Retro Batik Windsock
Recycle a water bottle into your own retro room decoration! Crayola® Twistables make it easy to create a distinctive batik look.
1. Batik fabric has been used for thousands of years in Asia, South East Asia, and Africa, so it’s really retro. Batik was popular in the 1960s, too, and the style is back again! Use a batik effect to make a windsock to decorate your room. Here’s how.
2. Ask an adult to cut off the bottom and neck of a recycled plastic water bottle using Crayola Scissors.
3. Design batik paper. Look at some samples of batik for design inspiration. Sunbursts, lizards, and geometrics are just a few possibilities. Measure and cut white paper to fit around the center of your water bottle. Fill the paper with Crayola Twistables color. Make several layers for intense hues. Attach your batik paper to the bottle with Crayola School Glue.
4. Add hanging decorations. Punch several holes along the bottom edge of the bottle. Punch two holes at the top to use for hanging.
5. With Crayola Model Magic, form stars, flowers, or other shapes to hang from the windsock. Air-dry your shapes for 24 hours.
6. Decorate the rest of the water bottle using Crayola Washable Window Markers and Twistables. Decorate and cut strips of paper to hang below or beside your shapes, too.
7. Decorate the Model Magic Shapes with Crayola Washable Window Markers.
8. Glue the shapes and your paper strips to yarn or ribbon. Air-dry the pieces. Tie them in the bottom holes of the water bottle.
9. Tie yarn through the top holes to hang your windsock. Hang it indoors to catch a gentle breeze!
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.
Adult Assistance is required for this arts & crafts project.
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.
Recycled Containers—Must be clean and safe. Do not use containers that contained bleach or other harmful chemicals (for example, household cleaners, dishwasher or laundry detergents). Do not use recycled metal cans that have sharp edges (for example, lids removed by household can openers).
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.
String-Like Materials—Includes string, raffia, lacing, yarn, ribbon, and other similar material. Children 3 years and younger should not be given any string-like material that is longer than 12 inches. Close adult supervision is essential whenever children use string-like material. When crafts are to be worn around the necks of children 8 years and younger, attach the ends of the “string-like material” with clear adhesive tape, which allows easy release of the bond if the craft becomes entangled or caught on equipment. For children older than 8 years, the ends of the “string-like material” may be tied and knotted.
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