You could making your wishing stones any way you like, varying the wishes depending on who they are for (even yourself) and the situation. Our wishes for Emma were for healing and health, for her to be able to go home from the hospital, and for her to have fun and regain her spunk. We wrote some of our wishes on the fronts, some on the backs, and some we left without words. Let the rocks cool, then write your wish on it with a Sharpie marker or other permanent marker. Then take it out and continue working on it…Ĥ. If you work slowly and meticulously, as Daphne does on her melted crayon rocks, you may find that you need to place the rock back in the oven to heat up again after a few minutes. We’ve also created spirals, stripes, rainbows, hearts, solid colors, and words with the melting crayon. You can do this directly on the hot rock or over another color of crayon. Holding the crayon in place to create dots as the crayon melts is especially fun. Draw on the hot rocks slowly with the crayons, letting the crayon melt as you work. We used a washcloth over a placemat this time.ģ. ![]() Remove the one stone at a time (per person) from the oven with tongs and place on a protected work surface. However, if you don’t have a yard with rocks (or a yard, period), you can buy rounded river stones or pebbles from a craft store or hardware store.Ģ. Note: The kids enjoyed searching around the yard and garden for the best rocks. Place the sheet of stones in a 350 F oven to heat up for 10 or so minutes (this also dries the rocks). Crayons (any, but we’ve found that soy-based crayons and wax-based crayons work better than petroleum-based crayons)ġ. Select your stones, wash them, and spread them out on a baking sheet.Small, smooth stones that will fit in your hand.Here are the instructions and a few pics… DiY Wishing Stones for a Friend Maia and Daphne are always up for some melted crayon rocks-so fun!-and Isabella and Emily hadn’t tried them before. And I thought we could add our wishes for our friends to the rocks with words and intention, much as we had with the thankful stones we make at Thanksgiving. I decided on melted crayon rocks because the combination of the weight of the small rocks with the smooth waxy coating of the melted crayon coating make them both enticing and soothing to hold. Something tangible that she could look at and hold in her hand. Something that would help this little girl heal and get back home to her family. Her sister Isabella with us for the afternoon and we wanted to make something, anything, helpful. We made wishing stones a while back for a young friend who was sick in the hospital.
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