Friday, February 3, 2012

Crayon Heart Valentines

So my daughter, who is 3, goes to daycare. Every year they do a little Valentine's Day celebration and they ask the parents to bring in valentines to exchange. So of course my daughter comes home with a bag full of candy, just what every 3 year old needs right? So I wanted to make a valentine that she can give to people that wasn't candy. This year she will be bringing in these super cute crayon valentines.







First thing to do is to get the crayons and molds. The molds I bought from Target. It is the silicone muffin pan $2.50 a piece. I bought the 120 pack of crayons and that gave me 24 valentines. You'll need to take the paper off the crayons before you begin. 




I put the molds on a baking sheet for extra support. Once you have all the crayons stripped preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Separate the crayons by color if you choose to do so. I decided to do browns, grays (black and white went in this group), green/blues, orange/reds, and purple/pinks. Of course you can combine any colors you like together. 



Then you'll want to break the crayons up into smaller pieces and put them in the molds. The more crayons you put in there the thicker it will get. I like to make sure a variety of the colors are on the bottom so that you have a good look when it is done. 

Put the crayons in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or until they are all melted. Be careful taking them out to make sure you don't slosh the liquid crayon around too much, there is no need to swirl them or mix them, I promise! 


Once they are out just let them cool down then you can just pop them out of the silicone molds. 




Megan and I printed out hearts on cardstock with the words "Color your heart out, Valentine" to make the actual valentine. Then we cut them out, and jazzed them up with some stickers and glitter glue. 




Attach the crayons however you like. First we tried glue dots but those didn't work out so well. I am attaching it with hot glue. Double sided tape could also probably work well. 




So there we have it Crayon Valentines. My daughter was so enthralled with them somehow she talked me into making her some because she didn't want to wait until valentines day to play with them. How could I say no? Hope you all enjoy, I know your kids will!






13 comments:

  1. What a sweet idea! They can use the hearts to colour, right?

    My 18mo was given candy at Christmas at daycare, I couldn't believe it!!

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    1. p.s. I forgot to say I found your post via Clare's linky party at Polkadot Pretties :)

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    2. Yes they can still color but my daughter loves them so much all she's done yet is play with them, she doesn't want to use them to color! Lol. And I know how you feel about the candy... I loath certain holidays at daycare knowing how much sugar is going to be available to her that day, and sent home with her!

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  2. SO cute! I made round ones for my daughter's upcoming birthday party. One question - how did you get your pans clean??? Mine are still white and gunky even after all the scrubbing.

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    1. Ah a question I cannot answer for you, I'm sorry! I bought the heart shape pans specifically for this project and with the silicone I can wipe the residue off and then wash. Have you tried a Mr. Clean magic eraser? Those things take off anything.

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  3. I just bought some silicone hearts for another project. Now I can do this one too! Love it!

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  4. I loved these on Pinterest! I would love for you to link up to my Tuesday Pinterest Inspiration party :) I was too afraid to make these but I might just have to do these for next year. Thanks!

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  5. Love the crayon idea! It's a nice alternative especially for schools that request no treats.

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  6. What a great idea, I wouldn't want to use them for crayons either. So cute. Hope the party at school went well. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration at Sunday's Best Par.tay! Hope to see you this Sunday.

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    1. Thank you. Unfortunately Scarlett got an ear infection and missed the party but we dropped these off still, can't wait to take her back and see what everyone thought!

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  7. Love this idea...going to pass it on to my son and his fiance. She will love this as she is ECE :)

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    1. Glad you like it! They are so easy and not really time consuming either. The biggest part was peeling but my husband helped me with the second set and he just whipped out his knife and cut the paper off, took the peeling time down to 1/3 the time.

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Happy Crafting!

Megan@ Whimsically Homemade