Comments on: The Great Crayon Reform: How To Revitalize Used Crayons http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/09/20/the-great-crayon-reform-how-to-revitalize-used-crayons/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:46:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: 20 Ways Your Child’s Imagination Can Save You Money - SavingAdvice.com Blog http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/09/20/the-great-crayon-reform-how-to-revitalize-used-crayons/#comment-344201 20 Ways Your Child’s Imagination Can Save You Money - SavingAdvice.com Blog Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:03:16 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/09/20/101781_the-great-crayon-reform-how-to-revitalize-used-crayons.html#comment-344201 [...] 1. Crayons and paper. Scrap paper, newspaper, color books. A place to color and something to color on. You don’t even need to buy new crayons every year; just save the old stuff. [...] [...] 1. Crayons and paper. Scrap paper, newspaper, color books. A place to color and something to color on. You don’t even need to buy new crayons every year; just save the old stuff. [...]

]]> By: DivaJean http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/09/20/the-great-crayon-reform-how-to-revitalize-used-crayons/#comment-117821 DivaJean Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:45:37 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/09/20/101781_the-great-crayon-reform-how-to-revitalize-used-crayons.html#comment-117821 I thank my lucky stars that a few years back I bought a Crayola crayon maker machine on Black Friday. That thing has saved me tons on crayons- my kids like making new ones almost more than the coloring. This has a melter plate on top of the machine that gets hot from a light bulb , then the melted crayon pours into a mold to make 4 crayons. My kidlets like to save up similar colors and make up new color names. I use regular office labels to be the new crayon label and write whatever name they create on it. My 8 year old dram queen daughter might name an orange crayon "Maine Sunset" while my son who is 5 might name a green crayon "Oscar the Grouch Green." It's fun to let them get creative in naming their newly minted colors! I thank my lucky stars that a few years back I bought a Crayola crayon maker machine on Black Friday. That thing has saved me tons on crayons- my kids like making new ones almost more than the coloring.

This has a melter plate on top of the machine that gets hot from a light bulb , then the melted crayon pours into a mold to make 4 crayons.

My kidlets like to save up similar colors and make up new color names. I use regular office labels to be the new crayon label and write whatever name they create on it. My 8 year old dram queen daughter might name an orange crayon “Maine Sunset” while my son who is 5 might name a green crayon “Oscar the Grouch Green.” It’s fun to let them get creative in naming their newly minted colors!

]]> By: Mama Sage http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/09/20/the-great-crayon-reform-how-to-revitalize-used-crayons/#comment-114613 Mama Sage Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:24:09 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/09/20/101781_the-great-crayon-reform-how-to-revitalize-used-crayons.html#comment-114613 Or make "stained glass" by shaving the used crayons and ironing them between two sheets of waxed paper! I used to do it as a kid and we are doing it at my cookie party this year to decorate my big diningroom picture window. Last year we did snowflakes. Or make “stained glass” by shaving the used crayons and ironing them between two sheets of waxed paper! I used to do it as a kid and we are doing it at my cookie party this year to decorate my big diningroom picture window. Last year we did snowflakes.

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