Coloring Crayon
What's a "green" way to make/use coloring books and/or crayons?
My daughter just looooveees coloring with crayons. I am teaching her to use both sides of the paper, and when she does coloring books she uses them for sooo long.
Is there a greener way to go about this coloring business?
I feel like we're going through a lot of paper and crayons!
If you have a metal bowl, small paper cups, and a pot of boiling water you can take the papers off the crayons and remelt them to create "new" crayons for her to use. The directions are as followed:
Just place the metal bowl in the pot of boiling water to create a double boiler and melt the crayons down to a waxy liquid (and yes it can have some chunks in it) and pour a small amount the mixture in the paper cups and let cool overnight.
{You might even want to mix colors to create special crayons that are multicolored}
As for the paper/coloring books she uses....you can recyle the paper and books after she uses them but if you want a more unique way to reuse them. You can always make creative paper mache orbs that are both stylish and creative.
Directions:
Blow up any color of laytex balloon and tie off the end. Using watered down glue you can dip strips/pieces of her used work and stick it to the balloon making sure to keep the knot end of the balloon uncovered.
When it dries overnight pop the balloon with a pin and pull it out and tada! You have an ornament for the christmas tree a lantern to hang from the ceiling or whatever else you can think of!
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