Wax resist Valentine cards

Posted on January 26, 2015

Is there anything nicer than receiving a handmade Valentine card? We don’t think so and have made an early start on our cards this year. I wanted to make a little something to send the Grandparents and we’ve been playing around with wax crayons and watercolour paint to make some super sweet cards, a fun STEM Valentine craft for kids.

Materials needed to make wax resist Valentine cards:
Wax crayons
paper
watercolour paints

How to make wax resist Valentine cards:

Draw your design on a piece of white card. Use a light coloured wax crayon such as white or pink. I found my 3 year old couldn’t see what she was doing with a white crayon but my 4 year old could.

When you’ve finished your design choose your watercolour and mix a small amount of the paint with some water.

Lightly paint over your wax design and it will magically appear as the wax repels the water in the paint. Blot with a piece of paper towel if there’s too much paint.

Leave to dry before making into a card. We cut out our design and glued it to a piece of coloured card. All ready for writing a little note for Nanny and Grandad!

More Creative Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids:

Preschool Fun: Painting and Lacing Hearts from Bare Feet on the Dashboard

Simple Heart and Kisses Valentine Card from Witty Hoots

Paper Heart Bunting from Peakle Pie

Sensory Valentine’s Day Hearts Guessing Game from Mama Smiles

Heart Cracker Crisps from Betsy’s Photography

Valentine’s Day Blessing Activity from Betsy’s Photography

Valentines Heart Painting with Waterbeads from Multicraftingmummy

Valentine Sensory Soup from Learning and Exploring Through Play

Salt Dough Hand Keepsake from Learning and Exploring Through Play

Heart Sensory Bag from Learning and Exploring Through Play

Salt Dough Heart Candle Holder from Messy Little Monster

Sensory Friendly Valentines from Mosswood Connections

Paper Weight Rock Valentine’s Day Gifts from Teach Me Mommy

Paper Bag Tea Cups from KidPep

Ten Fun Valentine Ideas for Tots from My Bright Firefly

Valentine’s Heart Mobile from Must Love Waffles

Pin for later:

kids crafts STEM tutorial Valentine

jenny

17 Comments

Natasha

January 26, 2015 at 3:13 pm

This is super cool! I know that my toddler and preschooler will enjoy this.

Becca @ Bare Feet on the Dashboard

January 27, 2015 at 3:39 am

This is such a fun idea! I can’t wait to try it with my kids.

Rachel

January 27, 2015 at 10:03 am

Lovely! I am a big fan of crafts and arts activities which are realistic for all ages to participate in, and I can see my 2, 4 and 6 year old all really enjoying this.
I found you via the #pintorials linky – thanks for sharing.

Louise

January 27, 2015 at 11:12 am

Love the idea of wax-resist painting, it’s one of the activities I have planned to try with my two girls. These hearts look so effective – such a great idea for Valentines Day.

Caroline (Becoming a SAHM)

January 28, 2015 at 11:24 am

Ah these look lovely! We tried something similar but couldn;t see the wax through the paint, not sure what we did wrong! Lovely idea for valentines though 🙂 xx #letkidsbekids

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jenny
January 28, 2015 at 12:10 pm
That happened to us too. I just played around, going over the wax lots of time until it was really thick. I found blotting the paint with some paper towel helped too 🙂