recycling crayons

Pin It Sharpening crayons and then glueing them on paper has always been one of my favorite art projects to do as a kid. A&N did a few when they were little. And since then I've been collecting a bin of damaged crayons. This week, I tried to do something different, and follow some of the pinterest ideas floating around.... like recycling the crayons into a different mold so that they are new again!

Start by peeling all of your crayons and then breaking them into pieces. This is a lengthy process.  Whether its Crayola, RoseArt, or the ones from restaurants (yes we bring ours home!), each one is glued on differently - and it took a lot of patience and nail digging to get them naked. 

Drop various colors into each mold and fill to the top and bake at 350 for about 10 mins.



Silicone molds are great for these - especially afterwards when you need to "pop" them out.



The mosaic colors look beautiful and are fun too look at.



And even more fun to color with because you won't know what color you'll get!

mini art studio - painting with acrylics

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Painting with acrylics is very different than our usual tempera paints we use - it makes the kids feel like little artists, using canvases and easels, and "thicker" paint.

tissue paper flowers

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Paper flowers seem so easy to make. I just never knew how they were made no matter how hard I tried to crumble tissue paper together and try to make it "bloom." But when Valentines rolled around, I knew I needed to get some training.

beach bags - for road trips

Pin It In the interest of time - and a lot of luck, I came across these sweet, painted wooden crafts to embellish plain white canvas bags. I LOVE the idea of creating a personalized bag for each child - and filling them with activities and snacks that go along with our road trip's theme. Paper gift bags and boxes wrapped in decorated craft paper also work great!