Marianne's cousin recently spent the night with us. She is our niece and Rylen and Hans's cousin as well, but this particular cousin is Marianne's age, so she insists that she is her cousin. So be it.
We woke up to a doozie of a thunderstorm and a day of steady rain, so we resorted to some indoor activities, one of which included making recycled crayons out of old crayon bits. My dear friend from Iowa (you know who you are ;) gave me this idea years ago. Since then we have used up a great many of our own crayon bits this way.
We recently inherited an enormous bin of crayons from our church closet clean-out, and let me tell you, there are bits galore. (I wish crayons had dates on them like money, because I'm sure we have some genuine vintage ones in this mix!)
It is always fun to watch the colors mix and blend together, and the girls were very pleased with their results.
A perfectly colorful way to spend a rainy morning...
Enjoy this simple tutorial on how to make recycled crayons - it's fun!
Oh, how fun! I remember doing this when I was little. Thanks for the reminder...I'll have to try it soon.
Posted by: Heather@WoolandFlax | Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 04:47 PM