Kids love drawing and coloring; and initially, they start their coloring practice using crayons. Nowadays most of the kids have tons of supplies like paints, crayons, markers, sketch pens, and many other colorful things to engage them. Using these they become creative and imaginative. But what happens when these art supplies come to their end, or when they get bored of using the same colors? Have you ever thought of recycling those old crayons in some fun ways? Yes, you read it right. You can do some DIY activities with your kids to recycle the crayons. Here art and craft teachers of Montessori Fullerton CA have shared some fun ways to recycle the old crayons for your kids.

Awesome DIY Ideas to Recycle the Old Crayons for Kids

If you have a toddler or a preschooler at home, you can easily do these activities with them. It will keep them engaged and happy, you can have some fun time with your little one.

Alphabet Crayons – Do this fun DIY activity with your kids and once done, spell out their names using the letters created.

Supplies you need :

• Silicon alphabet trays
• Baking sheet
• Oven
• Crayons

How to make :

• Break the crayons into small pieces and fill up each letter of the alphabet silicone mold with them. Preheat your oven to 225˚ F and place the tray on a baking sheet.
• Bake the crayons for 20 to 25 minutes. If there is a lot of clear wax on top after baking, just mix and stir using a paper clip. But you need to do this stirring before the colored wax sets into the mold.
• Now put the tray aside and let the crayons set and cool down completely.
• Once they cool down, you can remove the alphabet molds and spell out your child’s name by simply rearranging the letters you have created just now.

Crayon Bottle – In Montessori Fullerton CA, teachers do this activity to calm the kids down, relieve their anxiety or stress, and prevent ADHD.

Supplies you need :

• Non-washable crayons
• Plastic water bottles
• Water

How to make :

• Take the old crayons and generate crayon shavings. Put 5 to 6 tablespoons of them inside the bottle.
• Fill the bottle up with water, close the cap, and give it a proper shake.
• Let the bottle sit on a table and allow the children to observe. As they observe the crayon shavings slowly settling down in the bottle, they will calm down.

Crayon Christmas Ornaments – In Montessori Fullerton CA teachers do this activity with kids before Christmas as kids can use these ornaments to decorate their Christmas tree.

Supplies you need :

• Metal ornaments
• Used crayons
• Hairdryer

How to make :

• Slowly remove the stem of the ornaments.
• Place broken crayons inside them without their wrappers.
• Turn on the hairdryer and aim it at an angle facing the ornaments. Slowly turn the ornaments and swirl it around to let the crayons melt and ooze.
• keep doing this until the liquid crayons spread and paint the ornaments from inside.
• When you are happy with the look let them cool down and put the stem back in place.