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Recycled Crayons: Valentine’s Gifts for Kids

January 8, 2014

After the success of our Christmas Stars Gift that the kids made for their friends, they wanted another go this Valentine’s… well that was easy enough, we hadn’t used any of the other colours – so plenty of Crayons left to recycle. This is a great easy heart craft for kids! We made a mix of colours this time – blues, greens, reds, oranges etc. Whatever colour took the kids fancy – and created our Recycled Crayons for Valentines. Another lovely gift for kids to make!

Try these quick and easy Recycled Crayons Valentines Gift. A handmade Valentines gift for kids to make. Non Candy Valentines Gifts.

(Nun auch auf Deutsch: Waxmalkreideformen!)

So.. as before:

Recycled Crayons Materials:

* Old crayons

* A heat proof silicon mold (in our case star shaped)

* Knife for cutting & oven for heating

Recycled Crayons How To:

Let’s start with top tips –ย 

* Take care when “mixing colours”, crayons are not made from “pure colours” (i.e. red is not JUST red), so normal colour theory does not a applu (a blue and a yellow, may result in a brownish green)

* Personally, I would say, stick to pure colours (e.g. just yellow) or “adjacent colours” – e.g. red and orange, orange and yellow, yellow and green, green and blue etc – the crayon is likely to mix a little

* Caryons are made from different materials – some will melt better than others. You will also find, that some crayons will “separate out” into different layers that they are made up of – I like to give them a good stir at the end, to get those layers “back together again” and the resulting crayon working better. That is why not mixing too many colours is best!

* To clean your silicon tray – I found dish soap with boiling water good and then wiping it immediately with some paper Kitchen Towels. Repeat 2-3 times.

Recycled Crayons Gift

1) Strip your crayons of all paper – we found “peeling” them like a carrot with a knife worked best. If your crayon is VERY DIRTY looking, I recommend taking that top dirty layer off too – you don’t want the dirty inside your brand new crayon!

Recycled Crayons Valentine's Gift

2) Fill your silicon trays – try and pack them as best as possible.

3) Place in the oven and heat to 100C. Keep checking. Once you can see they have all melted remove the silicon tray and let cool.

4) At this point I like to give them a quick stir with a toothpick. If you have mixed colours, don’t be too vigorous at this point.

Try these quick and easy Recycled Crayons Valentines Gift. A handmade Valentines gift for kids to make. Non Candy Valentines Gifts.

5) Once fully cooled turn out! And ta da! I do quite like the layering of the colours in these!!

Try these quick and easy Recycled Crayons Valentines Gift. A handmade Valentines gift for kids to make. Non Candy Valentines Gifts.

This time we used our recycled crayons to make some Valentine’s Cards too. We cut out letters and stuck them on a card with our Recycled Crayon Hearts. Don’t they look just lovely? Perfect.

You could also make a small bag of these crayons and give the bag as a gift – great as a “Sibling to Sibling” gift or if you have friends with younger children than you own.

More wonderful and Easy Heart Crafts here (in fact 101 and more hearts!!)

More great Valentines Day Crafts for Kids:

Try these quick and easy Recycled Crayons Valentines Gift. A handmade Valentines gift for kids to make. Non Candy Valentines Gifts.

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Filed Under: Gifts That Kids Can Make, Kids Craft, Recycling, Valentines 17 Comments

Comments

  1. Art Mom says

    January 8, 2014 at 3:15 am

    These are absolutely adorable! I’ve seen the recycled crayons so many times and I’d really like to try it, look so fun! Really simple too!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      January 8, 2014 at 9:13 pm

      Lovely! Enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Kate_Laughing Kids Learn says

    January 9, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    So cool. Love it.

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      January 9, 2014 at 1:14 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Pinkoddy says

    January 10, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    What a gorgeous idea – I LOVE it.

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      January 12, 2014 at 9:25 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  4. Sian says

    January 23, 2014 at 10:50 pm

    Oh I love this idea, especially using one on a card! xx

    PS. I noticed your instructions say you use a star shaped mould, but you made heart shapes! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Quite Frankly She Said – UK Lifestyle Blog

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      January 23, 2014 at 11:46 pm

      Ha!! Good spot! Thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  5. Lisa says

    February 4, 2015 at 5:10 am

    Great idea! We just made our crayons. Now I need to figure out what paper will hold the weight of the crayons. What did you use? And how did you affix the crayons to the cards?

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      February 4, 2015 at 9:11 am

      We just “blu tacked” it on.. which means they come off easily.. but you could hot glue gun it? Normal “card stock” worked fine for holding the weight!

      Reply
      • Lisa says

        February 5, 2015 at 4:07 am

        Thank you! I’ll give it a try.

        Reply

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