Happy Friday: Easy Valentine’s Day Crayon Melt Activity & Gift Idea

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Sent from reader, Megann:

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, I thought I’d share a non candy Valentine’s Day easy craft. It’s nothing new but super easy and fun.

crayonmeltproject

Melt old crayons in a silicone mold in the oven and assemble. I melted crayons at 350 degrees for 13 minutes or until melted and printed the small color page off of the web. Super cheap, easy and fun!

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Comments 19

  1. Adriaddiemom

    We made these last year too! Just one pointer that Crayola crayons work best. Melissa & doug crayon pieces didn’t melt and the ones from restaurants and stuff were really grainy.

  2. Babymair

    Super cute ,!! thx 4 the idea!! . My 2 boys will love to help me make these.

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      You’re welcome!

  3. Sarah!!

    We use to do this at the daycare I worked at to help get more use out of our broken crayons plus it seemed easier for toddlers to use them

  4. Laura

    This looks super fun! Anyone have tips for getting the paper wrappers off crayons eadily?

    • Laura

      Take a sharp knife and cut length wise on the paper. It should cut through the paper.

    • Deanna

      My two year old loves peeling the paper off all the crayons.. So all the crayons in our house are already paperless. Lol

    • Jaime

      Deanna, ours too!!! LOL

    • AE

      Soak in warm water they should just come right off

  5. Jennine

    This is such a cute idea! To piggy back an idea off it you could use the coloring pages to make origami boxes. Putting the crayons inside the box, and don’t worry it’s beginner level origami. Not anymore complicated than the origami fortune tellers we made in school.

  6. Tonya

    Super cute. Thanks for sharing.

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      You’re welcome Tonya!

  7. Ashlie

    Yes, I second the Crayola brand if you can do it. If you have an Ollie’s discount store, I found a box of 64 Crayola for less than $2 today 🙂

  8. RZ

    These were cute to make with my kiddos. However, they have a hard time holding them (vs. crayons which are easy to hold) and they find that they can’t make fine lines when using them…so I don’t see us doing this again lol.

  9. Tara

    We did these last year. They turned out super cute, but what I learned: 1. Only use crayons crayons, otherwise a white layer of wax forms on top of heart crayon with the cheaper brands. 2. You will need more crayon pieces than you think. 3. Your hands will hurt from getting the wrappers off. My kids loved them and it was fun to do something other than candy, but it was time consuming.

    • Ktenny

      I’d take a utility knife and slice the paper down the side and the kids can slip them off 😉

    • Erin

      Yeah, we tried this as well. I agree with all your points (except maybe the wrappers, since my daughter can’t seem to leave them on the crayons! 😉 ) and I have one to add: you may not want to use a mold that you intend to use for food. I used a silicon heart mold like the one pictured above and it smelled strongly of wax afterward. I’m not even sure I got all the wax residue out of the mold. Crayons are nontoxic, but the smell really bothered me. We’ve melted pony beads in the oven before and the crayons were much stronger and worse in my opinion.

  10. Tara

    ** Crayola crayons!

  11. Tracy

    I just want to echo that I also only do this with Crayola crayons.

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