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Fun Valentine's Craft and some new patterns!

2/9/2015

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It's Family Day this weekend in BC, so I took the opportunity to do a Valentine's Day craft with the kids. I've seen these heart shaped crayons on Pinterest, and figured I'd give it a try. I also saw these make-your-own wax paper bags and thought I could combine the ideas. It was such a hit with the kids (I had lots of fun too). The great part is I didn't have to buy anything at all for it. I had an old inexpensive silicone mold that I'd never gotten around to using, so finally put it to use. 

The first step is gathering all the broken crayons and peeling all the paper off. Of course, they don't have to be broken to start with, but it's a good way to use up the bits and pieces that are getting too small to colour with.
Happy Valentine's Day for Crayon out loud!
Then the kids had fun filling in all the hearts with the crayons. You don't need to treat the mold at all, the crayons will just pop out after they've cooled. We had to break them up a little to fill in some gaps. I've seen some tutorials suggest cutting with a knife or smashing them up with a hammer, but we didn't find that necessary; the crayons broke pretty easily with our hands. This really is the creative step, where you can decide what colour combination the hearts will have.

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Once you've filled your tray, pop it in the oven, preheated to about 225 for about 15-20 minutes. After they come out of the oven, let them cool for about 45 minutes- 1 hour, then just push the mold from the bottom to pop them out. Repeat all those steps until you have as many hearts as you need. 
Happy Valentine's Day for Crayon out loud!
I cut out some hearts, this part would have been so much better with a Silhouette, but that's on my wishlist :) 
Then I cut a 4-5" wide strip of wax paper, folded it (I used wonder clips to hold the sides in place) and sewed the 3 open sides, with the crayon hearts inside and the paper heart on top. For the final touch, I found a cute saying on Pinterest, mostly so people would know that they were crayons. We received some Christmas Tree shaped crayons in December and thought they were soap, so I wanted to make sure the recipients knew what they were. I used my Brother labelmaker, which is pretty easy and the kids liked pushing the print and cut buttons. I found a couple phrases, but my kids liked 

Happy Valentine's Day, for "crayon" out loud!



Once everything was sewn up, we put the labels over top of the finished bags. 
Happy Valentine's Day for Crayon out loud!
Happy Valentine's Day for Crayon out loud!
The best part of this whole craft was that the kids really enjoyed doing it. I'm pretty pleased with the end result!
Happy Valentine's Day for Crayon out loud!

Two new Swoon bundles!

I love Swoon Sewing Patterns! Most of my bags are Swoon patterns. Today it was announced the original subscription is no longer available, but that a Swoon Favorites Collection and a Swoon Vintage Collection (Subscription) are now available, both at really great prices. Go get yours today, you won't be disappointed, and you'll be hard pressed to find a better value for such quality patterns. You'll still be able to buy patterns individually in the pattern shop, but I really recommend one (or both) of the bundles.
Also, have you checked these awesome sewing tees?! I have a couple and I just love them, they're super soft and comfortable and let everyone know I love to sew.


Swoon Patterns Tees
Swoon Patterns Tees
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    Hi! I'm Reece and I love to sew! I'm also a mom and a wife. I love being crafty and sharing tips.

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