DIY Heart Shaped Crayons

It’s almost Valentine’s Day!

If you have young children, you undoubtedly have the same two problems that I have:

  • Broken crayons
  • Too much candy

This Valentine’s Day my kids will be giving cute, heart shaped crayons to their friends and classmates instead of candy.

Less candy, recycling old crayons, having fun, making something beautiful – these are all wins in my book!

Here’s what you need:

Directions:

  1. Break (or slice with a knife) crayons into small pieces (I thought breaking them was actually easier.)
  2. Preheat your oven to 230 degrees
  3. Fill the hearts with crayon pieces (Let the kids help!)
  4. “Bake” the crayons at 230 degrees for 15-18 minutes (there shouldn’t be any whole pieces visible)
  5. Let your new crayons cool in the mold before you pop them out
Heart mold filled with crayon pieces.
Keep baking!
Done baking.
Finished product.
I loved the ones with gold or bronze crayon pieces 🙂
So pretty!

Did you try this? Let me know how it worked by commenting below!