I've been talking to the kids lately about the Three Rs - they know we try to live this way, but I want them to get the whys as well. To make it fun, find some more colour, and keep the big kids quiet during nap time, I turned to this tutorial.
In our great art cupboard clean-out earlier this week, I pulled all the broken bits of crayons. All I needed for this project were these, and a couple of silicone molds (I've seen people use all kinds of things for molds, though, from candy molds to paper cups). One is a mini-muffin pan, the other an Ikea ice cube tray we discovered at the thrift store just yesterday - how amazing is that? I love it when that happens.
I would suggest breaking up any bigger bits of crayons ahead of time, as the 4-year-olds found the snapping up part difficult, and decided this project was a lot of work. All the work was worth it, though - they loved watching the crayons melt through the window in the oven door.
I'm planning a "Rainbow" themed birthday party for one of the kids this year, and I'm thinking a set of crayons like this would be an awesome take-home gift for the guests - what do you think?
Great goodie bag idea! Love it. I have been collecting the kids bits of crayons for awhile now to make those too.
Posted by: Andrea | February 18, 2010 at 12:16 PM
They are absolutely brilliant!
Posted by: Arianwen | February 18, 2010 at 02:15 PM
Great idea! We used to melt little bits of crayons into small pill bottles in the oven, and poke holes in the top for a cord. Stylish necklace, with no chance for disaster or fire. (We of course were undertaking this without any hint of adult supervision.)
Posted by: Judy G. | February 18, 2010 at 07:23 PM
I've seen these at school, but your shapes are better!
I'm saving ours now till we have enough to play with ;)
Posted by: colleen | February 19, 2010 at 04:37 AM
You are awesome Charity! Such fun. Will I be able to remember these things when my grandchildren arrive?
Posted by: Patty | February 20, 2010 at 07:51 AM
Beautiful and the arrows are every kind of wonderful
Posted by: Sarah | February 20, 2010 at 11:17 AM
I love this idea! Samm just bought some new crayons for Clover (she likes to break hers) so I told her about this. I've started my broken crayon collection and look forward to doing this when I have enough. Thanks for the idea!
Posted by: Julie | February 22, 2010 at 09:23 AM