First ~ Grate the crayons into separate bowls by color. After much trial and error, we discovered that pencil sharpeners worked well.
Second ~ We traced a butterfly template onto waxpaper and put the shredded crayon onto each one (NOTE ~ less is better). Then cover with another piece of waxpaper and towel. We had to leave the iron on each one for a minute or so.
Third ~ We let each one cool before cutting them out.
Fourth ~ We added a little note to each one. They are really cute. This was a fun and very inexpensive charity. It was very time consuming, however. I think we spent about 4 hours on this project over two days.
We look forward to dropping them off to the Meals on Wheels headquarters in the next day or so.
Blessings, Dawn
What a neat little project!
ReplyDeleteWe haven't made these in forever! I always loved this project. I love the idea of making them into butterflies! Beautitul
ReplyDeletei love this! these are adorable! thank you for linking with Look What We Did!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice idea! Very cute. We did a melted crayon project once, and it took forever just to peel the wrappers off of the broken crayons! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful blessing you all are giving and it is a wonderful project to teach your little's to love others in a thoughtful way.
ReplyDeleteI pray the Lord blesses the kids and let them know how much good they made to so many.
Blessings and ((HUGS))
-Mary
I think it is very sweet that y'all take time to do this! I know ya'll are a blessing to many!
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Leslie
Their butterflies are so cute!
ReplyDeleteOh, this is super neat! Visiting from Look What We Did. I think this will be on our "did" list as soon as my daughter sees it :)
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