This year Annabelle needed little valentines to bring to school and to The Yoga Babies Valentine’s Day Party. So, after searching Pinterest for ideas, I decided to try making heart shaped crayons. (The particular pin I found lead me to the blog Goodknits. I followed Lisa’s instructions for making the hearts, and even ordered the pan she recommended from Amazon, which worked perfectly.)
I must admit, these little Valentines from start to finish took me awhile. But, what can I say? I like this kind of stuff.
After I unwrapped all the crayons, Annabelle and I broke them up and sorted them by color. Then we filled the heart shaped pan with crayons pieces.
Annabelle was so excited to see the crayons melt. She couldn’t wait to see them when they came out of the oven. Once they were cool, she helped me pop them out of the silicone pan.
Then she claimed one and happily started coloring away.
To make Valentines using the crayon hearts, I mounted the hearts (using a glue dot) onto circles I cut out of different colored card stock. On Goodknits she used the phrase “You Color My World” on her Valentines, which I thought was cute.
I also found a few other phrases online. ”Have A Colorful Valentine’s Day”…
And “Have A Happy Valentine’s Day…For Crayon Out Loud”… which was my favorite.
When I was done mounting the hearts and writing out colorful phrases (umm, yeah, I made A LOT)…
…I wrapped them up in plastic baggies tied with a ribbon. Then, I cut out little hearts to write each child’s name on…
I think they came out pretty cute. What crafty valentines have you and your little ones been working on?
P.S. I’ll be back on Wednesday to share Annabelle’s 2013 Picture Valentine. You can check out past years here.
Adorable!!!! And we absolutely LOVED the valentine Annabelle sent us on the mail! Amazing!!!! Xxxxx Carrie and the fan
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Aw, thank you Carrie! I hope your precious little ones are doing well!!! xoxoxo
This looks like such a fun thing to do!! As a kid I would have loved to get one of these!
Me too! Annabelle is a big fan of her heart shaped crayons!
Oh I love this! I wish I had a heart shaped tin! Guess I”ll have to get one (when they go on sale after Thursday!) for next year!
Ohhh, that’s a great idea! I’m sure you can get one on sale after Valentine’s Day! The silicone pan worked perfectly for popping them out after they cooled.
These are really, really cute! What a fun alternative for kids valentines!
Kenley
Thanks, Kenley! Annabelle’s school has a strict no food policy for Valentines (due to numerous allergies) so I thought these would be cute.
I love it, just beautiful !!
Thank you!
Wow, these turned out AMAZING, Kelly! I love them. I can’t believe how many you made – you must have the patience of a saint!
I must admit, about half way through this project I thought, this is insane! But I was already too far along to go back! Mike thought I was crazy.
Love all the different colours and the way you packaged them is soooo cute!
Thanks! I loved yours. It was a fun little project, right!?
yes sure was
They came out great!
Thanks, Diana!
Very cute!
Thank you!!
They ARE very cute! And the picture with them all (hum, yeah, you made a lot lol!) is gorgeous!
I got a bit carried away. You know when you start a project and you don’t think it’s going to take that long, and by the time you realize just how long it’s going to take, there’s no turning back??
yep… *sigh*
Kelly, these look great! This is a fun project and you made so many of them!
Thanks! It was fun…and I did end up needing to make a lot. I made 50 of them! Yikes!
These are just darling! One of the most creative and practical Valentines creations I have seen. And I love how you clustered them by color family. Just be-au-ti-ful.
Thank you, Lauren. It was fun playing with the different colors…putting bits and pieces of crayons together and seeing what the end result was once they melted.
What an awesome idea, I love it!
Clare x
Thanks, Clare!
Love new ideas. Thanks for posting. Wow! The little one’s in my life will love this!
I’m sure they would! They were a lot of fun to make…and then to draw with once they were done!
This is one of the best ideas I have ever seen! Love it
They are very, very cute!
Thanks! I was so excited when I saw it on Pinterest…I just thought they were adorable.
My kids would LOVE this for next year. Or any holiday really, I know they have different pans with all sorts of shapes. Little Shamrocks? How cute would that be for ‘crayon out loud! (that’s my favorite too!). Seriously, where did you find the time to do this? You must never sleep!
~Erin
Little Shamrocks!? What a great idea!! Those would be so cute!
Love non-edible “treats” for classroom handouts. So cute!