How to Make or Remake Crayons

You will have to take the paper off of any old crayons before recycling them.

Children do not always take great care of their crayons, and even careful young artists end up with dull, blunt crayons after a few pages in their favorite coloring book. But, crayons are easy to recycle. They melt easily and harden to a like-new consistency. Remaking old crayons into new ones is a great way to save money on crayons at home, and it is a craft that kids will love. Now, unless you buy a special crayon mold, the newly remade crayons will probably be the round shape of a cupcake, but that should not stop kids from loving to use them.

Things You'll Need

• Old Crayons
• Muffin Tin
• Cooking Spray
• Oven

Instructions

1. Peel all the paper from the old crayons.

2. Sort the old crayons by color. Break the crayons into small pieces.

3. Fill cupcake tin or oven-safe crayon mold with like-colored broken crayons. Preheat an oven to 250 F.

4. Place the cupcake tin or crayon mold in the oven for about seven minutes. Remove the cupcake tin or crayon mold from the oven, and let the crayons cool completely.

5. Turn the muffin tin upside down and tap the back to dislodge the crayons.

Tips & Warnings

• Spray the muffin tin with cooking spray before adding the broken crayons. This will keep them from sticking to the muffin tin when they cool.

• If you want to create new colors or swirling, multicolored crayons, just don't sort the crayons by color. Put all kinds of different colored crayons into each muffin tin.

References

• Make and Takes; Recycle Chunky Crayons; Marie LeBaron; September 3, 2007