Comments on: Reuse those Crayola Markers http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/ Where Going Green is Sexy, Sassy and Fun. Green living, parenting, organic tips, reviews and more. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Isabella http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-8580 Isabella Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:41:31 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-8580 At Christmas time, we gathered red,green, and yellow caps from my son's preschool and glued them open side down on a wreath pegboard (recycled from a cousin's school project)cut out. We took some of the markers w/caps on and placed them in a salt dough advent wreath and created paper flames for them. During the spring/summer, we use the markers as garden markers when planting seeds and bulbs. At Christmas time, we gathered red,green, and yellow caps from my son's preschool and glued them open side down on a wreath pegboard (recycled from a cousin's school project)cut out. We took some of the markers w/caps on and placed them in a salt dough advent wreath and created paper flames for them. During the spring/summer, we use the markers as garden markers when planting seeds and bulbs.

]]> By: Tara http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-8322 Tara Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:17:07 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-8322 Found your site because I was just going through my kids' markers getting rid of the dry ones, and was wondering if I could recycle them (i'm a recylcling addict). I'm sad to hear you can't, and I'm going to email crayola, roseart, etc. about it. So you got me thinking of ideas of how to reuse them, and I like the painting one, my daughter will love it, and practically came up with it on her own, as she just minutes ago was getting her pink maker wet trying to make it work, which i've done, but never thought about just painting w/ them. So then I was thinking how all the lids are so colorful and if you just drilled a hole the the other end of the caps, then voila you would have beads for necklaces or whatever for the kids to play w/. Might even be a great school project to have kids donate all dried out markers for painting w/ and all the caps could be collected and some helpful parents could take them home and drill holes in them. I'm quite intrigued by this idea. Thanks for the info :) Found your site because I was just going through my kids' markers getting rid of the dry ones, and was wondering if I could recycle them (i'm a recylcling addict). I'm sad to hear you can't, and I'm going to email crayola, roseart, etc. about it. So you got me thinking of ideas of how to reuse them, and I like the painting one, my daughter will love it, and practically came up with it on her own, as she just minutes ago was getting her pink maker wet trying to make it work, which i've done, but never thought about just painting w/ them. So then I was thinking how all the lids are so colorful and if you just drilled a hole the the other end of the caps, then voila you would have beads for necklaces or whatever for the kids to play w/. Might even be a great school project to have kids donate all dried out markers for painting w/ and all the caps could be collected and some helpful parents could take them home and drill holes in them. I'm quite intrigued by this idea. Thanks for the info :)

]]> By: Tara http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-8099 Tara Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:17:07 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-8099 Found your site because I was just going through my kids' markers getting rid of the dry ones, and was wondering if I could recycle them (i'm a recylcling addict). I'm sad to hear you can't, and I'm going to email crayola, roseart, etc. about it. So you got me thinking of ideas of how to reuse them, and I like the painting one, my daughter will love it, and practically came up with it on her own, as she just minutes ago was getting her pink maker wet trying to make it work, which i've done, but never thought about just painting w/ them. So then I was thinking how all the lids are so colorful and if you just drilled a hole the the other end of the caps, then voila you would have beads for necklaces or whatever for the kids to play w/. Might even be a great school project to have kids donate all dried out markers for painting w/ and all the caps could be collected and some helpful parents could take them home and drill holes in them. I'm quite intrigued by this idea. Thanks for the info :) Found your site because I was just going through my kids' markers getting rid of the dry ones, and was wondering if I could recycle them (i'm a recylcling addict). I'm sad to hear you can't, and I'm going to email crayola, roseart, etc. about it. So you got me thinking of ideas of how to reuse them, and I like the painting one, my daughter will love it, and practically came up with it on her own, as she just minutes ago was getting her pink maker wet trying to make it work, which i've done, but never thought about just painting w/ them. So then I was thinking how all the lids are so colorful and if you just drilled a hole the the other end of the caps, then voila you would have beads for necklaces or whatever for the kids to play w/. Might even be a great school project to have kids donate all dried out markers for painting w/ and all the caps could be collected and some helpful parents could take them home and drill holes in them. I'm quite intrigued by this idea. Thanks for the info :)

]]> By: Meghan http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-5121 Meghan Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:20:16 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-5121 If your marker dries out because the cap was left off, but you know there's still ink in it, tape a string to the bottom end. The spin the string around your head, and it will move the ink back into the tip of the marker. Just be careful when you take off the lid, because if you've spun it too forcefully, there will be a bunch of extra ink on the tip. If your marker dries out because the cap was left off, but you know there’s still ink in it, tape a string to the bottom end. The spin the string around your head, and it will move the ink back into the tip of the marker. Just be careful when you take off the lid, because if you’ve spun it too forcefully, there will be a bunch of extra ink on the tip.

]]> By: RoseyJ8 http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-5119 RoseyJ8 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:25:54 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-5119 Hi Green Mom, Here's a little something that I've done with old crayons. Remove the paper on the outside of the crayon stick Chop the crayons up into little pieces Sprinkle the pieces onto a piece of fabric, a tea towel or a t-shirt Place brown paper under the textile and on top of the crayons Iron with a hot iron. Keep changing the paper until all the wax is absorbed and only the color pattern remains. This is a great rainy day activity to do with the kids It brings new life to old t-shirts Cheers, Rosey J Hi Green Mom,
Here’s a little something that I’ve done with old crayons.
Remove the paper on the outside of the crayon stick
Chop the crayons up into little pieces
Sprinkle the pieces onto a piece of fabric, a tea towel or a t-shirt
Place brown paper under the textile and on top of the crayons
Iron with a hot iron.
Keep changing the paper until all the wax is absorbed and only the color pattern remains.
This is a great rainy day activity to do with the kids
It brings new life to old t-shirts
Cheers,
Rosey J

]]> By: Rebecca http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-5115 Rebecca Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:19:24 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-5115 This is something I used to do as a kid, but got in trouble for... Soak the tip of the marker in water and then holding it tight fling it downward so that the 'ink' comes flying off and you get a cool splatter paint effect. You could try doing it on brown paper bags for gift wrap but I'm not sure if the colors would saturate enough. Warning: the reason we got in trouble was because when you fling the marker it kinda goes everywhere, including the walls of the garage.. might not make a good indoor activity. =) <abbr><em>Rebeccas last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBerrysBlog/~3/465675431/new-study-on-autism-and-vaccines.html" rel="nofollow">New Study on Autism and Vaccines!</a></abbr></em> This is something I used to do as a kid, but got in trouble for… Soak the tip of the marker in water and then holding it tight fling it downward so that the ‘ink’ comes flying off and you get a cool splatter paint effect. You could try doing it on brown paper bags for gift wrap but I’m not sure if the colors would saturate enough. Warning: the reason we got in trouble was because when you fling the marker it kinda goes everywhere, including the walls of the garage.. might not make a good indoor activity. =)

Rebeccas last blog post..New Study on Autism and Vaccines!

]]> By: Green & Clean Mom http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-5114 Green & Clean Mom Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:24:37 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-5114 Great idea Janelle! I'm going to do this and start a campaign! Fabulous idea. Be proactive about this and make a statement that we want markers we can recycle! I love it! Great idea Janelle! I’m going to do this and start a campaign! Fabulous idea. Be proactive about this and make a statement that we want markers we can recycle! I love it!

]]> By: Beaded Desert http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-5113 Beaded Desert Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:21:13 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-5113 Well, depending on the age of your kids, you could reuse the caps in crafty ways. You could drill a hold through the closed off end. Then paint the caps or re-use magazine or other papers and decoupage them around the caps. Viola! Easy and fun "beads" to make bracelets and necklaces from. If you're real handy with a drill, you could also drill through the sides to string as a pendant. Makes for fun "toy" jewelry for dress up time. Well, depending on the age of your kids, you could reuse the caps in crafty ways. You could drill a hold through the closed off end. Then paint the caps or re-use magazine or other papers and decoupage them around the caps. Viola! Easy and fun “beads” to make bracelets and necklaces from. If you’re real handy with a drill, you could also drill through the sides to string as a pendant. Makes for fun “toy” jewelry for dress up time.

]]> By: Janelle Sorensen http://greenandcleanmom.org/reuse-those-crayloa-markers/comment-page-1/#comment-5112 Janelle Sorensen Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:44:21 +0000 http://www.greenandcleanmom.org/?p=1518#comment-5112 Maybe we should start mailing the dried up markers back to the manufacturers to make a statement. If we all did it during the same week, it would have even more impact. Another reuse idea: hot glue them around an old frame for hanging all the lovely drawings your kids make. Maybe we should start mailing the dried up markers back to the manufacturers to make a statement. If we all did it during the same week, it would have even more impact.

Another reuse idea: hot glue them around an old frame for hanging all the lovely drawings your kids make.

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