Family Fireplace Fun

crayola supplies

Paint Brushes
Rainbow Twistables® Crayons
Markers
Washable Kid's Paint
Model Magic®
No-Run School Glue
Blunt-Tip Scissors
Construction Paper

household supplies

recycled newspaper
recycled boxes
paper towels
container(s) of water

Why

Where’s your favorite cozy spot on a winter evening? Maybe in front of a fireplace with your pets?

Steps

1. On cold winter evenings, what does your family like to do? Go ice skating? Gather around a fireplace to toast marshmallows? Read stories or listen to music? Create the setting for your idea of the perfect winter evening in a shoe box.
2. Cover your art area with newspaper. Use Crayola® Washable Kid’s Paint and Paint Brushes to paint your box diorama, inside and out. Air-dry the paint.
3. Craft people, furniture, and a fireplace with Crayola Model Magic. Air-dry everything at least 24 hours. Paint all of your figures and accessories. (You could also use colored Model Magic.)
4. Use Crayola Rainbow Twistables to draw braided rugs, colorful scarves and blankets, and a fire in the fireplace or a bonfire, for example. The red, orange, yellow, and red-orange colors change as you color, making them look ever so real. With Crayola® Scissors, cut out each piece.
5. Decorate the inside of your diorama with Crayola Washable Markers.
6. Use Crayola School Glue to hold items in place inside your winter scene. Air-dry and enjoy!

When & Where

"After our scouts made these dioramas, they wrote poems describing an evening with their family. Parents loved them!"
- Lourdes O., scout leader.

"My children researched families in different countries. Then they made these scenes depicting their homes."
- Melina M., homeschool parent.

Interesting Info

Norman invaders in England are credited with inventing fireplaces, which were used to heat their enormous stone castles. In many areas today, fireplaces are more decorative than functional in providing heat.

Safety Guidelines

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—

Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Crayola Washable Paints—Not for use as body/face paint.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.