Page 35 - Highlights for Children (December 2017)

CRAFT CHALLENGE!
Design a building using glue,
cardstock, and empty boxes.
Make Us Next
Month!

Snowman

Stacking
Crayon Cups

Ornaments By Channing Kaiser

By Sudipta Bardhan 1. Decorate 12 Styrofoam cups
with markers and felt to look
1. Peel the labels off a handful of old like snowmen.
crayons. Break them into small pieces.
2. Put the crayon pieces into a silicone mold.
Mix and match colors, if you’d like. For a hanger,
cut a length of thin wire. Twist it to make a loop,
and place the ends into the mold.
3. Ask a parent to preheat the oven to 230°F and to
place the mold inside for 8–12 minutes, or until the
crayons have melted. Let them cool.
4. Remove the ornaments from the mold. Hang them up.

TO PLAY
1. Fold a piece of cardstock in half twice
Start with the cups in one stack.
to make a card. Using markers and
Then unstack the cups, make a
cardstock, make a holiday design on
formation, and stack them back
the front. Leave space for yarn details. together. Time yourself to see
2. Unfold the card. Using a large-eyed how quickly you can do it!
needle, poke holes, and thread yarn
Two sample formations are
through the holes to finish the design. Taped-down shown above. With a parent’s
Tape down the ends of the yarn. Refold yarn ends permission, look online for
the card. Write a message inside. on back more cup-stacking formations.

Craft samples by Buff McAllister. Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc., DECEMBER 2017 35
except door by iStock/Liliboas.