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Last Minute Crayon Eggs Easter Craft

18 April 2011 24 Comments

We had a go at melting crayons on hot hard boiled eggs at the weekend. It is a craft I have been wanting to try for a while and have seen floating around the web a fair amount!

It was fun. Looked fab. But there is definitely a knack to it! And some crayons worked better than others! We found it worked best, if you did “draw”, but if you rested the crayon and let it melt…

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jfb57 said:

Great fun from the looks of it!

# 18 April 2011 at 5:12 pm

Domestic goddesque said:

Wow: they look fab. I’ve seen these but need to get the girls to eat eggs first!

# 18 April 2011 at 8:02 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Mine don’t eat eggs either… but to me at least one or two hard boiled eggs are a MUST at Easter! Even if I end up eating them all

# 18 April 2011 at 8:17 pm

Roopa(Putti Amma) said:

These look fun!! All these easter eggs makes me wish I could eat eggs These are soooo tempting that we have decided to try them and send them over to putti’s preschool kids:-)

# 19 April 2011 at 3:24 pm

maryanne said:

Very cool! We’ve also enjoyed rolling hot eggs in grated crayon shavings (push them around with a fork or spoon to avoid burns) here:

http://mamasmiles.com/?p=182

And then dyed them afterwards here:

http://mamasmiles.com/?p=1265

# 19 April 2011 at 4:43 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Ooh Maryanne, that sounds great too.. will come and take a look now!

# 19 April 2011 at 5:08 pm

Amy said:

Oooh, I saw this in Family Fun’s last issue and was curious whether it would actually work or not…I can imagine that like you said, it’s better if you let the crayon sit there awhile. We’re dyeing eggs Thursday…may try a few this way!

# 19 April 2011 at 8:02 pm

Jamie @ hands on : as we grow said:

Looks like fun to watch the crayon melt – I’ve heard that Crayola crayons are the way to go. Is that what you found out too?

I’m featuring this on my 2 dozen ideas and techniques to dye Easter Eggs today!

Jamie @ hands on : as we grow

# 19 April 2011 at 9:02 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Jamie – thank you for featuring them )))) as to the crayon Question. I think ours were all the same (random) make. It was more a “colour” thing. I have noticed that with paints: different colours apply differently – must be a chemical make up thingy! So it is trial an error!

# 20 April 2011 at 8:23 am

jenny said:

What a fabulous idea! I’m going to try this with my boys tomorrow.

# 20 April 2011 at 9:35 am

Michelle Willow said:

Oh this is cool! Wanna try this!

# 20 April 2011 at 4:25 pm

Having Fun at Home said:

They look great- better than the ones pictured in Family Fun!

# 20 April 2011 at 5:45 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Oh my! Now that is a compliment if ever I saw one… will have to head over to Family Fun and take a look

# 20 April 2011 at 6:15 pm

kathryn said:

I just did a crayon melting craft but I wish I would have seen this! that’s so cool. I LOVE IT.

new follower!
kathryn
http://www.thedragonsfairytail.blogspot.com

# 21 April 2011 at 4:40 am

mummiafelice said:

As we said the other day, such a great idea, and perfect for using up all the broken bits of crayon!

# 21 April 2011 at 2:01 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Oh Kathryn you are lovely! Thanks for the kind comment and so pleased you like the blog!! Hope to see you again soon

Maggy

# 21 April 2011 at 3:41 pm

Chris at Thinly Spread said:

Oh I’d forgotten about this! I did it with the biggies years ago, thanks so much for the reminder!! BRILLIANT!

# 23 April 2011 at 12:27 pm

Red Ted Art (author) said:

Yay! Glad to be of service!

# 23 April 2011 at 1:19 pm

nicolette @ momnivores dilemma said:

Archiving this one for next year, maybe when the boys can follow directions better.

Thanks for linking up to Creative Juice Thursday. Hope to see you back again this week!

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# 29 August 2011 at 9:23 pm

Bugs said:

Looks like fun!

# 21 March 2012 at 11:31 am

Cara said:

Cool project! Where did you get the awesome egg holders?

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