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Creative Play Activities with Melted Crayon Rocks

by Jean Van't Hul
September 20, 2012

Pretend Play Activities with Melted Crayon Rocks

Remember those melted crayon rocks we made back in June?

Well, the kids have used them for a lot of creative play over the summer and I thought it would be fun to share. They were an engaging art project to begin with and now act as prompts, accessories, and key components of some great play.

Here are some of the ways they have used them…

Pretend Play Activities with Melted Crayon Rocks

Creative Play Activities with Melted Crayon Rocks

  • As pretend food (mostly cookies and candy)
  • Selling them in their play store
  • Sorting and handling them (they feel great to hold!)
  • Decorations (more me than them)
  • Raising and lowering the rocks in a bucket using the porch pulley system
  • Using them to create designs and shape letters

Some photos of creative play using the melted crayon rocks ::

Melted Crayon Rocks1

Making designs…

Melted Crayon Rocks3

Shaping letters…

Pretend Play Store with Melted Crayon Rocks

Selling them as candy when playing store…

Pretend Play Store with Melted Crayon Rocks

And as cookies in another pretend store…

Toy Cash Register for Play Store 6

This post contains affiliate links. This time arranged in a tin… Other items for sale in this store were painted art blocks by my friend Meg, oil pastels, wood bits, and markers.

The toy cash register is a Learning Resources Pretend and Play Calculator Cash Register by the way, and it’s great!

I bought it more so the girls could learn about money (the coins and bills included are very realistic) and as a math tool for Maia. Mostly they just play with it. And Maia likes to use the calculator to whip up crazy big numbers. I got our  toy cash register from Discount School Supply, but it’s also available on Amazon (at almost half price at the moment).

More Ways to Use Melted Crayon Rocks ::

What are some of your kids’ favorite toys and non-toys for creative play activities ?

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Creative Play Activities with Melted Crayon Rocks and Other Small Items

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