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Melted Crayon Clay Ornaments

This easy, kid-friendly project creates ornaments that

sparkle and shine using Crayola Crayons and Sculpey III

oven-bake polymer clay. Cut out shapes and press objects

into the clay to form recessed “wells” to hold crayon

shavings and pieces. A few minutes in the oven hardens

the clay and melts the colors together. The crayons quickly

cool to a solid, glossy state.

Grade Levels K-6

Note: instructions and materials based on a class

of 25 students. Adjust as needed.

Process

1. Slice polymer clay using a cheese slicer or

clay wire. One block will make about 20 slices, 1/4"

thick.

2. Use a rolling pin to smooth and flatten the clay slices

(very young children will need help). Keep thickness 1/8"

or greater. Cut with butter knife to a square or circle

or use dough cutters to form fun shapes.

3. Create “wells” by making indentations with anything

from the end of a marker t

o wood shapes, beads or

buttons. Press deeply into clay, without penetrating

the bottom. Make hanging hole, position outside of

a color well.

4. Fill the indentations with color. Young children can

use a sharpener to make crayon shavings. Press

them into the clay and layer them

to completely fill indentation. Older

children use pieces of crayon

chopped with butter knife or kitchen

chopper. Twistables can be snapped

into small pieces or chopped safely

from plastic barrel.

HINT: Regular crayons will melt

liquid and translucent. Twistables

will melt semi-liquid with strong,

opaque color. Mix them up for best

effect.

NOTE: Erasable crayons do not melt.

5. Place in glass pan and bake for

about 8 minutes. Carefully remove

pan from heat so as not to spill

melted liquid. Allow to cool at least

15 minutes before handling.

Materials

Crayola

Crayons

assorted color sets

(20103-), Glitter

(20100-1016) or

Metallic FX (20135-

0169), share an

assortment between

students

Crayola

Twistable

Crayons (20125-1089),

share one set between

three students

Sculpey III Polymer Clay

white (33218-1109) or

black (33218-2009),

share two 1-lb blocks

across classroom

X-Acto™ Crayon

Sharpener

(22828-1020), share one

between three students

Rolling Pin 6"

(30345-1006) share one

between three students

Wood Shapes

Assortment

(60408-1009), share

one bag across

classroom

Dough Cutters

Glass pan for baking

Butter knife with

non-serrated edge

Oven or toaster oven