Want a super fun and easy craft for the kiddos…or how about a super cute ornament for your tree?! That’s exactly what you get with this next craft! These melted crayon ornaments are super easy and fun to make plus, they look even cuter in person! Enjoy..
Melted Crayon Ornament
SUPPLIES
- Clear Glass Ornament Bulbs – you can get some HERE on Amazon!
- Crayola Crayons
- Microwave
DIRECTIONS
- Pick 3 complementary color crayons and cut off 1/4″ of the end of each.
- Remove metal end of ornament and put 3 crayon pieces inside.
- NOTE: Ornament may get warm or even hot to the touch. Use oven mitt if necessary.
- Microwave 2 minutes and see if crayons are starting to melt.
- If they are not, continue to microwave in 45 second increments checking to se if they are melting.
- When they are melting, swirl ornament around to spread colors all around ornament.
- If they stop moving, microwave an additional 45 seconds and continue.
- Allow to cool and replace metal piece.
diane miller says
November 17, 2013 at 11:34 amso cute and easy
Stephanie says
November 17, 2013 at 12:07 pmMay have to do this with the kids thanks! also sharing this!!
melody says
November 18, 2013 at 9:21 pmI bet some glitter wouldbe amazing too!
Dalia says
November 20, 2013 at 1:25 pmCan you do this with plastic bulbs too or it has to be glass?
Joe says
November 25, 2013 at 3:17 pmPlastic would melt in the microwave… so yes they need to be glass
lacey says
November 30, 2013 at 7:43 pmu can use plastic I did and I used a hair dryer to melt crayons u put crayons in ornament then close it and turn it in front of dryer til melted and look like u want
Terrie Swanson says
November 22, 2013 at 6:56 amJust tried these with my kids I keep. They’re beautiful and the kids got so excited seeing their colors. Got my ornaments at AC Moore last night 6 for $3.99 on sale this week.
I did have to use over 1/2 crayon instead of a 1/4 and used 3 colors to get total coverage.
Terrie Swanson says
November 22, 2013 at 6:57 amOh ,my bulbs are 80 mm so that may be why I had to use more crayon. Anyway, great way to use up broken crayons.
deandra says
November 30, 2013 at 1:28 pmdo you put the 1/4 of the crayons in the ornaments
lacey says
November 30, 2013 at 7:42 pmu can use plastic I did and I used a hair dryer to melt crayons u put crayons in ornament then close it and turn it in front of dryer til melted and look like u want
Mildred Carpenter says
December 3, 2013 at 10:24 pmam going to try making these with my grandkids. great idea
Aubri says
December 5, 2013 at 4:34 pmThis is so cute and such a great idea! The glass is fine in the microwave? Thanks for sharing!
Kayla says
December 17, 2013 at 11:26 amDoes it have to be crayola crayons or can i use cheap crayons?
Dani says
December 17, 2013 at 2:14 pmUse Crayola crayons; they melt better. 🙂
Joe says
December 20, 2013 at 12:43 pmI tried one of the cheap brands of crayons… they didn’t melt very well. I thought maybe it was something with my microwave or the ornaments I got until I tried it with crayola. the 11 I did with crayola turned out really cool. The one I did with the other brand looks like it was made for Halloween.
Christine says
November 23, 2014 at 7:02 pmI will probably use a plastic one, if I were to do this, but do you think it’d work with multiple different colors and turn out like tie dye? Or would they all blend and make a brown?
Sheri says
November 28, 2017 at 1:03 pmIf you use red and blue they will blend. And make a purple.
Beth Sands says
December 21, 2014 at 3:03 pmI did not find this an easy craft project at all. On our first attempt, I discovered that the ornament was so hot after coming out of the microwave that my kids couldn’t touch it. In fact, I ended up burning myself, dropping the ornament and then having it shatter. Glass and hardened melted crayon was everywhere. We then came up with a new plan and dipped the ornaments with the crayon in them into a pot of boiling water. This worked out okay but the steam was still hot and a challenge to deal with. Covering the top of the inside of the ornaments was tricky too. We did end up with beautiful ornaments, but it was way more of a project than I had expected!
Sheri says
November 28, 2017 at 1:03 pmWhen I did this the project said to use my hair dryer and it worked much better
Robin Plante says
November 11, 2015 at 6:41 amI love this idea with the crayons, but it doesn’t seem like it’s as easy to do as it looks.
Kathie says
December 17, 2015 at 4:58 pmSaw these in a 4/5 class I substituted for yesterday. The kids said they had used a hairdryer. They were lovely!
Jaime says
January 2, 2016 at 7:48 amI tried to melt the crayons in the microwave and all it did was burn up my microwave. Can someone tell me how to melt the crayons with out ruining my microwave
Sheri says
November 28, 2017 at 1:02 pmUse your hair dryer and cut the crayons up pretty small
Dee says
December 8, 2017 at 1:45 pmI’ve made 14 glass Christmas bulbs so far. I actually used my grater to get small pieces of crayon. I used my hair blower, and yes, it does get warm / hot…I put a whole crayon in the opening and then held the blower on the bulb…some look great and others not so great but I like the end result…Merry Christmas!
Debbie says
October 11, 2018 at 3:58 amI would like to use blue and yellow for school colors, but do not want the ornament colors to Ultimately blend and become green. Is there a way to make the colors more streaky instead of blended? Also someone mentioned glitter. How would that work?
Thanks