Grated Crayons Sensory Play

Last week Landon and I were making the Apple Sun Catcher and in the process we were grating the crayons. As the shavings were falling on to the wax paper, Landon couldn’t stop from touching and playing with the crayon shavings… which lead me to think that grated wax would make a wonderful sensory bin item.

The process is pretty easy. Old grater, old crayons and grate. It is a little time consuming if your child wants to do all the grating. I did let Landon do some – I talked about how the grater was like little knives and it was sharp, so he had to go slow and be careful. He did! He grated quite a few crayons and never got hurt. I took turns in between (while he was playing with what had already been shaved) and got a good amount of shaving to play with in about 10 minutes. Obviously if your child is younger or you don’t think they would be able to do this safely simply pre-grate or make it “snow” on your child’s hands while they play safely.

It’s great! You can run your fingers through it like sand or small pebbles, but you can also squeeze some together into a ball that easily falls apart again when crumbled.

I do plan on saving all the shavings. I’m sure I can find some fun project to do with it!