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Silicone Tray Crayon Plans

September 17, 2010 by Tsoniki 1 Comment

Kudos to Heather! She started a Dollar Scores video series over at the Dollar Store Crafts site. The first one was very inspiring to me.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-kHhFgAeQQ[/youtube]

I immediately made a short list of things to get at my dollar store. I shared my bulletin board recently, and I also purchased the skull ice cube tray mentioned in the video. There was only one skull tray left at my dollar store! I also bought the pumpkin one. My plan is to melt crayons and make the shapes, then send them to school with my kids.

Does anyone else like to recycle crayons into other shapes? You saw my Lego crayons (LOVE these so much!) and I tried to make flowers and stars, but they didn’t work out. I’m not sure if I had the oven too hot or if they were just really not that great of silicone trays, but they basically melted. And the crayons I did manage to get out of the mold took way too long to remove and broke in the process. I didn’t buy them at the dollar store but they only cost a dollar at the place I did buy them.

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: dollar store crafts, recycled crayons

My Dollar Store Bulletin Board

August 23, 2010 by Tsoniki 1 Comment

Heather over at Dollar Store Crafts posts awesome crafts that are created by things from the dollar store. Other then being a fantastic idea in general, I was inspired. Check out my version of the bungee cord bulletin board. It’s for my 7 year old son, his room is currently being decorated for the school year! Or rather, it’s being fixed up for him to enjoy.

After the picture was taken, I moved the red cord to be vertical. There is a larger empty space between the blue and red vertical cords now.

What I used:

thumbtacks (I had a box in my office supplies)
mini bungee cords – pack of 5 for $1 at the Dollar Tree
bulletin board – purchased by his Grandma, I’m sure it was part of a back to school sale.

This is such a simple way to make the bulletin board just a bit more fun looking!

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: bungee cord bulletin board, dollar store crafts

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