Do you know about melted crayon art?

Hello from Sendai.

The shipping work for July has finally settled down, so I took the kids who were restless and noisy to a picture book store I've been visiting since I was a child.

It's a truly child-friendly store packed with picture books and wooden toys from overseas, all crammed into a house said to have been built in the early Meiji period.

I heard you can experience "melted crayon art" here, and thought it might be good for a summer project, so I invited the kids.

It was a project to create an original fabric bag using the melted crayon technique with Stockmar beeswax crayons.

We laid tracing paper on the hot plate,

and melted various colors swirling them around, mixing and spreading them.

After the paper dried, we cut it into our favorite shapes,

placed it on fabric, and transferred it with an iron. A charming chameleon was completed.

The paper on the right is after transfer. The frog was made by me.

Somehow, I enjoyed making it with a clear mind♪

Only in Sendai, we found Sendai Shiro!

And Soebumi stationery. Sendai version! Date Masamune, Kokeshi dolls, beef tongue.

"Ah, that was fun. Let's come again!"

said the two kids.

They seemed to really like the warm picture books, simple toys, the nostalgic atmosphere like grandma's house, and the friendly store staff who have cared for us like family for a long time.

What should I put in my frog bag?♪