Recycled Chunky Crayons Valentines

  My son & I recycled crayon pieces & melted them in a mini heart cupcake pan to create Valentine's cards for his lil sweetheart munchkin friends.

Interested in creating some of your own crayon Valentine's? 

They are super simple, homegrown, heartfelt & make wonderfully unique non-edible treat cards for your tots' friends.

I followed the basic instructions in this tutorial over at  

Make and Takes to make ours.

I found the silicone heart shaped mini-cupcake pan at Michael's in their clearance Valentine's stuff for just a couple bucks, but you can use whatever mini-cupcake pan you find.

• Parents cut old crayons with knife up into smaller pieces, or have your kids help you by breaking them up.
• Arrange your pieces into the pan.  We found that a good mix of light and dark crayon pieces made for lovely heart chunks.
• Cook the crayons in the oven at 275 degrees for approx. 10 mins, or until they look melted.  Keep a watch on them.
• Remove the pan gently and try to keep it still so the colors don't completely melt into each other, they will blend nicely on their own while you let the pan cool.  We stuck ours in the fridge to cool a bit faster.
• Make your cute cards with a Valentine's saying or whatever your heart delights.

I taped the crayon heart to the card.

Have a Colorful Valentine's Day!

Our finished homemade colorful Valentine's chunky crayons.