Felt Crayon Roll

My youngest daughter is just getting ready to start to learn how to color so I wanted to make something special just for her own little set of crayons.  I've seen a lot of my friends' kids have these adorable crayon rolls and have been wanting to make some of my own for some time now.  I searched online and came across a few ideas, but when I came across this one at Skip to My Lou, I fell in love because it was made of felt. I LOVE felt.  No hems-- it doesn't get better than that.  So, I used her tutorial and came up with this...

Recycled Crayons

 

What do YOU do with all of your old, broken crayons?  Ordinarily I would have just thrown them away in the fall when crayons are dirt cheap for Back to School sales.  However, now I like to hold on to them to use for this project.  I originally came across this project at Rhythm of the Home.  It seemed like an easy craft for the kids to do and they actually really enjoyed helping out.  Basically, you:

1. peel your old, broken crayons

 

 

 

 

2. sort them, melt them down in a shaped pan (I've seen ones done in silicone pans too that had really awesome shapes such as fish, etc.)

3. let them cool, pop them out, and...

voila! Brand new cool crayons ready to color with.

(for the full tutorial, click here)