I tried my hand at batiking in high school so when I first read that you were teaching that to kids all I could think was HOT WAX!!!! Your search for an alternative is very impressive. Glad you came up with a doable alternative. Can never really get all the wax out of a batik, so a little glue remaining seems okay. The results look great! As does the squash with apples!
It's good to know that the wax does not come out easily either. I tried my hand at batik during one of my summer jobs at a YMCA retreat that had a great crafts program and I had a lot of free time to experiment. I wouldn't mind finding a class to take.
I tried my hand at batiking in high school so when I first read that you were teaching that to kids all I could think was HOT WAX!!!! Your search for an alternative is very impressive. Glad you came up with a doable alternative. Can never really get all the wax out of a batik, so a little glue remaining seems okay. The results look great! As does the squash with apples!
It's good to know that the wax does not come out easily either. I tried my hand at batik during one of my summer jobs at a YMCA retreat that had a great crafts program and I had a lot of free time to experiment. I wouldn't mind finding a class to take.