- If any of the paper gets stuck or is especially hard to peel off, soak the crayon in some warm water for about 10 minutes
- We tried to keep color families separate so Red, Pink, Orange in one. Blue, Green, Yellow in another. White, black, grey and brown in another (we spread the white in with the pinks later, but didn’t use brown and grey)
3. Have the kids break the peeled crayons into as small pieces as possible. We usually got about 4 pieces out of them. Then go in with your knife and slice them into smaller bits.
4. Have your kiddos fill up the molds with the color families. (you might need to spread them out later) Fill them up as much as possible, they’ll definitely melt down, don’t worry.
- Noah (5) was really into making sure everything was even
- Peyton (2.5) was really just into dumping everything in the middle.
5. Put your molds onto a baking tray and pop them into the oven for 10-15 minutes depending on your oven. Ours took about 13. Then pull them out and let them cool. (this takes about 2 hours max.) – Don’t worry about mixing or swirling these, they’ll come out plenty mixed!
6. While those are cooling, print out your cards and have your kids help you address them. If they’re starting to write their names, this is perfect practice. If they’re not old enough, a scribble is adorable. (click the images below for full size)
7. Once everything is cooled off, secure your hearts to each card using your rubber cement, or tape, or glue dots.
8. Take them to school, work, etc and let everyone marvel at your creative prowess.
9 Comments
Cute!!
January 25, 2016 at 4:08 pmThanks! <3
January 28, 2016 at 10:33 pmI love this! I can’t wait until I can try this with my kids! I get so tired of buying valentines just to have them thrown away now my child’s class mates can take their valentines home and create! Good job
January 25, 2016 at 5:35 pmThanks Shirley! I’d love to hear how this goes!
January 28, 2016 at 10:32 pmNow iI need to find a child to borrow so its not weird when I do this! Excited to see what else you have in store for us!
January 26, 2016 at 5:26 amHahaha! Babysitting is encouraged. Or you can do them yourself? Adult coloring is all the rage
January 28, 2016 at 10:32 pmWe made these today and had so much fun!! We are excited to glue them to the envelopes holding her valentines. This was such a sweet idea, thanks for posting! Can’t wait to see what you have up next! Xo
January 31, 2016 at 11:02 pmAw, I’m so glad you guys did them! Can’t wait to see how they turned out!
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