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7 Crafty Uses for Your Crock-Pot

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7 Crafty Uses For Your Crock-Pot

Learn how to make homemade soap, lip balm, play dough and more with this fantastic collection of Crafty Uses For Your Crock-Pot! Let’s get crafting!

7 Crafty Uses For Your Crock-Pot

Are you feeling crafty? Then this collection of fun and creative crafty uses for your Crock-Pot is for you!

From homemade soaps to candles to crafts for the kids like play dough and crayons this list has some super fun crafts that you can make!

Tips For Using Your Crock-Pot For Crafts:

  1. Use an old unused slow cooker – Some of these crafts (like the soap) use some pretty toxic ingredients that you really don’t want to have residue left over when you use your slow cooker for food uses. So, if you are going to use a slow cooker for crafting either upgrade your slow cooker to a new programmable model and set your old slow cooker aside just for crafts. Or purchase a working used slow cooker at your local thrift store or garage sale. A used slow cooker shouldn’t cost you more than $10.00. Lastly, if you are a minimalist and don’t want to store 2 slow cookers (one for food and one for crafts) you can use a Crock-Pot Liner which you can throw away after you have gotten your craft on.
  2. Gather your supplies before you start – Just like when you are cooking a recipe, it is always a good idea to gather up all the supplies you need before you begin the craft. This simple action prevents you from discovering mid way through the project that you don’t have a crucial supply or ingredient needed.
  3. Protect your surfaces – Some of these Crock-Pot crafts can be pretty messy when you are dealing with melting wax or making soap. So lay down some newspaper or parchment paper on your countertops so that if you drip or spill clean up is easier! Remember…an ounces of prevention is worth a pound of cure!
  4. Get your kids involved – If you have children, crafting is a great way to bond and educate them. And let’s be honest it keeps them busy! So go ahead and get the kids involved in your crafting projects. When Crock-Pot crafting with kids remember that the Crock-Pot is hot and so are the ingredients in the pot. So make sure an adult or older teen is doing the part of the craft that has to do with moving or kneading hot wax or dough. But little kids can peel paper off crayons, measure out ingredients or supplies, dump or pour things into the slow cooker, stir, or add color.

Crafty Uses for Your Crock-Pot

1

Crock-Pot Beeswax Coated Paper

Photo Credit: craftingagreenworld.com

Melt up some beeswax in your slow cooker and hand-dip paper in the melted wax to give it a lovely antique patina. Bonus points, the beeswax coating preserve the paper!

2

Slow Cooker Dip-Dyed Candles

Photo Credit: marthastewart.com

Melt some colored wax (you choose the color) and dip store bought candles in the wax for a fun modern look!

3

Crock Pot Play Dough

Photo Credit: repeatcrafterme.com

Save some money and make your own homemade play dough right in your Crock-Pot! You can make it any color you want!

4

Slow Cooker Crayons

Photo Credit: ayearofslowcooking.com

Melt down those broken crayons and turn them into big chunky crayons right in your slow cooker. A super fun project for the kids!

5

Slow Cooker Soap

Photo Credit: onegoodthingbyjillee.com

Yes, you can make homemade soap in your slow cooker! The real deal old fashioned soap made from oils and lye! And you can make it any scent you want (or leave it unscented for a more natural soap)!

6

Crock-Pot Dyed Yarn Using Kool-Aid

Photo Credit: repeatcrafterme.com

It's hard to believe that you can dye your own natural fiber yarn (wool, cashmere, etc) with just a Crock-Pot and a some Kool-Aid powdered drink mix! Of course you could just use fabric dye too!

7

Slow Cooker Beeswax Lip Balm

Photo Credit: bellatory.com

Make your own all-natural lip balm out of beeswax and keep your lips hydrated and protected all-year around. These little tins of homemade lip balm would make fantastic gifts for the the holidays!

What crafty ways have you used your Crock-Pot for? Leave a comment below and let us know!


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  1. Rhaegen Williams says

    January 25, 2017 at 7:03 PM

    These are great ideas! I love to find new uses for things. Can’t wait to get started.

    Reply
    • Lady Heidi says

      January 25, 2017 at 8:24 PM

      So glad you enjoyed these fun ideas Rhaegen!

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