows the opposing pieces of wax paper to touch each other, and when the wax melts on the paper, the three layers become affixed.
Instructions
1. Tear out two equal-sized sheets of wax paper. You might be making a picture, bookmarks or a stained glass window for a diorama. Only your imagination will limit the possibilities.
2. Select easily flattened decorative items to place between the two sheets of wax paper. These might be dried flowers, leaves, colorful wax crayon shavings or glitter.
3. Lay one of the sheets of wax paper on a flat surface. This will be the bottom sheet.
4. Arrange the items on the bottom sheet. Do not cover the entire sheet; allow portions of the bottom sheet to show through, with the visible sections equally distributed throughout the layer of decorative items.
5. Place the second sheet atop the layer of items, lining up the sides of the top sheet to match the bottom sheet.
6. Iron the top sheet with a warm iron, pressing down. This will melt the wax and seal the two sheets together.
