Valentines Day is upon us and like many other parents I had the task of preparing valentines for a class full of children. My alternative to the all so cute hard shape sucker that will inevitably be in his treat bag are heart-shaped crayons attached to an activity book. Creating your very own heart-shaped crayons for Valentine’s Day is super easy if I can do it you can do it. It’s so simple that your little ones can do the bulk of the work.
STEP ONE
Simply remove the paper from the outside of the crayon, break it and place it inside the heart-shaped silicone pan that you purchased in preparation for this task. If you aren’t solely using primary colors I recommend you sort your crayons into color schemes.
STEP TWO
While your crayons melt in the oven on 230 degrees for 15 minutes go ahead and prepare the remaining part of your valentines.
STEP THREE
Make sure to carefully remove the pan from the oven to avoid spillage. Once the crayons come out of the oven they will harden quickly so make sure to add your essential oil of choice right away. I chose lavender mostly because I love the scent and always have it on hand.
STEP FOUR
Allow the crayons to cool and re harden completely, about 30 minutes is sufficient. Than simply pop each crayon out of the pan.
STEP FIVE
Last step, using hot glue attach your scented heart-shaped crayon to your valentine card of choice! It is really that simple and your little one will be the talk of the class.
Hi Yolanda. Visiting your blog for the first time. Lovely concept of heart shaped crayons. It’s good to see that someone is there who is doing wonderful things for kids for this Valentine’s day.
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Ok so why do I love this idea, so fun. I love how they came out. Did they really hold the lavendar scent?
I make these for my kids to bring in to school every year. They love them 🙂
I’ve seen this idea before but never thought about adding essential oils to them. What a great idea!
This is so creative! We’ve made these before but I never thought to scent them! Your idea is brilliant and I love that it is natural.
We have done something like this before and the kids loved it. They were always into arts and crafts.
These are super darn cute! I love love love this idea! Fun experiment for the kids too!
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This is such a cute classroom exchange idea and I appreciate that it involves something other than candy. You could even upcycle and use broken pieces of crayons for this project.
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Aww, this is the best idea! They turned out perfect! Adding the scents was an awesome idea.
Such a fabulous way to use essential oils. Makes me wonder why I never thought of this before!
I’ve made crayons before, but need to try adding oils! I just adore that idea.
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Making these now for my kindergarten class using some Young Living oils – peppermint for concentration and maybe some stress away 🙂
This is so cool! I have never made my own crayons, let alone scented ones…I love this idea.
I never thought about using essential oils in your crayons! I think this is perfect for calming kids during homework time
Now this is the cutest thing ever, I’m going to do this with the boychild