Shamrock Crayons

Various shades of green crayons are broken and placed into clover shaped baking trays to melt together and then cool into pretty shamrocks with hello wonderful.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/make-st-patricks-day-shamrock-crayons

Lego Crayons

Little bits of crayons are stuffed into a figure molds to create these nifty coloring tools with one artsy mama.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.oneartsymama.com/2012/07/lego-party-the-favors-part-1.html

Crayon Letters

Colorful crayons are cut into smaller pieces and glued onto a block letter to make a nifty crayon initial.  Frugal life project then places them into a frame for a unique teacher's gift.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.frugallifeproject.com/2010/06/diy-crayon-initials.html

Make Your Own Crayons

Paper is removed from crayons and broken to fit into muffin tins and melted down to make homemade crayons with engineer mommy.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://engineermommy.com/2015/diy-rainbow-crayon-discs/
 

Hands on as we grow makes solid colors.

Get the instructions here:

http://handsonaswegrow.com/art-diy-upcycled-crayons/

Leave Resist Prints

Leaves are placed under paper and colored over with crayons to highlight their veins and shape with domestic goddess our world my world.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://domesticgoddess-ourworldmyworld.blogspot.com/2010/03/crayon-resist-leaves.html

Melted Crayon Planets

Tiny pieces of crayons are crumbled into a round shape and then ironed to make nifty planet disks with almost unschoolers.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/08/melted-crayon-planets.html

Melted Crayon Decorated Easter Eggs

Jamie from frogs snails and puppy dog tails warms crayons slightly and then has the kids draw on the eggs to make a different texture for Easter egg decorating.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://frogsandsnailsandpuppydogtail.com/melted-crayon-eggs-one-way-to-decorate-eggs/

Wax Paper Valentines

Wax paper is cut into hearts and colored with crayons and then hung in the window to make pretty sun catchers with Martha Stewart.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/272535/crayon-hearts

Melted Crayon Xmas Trees

Pieces of crayons are shaped into an Xmas tree and melted with 123 home school me.  She uses a green base and colors for the ornaments.  

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2012/12/christmas-tree-crayon-melting.html

Mayflower Crayon Holder

A milk carton is wrapped in brown paper packaging and drawn to look like a boat.  It's overflowing then adds straw sails and a paper brown mast.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.itsoverflowing.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-craft-mayflower-ship/

Turkey Crayon Holder

Styrofoam is painted brown and then given holes for colorful crayon feathers with this fun parents.com tutorial.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.parents.com/holiday/thanksgiving/crafts/thanksgiving-decorations-kids-can-make/#page=8

Alpha mom shares a printable crayon pouch with a turkey the kids can color in.

Get the instructions here:
http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/thanksgiving-crafts-for-the-kids-table/

Crayon Resist Painting

Crayon resist painting takes a unique and sensory aspect with this tutorial from casa maria.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://casamarias.blogspot.com/2014/06/crayon-resist-on-sandpaper.html

Crayon Candle

Crayons are melted down to make this diy candle from no time for flash cards.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2009/04/naptime-creation-recycle.html

How to make a candle out of crayons

Broken crayons find a new use as a colorful candle thanks to chaos ensued.  Kids will love to see the crayons melt in the hot sun and learn about solar energy. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://chaosensued.blogspot.com/2009/06/crayon-candle.html

Melted Crayon Painting

Melted crayon painting takes on a new life with babble dabble do's idea to melt the crayons first in muffin tins and then use the melted wax as paint.  Kids will love the thicker texture when it dries.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/easy-art-kids-crayon-painting/

White Crayon Paintings

White crayons make a strong backdrop against watercolor paints.  Nuturestore shows how kids can use a white crayon to create a picture and watercolor paints to paint a colorful background.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://nurturestore.co.uk/wax-crayon-water-paint-frosty-pictures

Crayon Pebbles

Have a whole bunch of broken crayons?  Repurpose them by combining colors into nifty crayon stones with say yes to hoboken.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://sayyestohoboken.com/2013/12/diy-holiday-gift-crayon-rocks.html

Melted Crayon Painting

Buzz feed lists a lot of ways to use crayons and a hair dryer for a really neat effect but the one that's most different is using up all of those little crayon pieces to create something new.  Kids will have as much fun smashing up the crayons and designing them on the page as they will melting them. 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/creative-ways-to-create-melted-crayon-art

Growing a jeweled rose uses crayon shavings as well, but instead of a hair dryer, she leaves her canvas out in the sun and answers the question what happens when crayons are left out in the sun?

Get the instructions here:
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/08/paint-and-play-crayon-art.html