I saw this little nugget of truth the other day on Pinterest; who else can relate to this?
My 7th grader, who no longer has any use for crayons having graduated to Faber-Castell manga pens and markers, has a crayon collection dating back to nursery school. Heaven forbid I should throw them away, because, you know, if the Crayola factory blew up and there was a worldwide crayon shortage, he’d be the man. Crayon apocalypse not withstanding, I decided I needed them for this post. This is a quick and easy craft that melts down old crayons to make new ones, in this case heart-shaped ones for Valentine’s Day. A couple of these in a treat bag are a cute alternative to candy for the class Valentine’s Day party. My son intends to give these to his younger cousins (but I think he might keep one for himself).
I used a silicone baking pan as a mold. Get the crayons ready by removing the paper and breaking them up into small pieces. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees.
Fill the mold as shown and place in preheated oven for approximately 22 – 25 minutes, checking to see when they’ve melted all the way through; I used a toothpick to swirl the colors.
Let them cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, then put them in the freezer for another 5 to 10 minutes. When the crayons have cooled, carefully peel them out of the mold.
The crayons are easy for little hands to hold, and the swirled colors look great on paper!
What’s your favorite Valentine’s Day craft? Let me know in the comments!
All crayon photos courtesy of mommeetsblog.com
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I just tossed several broken crayons. I will try this next time with them
Hope you get a chance to try it, it’s really easy and they come out great!
What a cute idea! I’ll definitely be trying this for my boys. 🙂
Great! It’s a fun and easy craft to do with the kids!
Hello! Thank you so much for linking up with us at the MaMade Blog Hop! I love the crayon ideas so much that I refuse to throw our broken crayons away 😉 haha. Some day I will make these!! Don’t forget to stop back again next week to link up and see if you’ve been featured :). Have a great week!
Happy to link up, thanks for stopping by!
Just love this! I was looking for some Valentine’s crafts to try and this is too perfect. I just private messaged your facebook page because this is exactly what I was looking for to feature 😉 Glad to find your blog! ❤ Thanks for sharing this!!
You are so welcome! I also replied to you on FB, thanks so much for featuring this craft on your page, I hope you enjoy it!
I Love using broken crayons this way. Thanks for sharing on the MaMade Blog Hop! Your Crayon Hearts are cute! Kim ~ This Ole Mom
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Awesome idea to reuse those crayons our kids hoard for some reason!! 🙂
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At first I wondered what you were making…but in the end It turned out so well. Thank for sharing!
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Awesome, fantastic idea! My 3.5 year old twins don’t even want me to throw away a chewed up graham cracker they left behind 3 hours prior.
Lol! I totally understand that. Wait till they start asking you to put that graham cracker in the fridge so they can eat it later. . .
Ha, my 17 year old does that, but it’s usually under his bed 🙂
Love it. =)
Thank you!