DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons are an easy, kids activity craft to do for Valentine's Day. You can put those old, broken crayons that you've been collecting to good use and teach your child about recycling. Make these to include with Valentine's Day cards or as a gift for the school room or for a special friend.

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DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons

Hi Sweethearts!

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays because (to me) it is all about love and generosity. ❤

I include the full DIY below along with printable directions at the bottom of the post.

You may remember this post, DIY Crayons, an earlier LLS foray into crayon making. Since then, I have thought about all the different shapes and ways this craft could be customized and doing a Valentine's Day version seems like a natural next step.

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For this DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons activity craft, I used a red silicone candy mold that I got at Michael's. I found a similar Wilton one on Amazon.com:

The silicone is nice because it's bendable, making it easy to remove the crayons.

DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons Step-By-Step Tutorial

Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to make DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons.

Step #1 - Collect Broken Crayons & Remove Paper

Arrange the broken crayons by color (or mix them up!) in the heart-shaped mold, filling them to the top. Be careful not to overfill.

Step #2 - Bake!

In a 350 degree preheated oven, bake the crayons for 4-5 minutes until visibly melted.

Step #3 - Allow to cool

After the crayons are melted, remove them from the oven and allow to cool completely. You can speed up the process by putting them in the refrigerator for 10+ minutes.

I hope you enjoy this fun DIY, our family sure does!

• If you like this DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons post, Check out our DIY, Kids categories & DIY Crayons post
• Check out our Recipe index and DIY index

What’s your favorite Valentine's Day craft? Let me know in the comments below! Best, ~Sara

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DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons

Yield: as many as you want

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 5 minutes

Additional Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: medium

Estimated Cost: 0.00

DIY Heart-Shaped Crayons are an easy, kids activity craft to do for Valentine’s Day. You can put those old, broken crayons that you’ve been collecting to good use and teach your child about recycling. Make these to include with Valentine’s Day cards or as a gift for the school room or for a special friend.

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Materials

• broken crayons , peeled (break them as small as you can)

Tools

• silicone crayon mold
• oven

Instructions

1. Collect broken crayons & remove all paper. Arrange the broken crayons by color (or mix them up!) in the heart-shaped mold, filling them to the top. Be careful not to overfill.
2. In a 350 degree preheated oven, bake the crayons for 4-5 minutes until visibly melted.
3. After the crayons are melted, remove them from the oven and allow to cool completely. You can speed up the process by putting them in the refrigerator for 10+ minutes.

Notes

• Also check out our DIY Crayons post on LifesLittleSweets.com

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Sara is an architectural designer turned work-at-home Mom. She lives in New Jersey by way of New England and New York, with her husband and 3 kids under 8. She loves design, being creative, and spending time with family and friends. She loves checking out local businesses and eats and being apart of the local farm to table community.

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