Letting preschool children design a bare or white cover to an ironing board with crayons or markers gives them a chance to appreciate an accessory to Boone's original invention. Let the students know the item they're coloring on was part of Boone's original design more than 100 years ago.
There are numerous Black History Month coloring books that include Boone's ironing board invention. While there are varying graphics, many give the student a chance to color in all the parts of Boone's invention.
Let preschool children participate in the melting of crayons by the use of an iron and an ironing board. This craft allows students the opportunity to see why an ironing board is important; it gives the hot iron a stable place to steam-over, making it safe for use. Show the students that melting crayons or ironing clothes would be much more difficult without a stable surface, lifted off the ground. While the teacher and teacher aids will be the ones doing the melting, preschoolers will have a chance to see how the invention works, perhaps helping by handing the crayons to the "melters." The melted crayons can be used to create new, multicolored crayon discs for the students to take home.
Allow the preschoolers to create their own two-dimensional paper ironing boards. With the help of a teacher and an adult aid, the students can draw an ironing board and then cut the shape out with scissors. Add life to the craft by drawing and cutting legs, covers and clothes. Color and decorate when finished.