How to Make Swirly Crayons

Swirly crayons provide children with more color options.

Over time, a child's crayon collection often sustains the damage of normal wear and tear. Crayons tend dull and break with use. One way to extend the life of a set of crayons is to melt them together into a swirly new crayon. This project teaches children how to reuse items, and it also produces crayons that are larger in size. Swirly crayons that are larger than regular crayons are just the right size for little hands to hold.

Things You'll Need

• Foil muffin cups
• Muffin pan
• Crayon pieces
• Oven

Instructions

1. Place foil muffin cups into the holes of a muffin pan (one cup per hole).

2. Peel the paper off of the crayon pieces. Discard the paper.

3. Place the crayon pieces into the muffin cups. Fill each cup approximately half full.

4. Bake the crayons for 10 minutes in an oven that is set to 200 degrees F.

5. Take the muffin pan out of the oven and allow the swirly crayons to cool for about 30 minutes.

6. Remove the muffin cups from the muffin pan. Tear away the foil cups and use the swirly crayons as you would regular crayons.

References

• Gracious Rain; Confetti Crayons; Launi; August 4, 2009
• Craft Kaboose: Cookie Cutter Crayons