Crayon Goodie Jar & A Crayola Review

Good Morning everyone. I haven't done "Crafty Kitchen" in a while so I thought it was due time to post something crafty!! Today I am posting a project that is so cute and fun all at the same time. It is for a "Crayon Goodie Jar". I love to make homemade gifts and so do my children. So with Christmas just around the corner this is the perfect teacher gift.

We made these a couple years back for each of my kiddos teachers and they absolutely loved them . You can fill them with all sorts of things. We added m&m's to our goodie jars, but the possibilities are endless. You can fill them with festive chocolate kisses, m&m's, skittles, wrapped hard candy, gummy bears or really what ever you like.

If you want you can add a homemade granola or trail mix just add it to a plastic goodie bag and tie a ribbon around and add to the inside of the jar. The directions on how to make this cute little project will be at the end of this post. Today I want to kick off December with my first giveaway!!!!

Crayola's Lights, Camera Color!

I was sent this awesome box from Crayola.com . The box consisted of a crayola crayon tower and a code to print off personalized photo coloring pages. This program is really cool and easy to use. Here is a little information on the product. Crayola Lights, Camera Color is a kid-friendly, easy-to-use online application at Crayola.com .

It allows children to upload their very own digital photos and transform them into unique coloring pages, then add fun designs and pictures that turn them into totally customized creations. Specially-marked Crayola crayon boxes (48, 64, 96, 120-ct. as well as the 150-ct. Crayon Tower) will include a code that lets you print off the custom coloring pages.

Here’s how kids (and moms) can transform their memories into customized coloring pages:

1. Upload a new or existing digital photo onto the “Lights, Camera, Color” application at Crayola.com/color me.
2. Print out your coloring page or save and send it to Coloring Page Maker to customize with fun graphics.
3. Choose a background: you can choose from several including a desert, a beach, a haunted house and more.
4. Add props such as a hat, mustache, wings, etc.
5. Select words/phrases: “Best Friends,” “Kids Only,” “All Star” to name just a few.
6. Save and print.
7. Start coloring your one-of-a-kind creation.

I have included some photos of my kids enjoying the "Lights, Camera Color"

The kids loved that it was a tower of crayons with so many to choose from.

Mackenzie chose a photo from the pumpkin farm

Carson chose a picture of him sitting on a firetruck.

The finished product!!!! Really cute and they had a blast transforming their photos in to fun coloring pages. My kids said they loved the Lights, Camera, Color. It would be a nice Christmas gift.



Now onto the Giveaway. Crayola and My Blog spark were nice enough to offer one of my lucky readers a Crayola Lights, Camera, Color Gift Package of their very own. You will receive a Crayola Telescoping Tower and code good for six-months of unlimited prints. Details below on how you can enter.

Crayon Goodie Jar

1 - Pint Size Canning Jar (with a neck)
1 - 48 or 64 count box of crayons
black spray paint (for lid)
hot glue sticks
hot glue gun 
ribbon of your choice (we choice a ruler ribbon)
wooden decoration for top of jar
candy or goodies for your jar (Hershey kisses, m&m's, hard candies, skittles, Star burst, etc.)

Start by spray painting the lid and rim of the jar with black spray paint. While that dries start gluing the crayons to the outside of the canning jar. Use your hot glue gun to do this. 

Try to glue on the crayons in a straight line or at least as straight as you can get them. I can't remember if I added the hot glue directly on the jar and then place the crayon on the jar or if I added the glue to the crayon and then stuck it on the jar.

Try whichever way works the easiest. After all the crayons are attached put the jar aside. Making sure the lid and ring are completely dry glue your little decoration on top of the lid. 

Fill your jar with the candy of your choice and add the lid to close the jar. Add a pretty ribbon around the crayons and that's it a pretty cheap but pretty teacher gift.

Disclosure: Thank you to crayola and my blog spark for sponsoring this giveaway. I was supplied with a Free Telescoping Crayon Tower for the sole purpose of reviewing this product.