If you have younger kids, changes are you have some broken crayons lying around your house. Creating colorful crayons is a fun kids activity that makes great use of all those leftover crayon pieces. The end result is an easy to grip rainbow crayon that is perfect for kids of all abilities! Another plus, this activity uses items that you already have around the house…no shopping required.
To get started, grab a muffin baking pan and set it on a table or the tray of your child’s standing frame. Have them fill the pan with cupcake liners and add different colored broken crayon pieces to each cup. Kids will enjoy choosing their own color combinations!
Next, heat the oven to 300 degrees and put the crayons in to bake. They are finished in about five minutes, as soon as the wax melts. Watch carefully, if you continue to bake them they will blend into one color. Remove the crayons from the oven and set them in a safe place to cool. After they are cooled completely your child can peel off the paper and begin creating their next masterpiece! Just give them a large pieces of white paper and presto, your child has a new activity to do while standing!
Tip: Use differently shaped baking pans or molds for each season or holiday. Like eggs for Easter or hearts for Valentine’s Day!
Looking for something new for your child to color? Print fun pages from our Capable Kids Coloring and Activity Book! Every page features kids with mobility related disabilities in their wheelchair or standing frame!
Photo courtesy of woodenmask
Did you find these crayons fun to make and easy for your child to hold?
I did this one time…
didn’t know to take them out within five minutes.
Whooops. Hello nothing-but-brown colors.