How To: Autumn Leaf Cards

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The smell of a fresh box of crayons takes me instantly to crisp fall days. There's no better time to repurpose aging crayons

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into another iconic sign of fall.
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 First, gather, peel, and grate your blunt and broken crayons.

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It's both satisfying and convenient to keep your color families separated. (You can save the bits too short to grate safely for another project.)
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Next, tear a length of wax paper, fold it in half, then reopen it. Sprinkle your colors all over one half, and refold.
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Phase three is my favorite. Using an old iron, with an old towel below your wax paper and paper towels above it, melt the grated crayons. This will probably be a little smokey and moderately messy: If you don't have a craft iron, be sure to use extra layers between your iron and the project! Once all the bits have melted, peel up the paper and see what you've made.
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Holding the wax paper against a window provides a pretty stained-glass effect and allows you to see all the cool patterns the colors have made.
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At this point, you could simply cut out leaf shapes from the prettiest sections for place cards or other seasonal decorations.

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Taking the project to the next level is pretty simple, too. Draw a leaf on a blank note card, cut it out, paste a favorite square of your crayon-ed wax paper on the inside . . .
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and you've got a beautiful autumnal card! If your card stock is dark, pasting plain white paper inside will keep the color effects bright.
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My excited daughter now wants to make egg cards for Easter and flower cards for summer. The scent combination of crayons and fall leaves will remain my forever favorite.
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