DIY Crayons – Whatsoever's Lovely By Chrisi Nikole

Christmas time is so much fun but can also be super stressful! One of my favorite things to do each holiday season is to DIY some gifts. It’s both fun and cost-effective! That’s a win-win!

Earlier this week on Instagram (@ChrisiNikole), I shared these personalized name crayons I made for each of my nieces and nephews. To my surprise, many of you asked me how I made them and what I used so I thought “I should share a tutorial on how to make personalized name crayons!”

So without further delay, let’s get to the process.

Supplies I Used
Crayons (64 count for a larger variety of colors)
Plastic cutting board (one I will only use for crafts now)
A box cutter
A pairing knife
Small cups
Silicone letter mold – FOR BAKING (link)
Baking sheet (one I will only use for projects now)

Step 1: Remove the paper wrapper off each crayon and dispose of them.

This is definitely the most tedious part which I first tried to do by hand. But THEN David had the brilliant idea of using a box cutter on the shortest setting and cutting right through the paper. If you have a box cutter, this is the way to go!

Step 2: Using a pairing knife (or other small knife) cut crayons into small discs.

This is optional. You could just break them up and use bigger pieces of crayons. It just depends on the end result you want. I wanted to have a lot of colors and a lot of control over where the colors melted in each letter. So this was the way to go for me!

Step 3: Plan out your letters.

Since I used just one mold and I had multiple names to make, this helped me get the most out of each bake. I knew I would have to make multiple batches because of duplicating letters so this helped me plan out how many bakes I would need for all of the names. (Especially when I was making some for all my nieces and nephews.)

Step 4: Place mold on baking sheet and pick your colors!

This is the fun part! You can go all in and mix them all or you can get creative and try different color combinations! Here are a few of my favorites.
– Cool tones (blues, greens, purples)
– Warm tones (yellows, oranges, reds)
– Mermaid tones (purples, pinks, light blues)
– Dino tones (greens, yellow, orange)
-Cotton Candy tones (Pinks, blues, white)

Step 5: Start filling your letters with crayons!

If there are certain colors you want to see on the front of each letter (for example if you want some variety from every other letter in the name) pay close attention to what color crayons you put in first. These colors will make up the front of each letter.

Special Note: Make sure to fill each letter up to the edge (at least with this mold.) Once the crayons melt down, each letter will end up being about 1/2-3/4 inch thick. This is good! You don’t want your letter crayons to be too thin or they will just break when you go to color with them.

Step 6: Fill up all your letters and double check that you have as many as possible in this batch!

Step 7: Place baking sheet with mold inside oven.
Step 8: Turn oven on and up to 225 degrees F. (Thats right – you don’t need to preheat!)
Step 9: Let crayons melt in oven for 20 minutes.

Step 10: Remove crayons and let them harden for 1 hour on your counter.

(Do not put in fridge.)

Step 11: Once hardened, carefully pull each side away from the mold BEFORE trying to remove it. Then gently (starting from the LONGEST edge of each letter) remove each letter.

Note: Depending on the brand of crayon you buy, you might notice that the back of each crayon letter is white. This is a sign of impurities in the original crayon itself and you can take a paring knife and scrape off the white if you so choose.