The crafty person in me tries to make projects for the various holidays. While not all projects are a success, this one turned out better than I first thought it would. I found the idea on
this blog and the insane part of me thought "what the heck, I'll give it a try".
After reading the directions I knew I needed the heart forms. I asked an on-line friend who did this craft what she used. I was able to purchase silicone ice cube trays from the Dollar Spot at Target. They were $2.50 for the pack of two....not sure how that's a Dollar, but I was happy they were cheap.
The next part is taking all the paper off the crayons and snapping them into small pieces. We are very lucky because one of our children (Sarah Grace) has the hobby of snapping crayons. While this usually is frustrating it worked out good for this project! I already had quite a few done. I still had plenty of wrappers to take off and make the pieces smaller. The wrapers come off the crayons from the Dollar Store much eaiser than the Crayola ones!
I didn't get the camera out until after they were done in the oven...oops!
After 15 or 20 minutes in a low temperature oven, the trays look like this:
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| Little fingers (Sarah's) wanted to help in every step. |
The more colors you put together the better the result.
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| We are going to try and use the forms again...I'll report back if they turn out to be a yucky mess. |
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| And yes, there are the brown ones... |
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| And of course, the Packer ones. |
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| And all of them together!! |
We still have to get the cards ready, but this part is done...
