Valentine’s Day Heart Crayons (Free Printable!)

Do you have broken crayons laying around your house? Do you have random crayons you have collected from restaurants that come with the kids menu? If you answered, “Yes!” let me show you how you can reuse your broken and miscellaneous crayons to create new heart crayons. Yes, that’s right, you can create something new with broken items. In this case, crayons!! (BONUS: I have added a free printable that you can use for Valentine’s Day cards.)

Use What You Already Have

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My daughter for some reason does not like to use broken crayons. She always thinks we need new crayons. I happen to disagree with her. I am determined to show her that we can reuse and upcycle these broken crayons to make something awesome (and beautiful!) We can reuse, renew and reshape them into new colorful heart crayons.

I am confident that this will convince my kids to use their broken crayons that still color!

Why Heart Crayons?

I decided to make mine hearts, because Valentine’s Day is coming up! You can easily reshape and mold your crayons into any shape. My best advice is to use silicone molds, because they are way easier to pop the crayons out when you are finished baking them. A tin mold would work too, but you may just need a knife to help you pop it out.

Materials

▸ Crayons (I have noticed that Crayola crayons melt the fastest and works well, because it is higher quality with better oil in their crayons)

▸ Silicone Mold (I highly recommend this one for its size and ease of use!)

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 ▸ Optional: Parchment Paper (This is to place under the silicone mold when you place it in the oven for the crayons to melt. I use this one, it is unbleached for non-toxic paper.)

▸ Optional: Warm bowl of water (this is to help you take out the crayon labels.)

Instructions

1) Preheat the oven to 275 degrees.
2) Remove all the wrappers around your crayon. (If you need some assistance, a bowl of warm/hot water can help. Soak the crayons in the bowl for a few minutes, before peeling.)
3) Break the crayons into little pieces to fit into the mold. (Tip: Have the kids help you here! My 4 year old had a lot of fun doing this.)
4) Place your tiny pieces of crayons into your mold into whatever variety or groupings you’d like! Time to get creative.
5) I advise to place parchment paper under your silicone mold, in case there are any spills or anything.
6) Place it in the oven at 275 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Timing can range, depending on how thick your crayons are.
7) Carefully, remove your silicone mold and allow it to cool down and harden. This approximately takes 45 minutes to an hour.

Once it has harden, pop them off and enjoy your new set of crayons or gift them for a non-candy Valentine’s Day card/gram. (Free Printable below!)

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Tip: use a hot glue gun to attach your melted heart crayon to the card 
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