25 Days of Christmas Ornaments Day 12

Tomorrow is the last day of school before winter break, and the girls wanted to make some ornaments for teachers & staff at their school.

 

Over the years we've collected hundreds of crayons, so we went through our stash, peeled off paper and gathered them in this jar

I picked up a package of clear ornaments at Michaels.  These have a pearlescent look to them

 

 

The girls created some pretty cool color combos in their ornaments

 

I used my hair dryer and spun the ornaments as the crayons melted.  I held on to the ornaments with an Ove Glove because they can get pretty hot.

 

Check out this one

 

Here are all the ornaments we created

 

I sprinkled some glitter in coordinating colors inside the ornaments and re-heated them, turning the ornaments to distribute the glitter.

 

Here's a close-up of my favorite one

 

Such a great project to do with the kiddos.

 

Here are a couple of things I learned:

 

- Use small pieces of crayon, because they will get stuck in there as the ornament cools. 

- It's not a quick process, so time and patience are critical with this one.

 

I hope the recipients like them because they are definitely extra special!