Creative upcycle and downcycle ideas
Recycling crayons is one of the easiest things you can do, and will instantly breathe new life into all those half-crayons and bits of crayons all parents know infiltrate every corner of the home. Instructables shows you a great way to recycle them, giving them new life and maybe even some fun shapes as well!
If you are a fan of adding subtle elements to your art this idea for embossing shapes and textures could be just the technique you will want to try. I haven’t had much success in the past but the tips included in the post over at The Curious Printmaker on how to blind emboss just might turn that around.
I LOVE recycling crayons. I just purchased a few molds in the heart shapes as well.
these are mixed up colors from a muffin tin
Sorry I forgot the link in the above post
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I LOVE this. My daughters crayons are everywhere! Broken and all over the house. 🙂
I’ve recently started recycling crayons and I’ve gotta say that it’s so much fun!! I love finding different things to use as molds.
I heart upcycling!