Valentine's Day is right around the corner and today I thought I would share my "you color my WORLD" Crayon Heart Valentines, made with the new Sweetheart die collection from Lifestyle Crafts and heart shaped crayons made with melted Crayola crayons.
Isn't that fun? I am always a fan of homemade Valentines for the kiddos classes every year. It's also a bit of a challenge to make valentines that are fun, colorful and easy on their sugar intake for the day.
I know this isn't a new idea by far… My neighbor made these heart shaped crayons several years ago after finding this fun idea in Family Fun magazine, but I thought it would be a perfect fit for the new Sweetheart Nesting Hearts from Lifestyle Crafts. Cutting the hearts was super simple using my Epic three in one tool from Lifestyle Crafts. The Epic tool cuts, embosses and can create beautiful letterpress projects as well.
But I am getting ahead of myself! Before we can make the cards we need to make the heart shaped crayons…
You will need to gather all the old crayons in the house… if your house is anything like mine, that won't be a problem. You can also purchase new crayons as well. I will have to admit, the new crayons were easier to remove the labels from. I used an X-ACTO knife to make a slit down the length of the crayon to easily remove the labels. The older crayons took a little more coaxing.
Once you've removed all of the labels, break the crayons into small pieces. The smaller the better…
I also found that separating them into color families made for the best looking crayons, but that is completely up to you!
You will need to use a heart shaped silicon baking mold to melt your crayons in. I found mine at Michaels in the baking section and it worked like a dream. The girls and I decided that we wanted our crayons to be a little glittery so we added about 1/2 a teaspoon of silver glitter to the bottom of the baking mold. Then we filled the baking mold with the crayons about 1/3 full. The mold I used was pretty deep so depending on what you use you will have to play around with this.
Place in your oven that has been pre-heated to 300 degrees and baked for 15 minutes. The crayons will become completely liquefied so be careful when you pull them out of the oven. Carefully place them on the counter to cool. You want to make sure that you don't move them around too much and mix the colors more than you want. Wait for about 20 minutes or until the crayon is solid again and then gently remove it from the mold and let cool completely.
I made 57 hearts with the Wilton Mini Heart Mold using approximately 200 crayons.
Now it's time to pull out your Epic Tool to make the heart shaped cards for you to place your new crayons on. I used two different dies from the new Sweetheart line for this project. The Nesting Heart and the Nesting Scallop Hearts work beautiful for this card.
I decided that since I wanted the focus to be on the crayons I used a basic white watercolor paper for the base of the card.
Once I cut out the heart shapes, I used my rolling alphabet stamp to create the fun saying on the card. "Valentine… you color my WORLD" I just LOVE that look!!
Of course I had to dress up the heart crayons with some Divine Twine from Whisker Graphics. I just wrapped the hearts randomly and tied with a bow or made little twine bundles for the decoration…
This is such a fun project to do with the kiddos. My girls and I had ball gabbing while we were prepping the crayons. After that it was a perfect opportunity to have a color class while we created our crayon concoctions. From start to finish this is an easy and elegant Valentine treat that your little ones {or big ones} will love to share with their friends this Valentine's Day!!
Come back tomorrow I have another fun Anthro inspired Valentine project made with my Sweetheart dies from Lifestyle Crafts!
Here are some more WhipperBerry Lifestyle Craft projects…
Party favors, bakery boxes & bubble party favors
Clever, pretty and this looks like a lot of fun.
I recently, while clutter cleaning, found oodles of broken crayons from our children.
I hope they’ll look as pretty as yours, our children are grown so the crayons are really old.
Thank you for a very fun and pretty idea.
Adorable!!! I’ve had crayons and molds ready in my craft room forever but never got around to using them. Might have to use this idea!
Heather, I am just amazed at your creativity and your fabulous photography and staging. You inspire me!
Beautiful work!! Love em’, those would make great valentines! xo
These are adorable, love the addition of the glitter! We have made these crayons in the past and the kids LOVE them. Thanks for sharing!
So cute! We did this when my daughter was young, but I love the idea of making them into Valentines!
I love these Heather! They are precious and so sweet! The perfect valentine! I think my son’s friends would love these! Thanks for sharing!
Ginger
Those are just too cute!!! I love how you added the glittery touch to them. And pinned to the bike wheel…swoon!!!!
You took a classic and made them look beautiful! I love your pics and styling! I actually won a LetterPress over at Today’s Creative Blog *squeal* but I haven’t tried it out yet.
I love reading your blog and I love, love the alphabet stamp you used. Do you know what brand/where I can purchase one like that?
How did you affix the hearts to the card?
Love these, they will be perfect for my daughters preschool since they don’t allow candy of any kind! YAY! Great idea!
Oh sooo sorry! I just use some of the large glue dots to affix the crayons onto the card. Thanks Nichole for asking a great question!
kisses
heather
You are so talented, Heather. Love these!
How adorable! I have seen homemade crayons before, but I love the hearts! What are you using for a background, and what camera do you use?
I just adore everything you make! Your styling is so awesome and your pictures are such a treat! ♥ it!
These are so cute, I was wondering if you can use the molds for food after making these in them. Thanks.
you know carol… I’m going to say no. I bought my specifically for this project and I don’t plan on using it for food from this point on. You may be able to clean it completely but I don’t know how. Great question!
kisses
heather
Thanks, better safe than sorry.
I’d also say no. I haven’t had any luck getting my mold completely clean. There still seems to be some crayon residue on it. I’ve washed/scrubbed it by hand and run it through the dishwasher.
Valentines I’m ready for! Crayons be ready for me! This is awesome!
Wow, your heart crayons are adorable!! We had these on our site last year too. They’re such a fun idea. I LOVE how yours turned out
LOVE this idea! I like to send my niece a special gift every Valentine’s day because we live far apart and I never want her to forget how much I love and adore her (she’s 10 so I can still get away with mushy). She is incredibly creative/crafty so these are perfect perfect perfect!
You are so talented! Thanks for another great idea! =)
I’m so making these! My nieces will love this!
Such a great idea, and so pretty. I love your staging and photography!!!
Darling idea! Where can I purchase a rolling alphabet stamp? I live in a rural area and craft supplies are sometimes difficult to locate! Many thanks and I love your blog!
Dale-
I found mine on Etsy. Click on the link in the post and that will take you to an Etsy site that sells them. I haven’t seen them at any of the craft stores that I shop at yet. I hope you get one. You’ll LOVE it!!
kisses
heather
I searched the Etsy Website for the rolling alphabet stamp and couldn’t find it. Could you email me the specific site? I would love to have one!!! Thanks, Suzanne
Suzanne here is a link to the etsy website for the rolling (alphabet) stamp
http://www.etsy.com/search?search_submit=&q=rolling+stamp&order=most_relevant&ship_to=US&view_type=gallery
If for some reason this doesn”t work i went to the etsy website typed in rolling stamp and changed “homemade” to “all items” and then clicked search. A couple different alphabet rolling stamps popped up for me. I see one on there for $20 at the moment.
Hope this helps!!!!
love the idea (and your website)! The glitter was a great touch. I hope you don’t mind, I’ve shared this idea on my blog.
I love this idea! Shared at http://creativityunmasked.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-for-saturday-or-sunday.html
Oh these are wonderful!!!! My daughter and I are SOOOo making these for her classmates!
Thanks for posting the details
Love this idea! So well done & beautiful!
What a darling idea! YOU color our world, just by being in it! Thanks for sharing!
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These are adorable! You did a great job, and it is a nice change from a a candy
Hi! I found you while Stumbling. I’ve done this before, but melted the crayons in a pan on the stove. Your way is so much BETTER! I totally adore your bike wheel display, too. Nice!
heather,
Did you make the piece that you are displaying them on. I love it and would like to see a larger picture of it.
Absolutely love this project. I wonder if it doesn’t make your molds a bit toxic?
This is perfect for my daughters class she’s 6. I love the added glitter. And Heather I agree sticking with the same color group looks a whole lot prettier/better. Thanks for the idea…
Gosh, I love these so much! In my old preschool teacher days I did the melting of crayons to make new ones, but never this pretty or in such a cool idea!
Heather, where oh where did you get, make or buy the bike wheels the crayons are on?!!!
Thank you, Suzy
I just made these and they came out lovely! Today is my birthday and I’m planning on giving these attached to Thank You notes for all the people who helped make this week so awesome maybe I’ll make a few more for Valentines Day as well. Thank you so much for the adorable idea!
LOVE these! How fun!
What an awesome idea!! I don’t have children yet, but I am an elementary teacher and would LOVE to do this for my students. So creative!!
Color-coded?? That’s genius!! They look so pretty that way and especially with the glitter added in. Thanks for this amazing (and candy-free) idea.
Catherine Denton
I just want to let you know that I am 22 years old, and I made these tonight with my boyfriends Mom. We are in LOVE!! They are the simplest, and most adorable valentines gifts ever!!! Who doesn’t love to color?? We made girly hearts, and boy hearts too! The girly ones were a mix of pinks, purples, sparkle green, and white. The boys were blues, greens, oranges, and white. Thank you so much for the wonderful idea!!!! =]
oh how FUN!!! I LOVE IT!! see it’s a fabulous project for all ages…
thanks for sharing!
kisses
heather
Functional, affordable, easy to make and so, so cute! These are great, and I love that you’ve included a tutorial! Would you mind if I include these in my annual valentines post on various crafts around blogland? It would feature a photo and a link back to your blog! Such a great little gift!
Thanks Carmen! I would be honored!!
kisses
heather
I just ordered my own stamp {which I am sure will be used for a million other things} and I used 40% coupons at Michaels today for the heart trays. I guess you could say I am inspired by you!!
Thanks!
Oh Gabby, that makes my heart go pitter-pat. You are going to LOVE your stamp and the heart crayons are going to be a HIT!! Thanks for letting sharing…
kisses
heather
What a great idea!! Love these!
These are the cutest valentines ever!!!!
Just an fyi……if you soak your crayons in water for a few minutes…..the paper comes right off! It’s SO SO SO much easier than anything else I’ve tried. You’ll be amazed!
Cute idea. I might make these with my nephews for their class. I bet they would be cute paired with an inexpensive coloring cook or printable page.
Brillant! Since it has that whole “world” theme, im thinking of doing mine all blue and green to look like the world
wow nice one,i learned from it,very creative work of art!
These are all so darling! I’d love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
This is such a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to do this project. It is perfect for my daughter’s Pre-K class.
I have a silly question. What color glitter did you use? I know it is something so easy, but I am afraid if I use something with to much silver or what not it will overpower the cute crayons! I LOVE these and cannot wait to make them!
great question! I used silver glitter and I actually used quite a bit for each one and they turned out lovely!!
kisses
heather
Good!!!!!