Photo Friday – Crayon Hearts

February 5, 2010 in Family, Photo Friday by Wendy Gabriel | 4 comments

by Wendy Gabriel

We spent an afternoon making crayon hearts for Little Greek goddess’s classmates for Valentine’s Day. A friend of mine suggested the craft because she knows how I love to reuse and my aversion of sugar. We were so pleased at how they turned out… they’re adorable!

 Crayon Hearts

Here’s all the information in case we’ve inspired you to make this cute and practical Valentine’s craft:

Materials

  • Crayon pieces (Tip: dip crayon pieces in warm water to make removing the paper a lot easier)
  • Heart-shaped metal cookie or muffin tinLittle Greek goddess making crayon hearts
  • Scrap paper
  • Double-sided foam mounting tape
  • Scissors
  • Colored card stock
  • Marker

Instructions

Heat the oven to 250°.

Fill each mold with crayon pieces and bake until the crayons melt, about 10 to 15 minutes (Tip: Place a sheet pan under the crayons to catch any drips).

Once they’re cool, remove the hearts from the molds and smooth any rough edges by rubbing them on a piece of scrap paper.

Bake at 250Use small pieces of foam tape to stick each heart to a 3-inch circle cut from card stock — or use our template, then add your message.

Suggested messages:

You color my world

Valentine, you make my heart melt

Have a happy Valentine’s Day, for “crayon” out loud!You Color My World!

Source: Family Fun

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Photo Terri
Sam Can Shoot
Twin Cities Photo Blog

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  1. Lyz’s avatar

    Lyz on February 5, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    Thanks for the mention! Your hearts look awesome (as I’m sitting here eating the pure sugar variety!) – no wonder you needed extra crayons – those are super-sized! Can’t wait to see Leah’s.

    Also, “for crayon out loud!”: brilliant.

  2. survivingandthrivingonpennies’s avatar

    survivingandthrivingonpennies on February 5, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    Great post! One question:Do you spray the pan with anything or do the hearts just pop out? I was thinking of doing this same idea for my daughter(not a cool heart pan though) but was worried about the wax sticking.

  3. Wendy Gabriel’s avatar

    Wendy Gabriel on February 7, 2010 at 11:43 am

    survivingandthrivingonpennies,
    The wax didn’t stick at all! I let the pan cool completely, turned it over and tapped the hearts right out.

  4. Mindy Lockard’s avatar

    Mindy Lockard on February 10, 2010 at 11:54 am

    So fun! Elle made these a couple of years ago and they are great. You are smarter than me… I crushed the crayons and it made a huge mess. I will do it Wendy’s way from now on!

    Thanks, Mindy