Things You'll Need:
- Broken crayons
- Small plastic containers to sort colors
- Glass jars, one for each color
- Pot of boiling water
- Candy molds, old muffin tins or ice cube trays
- Chopsticks or skewers
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Step 1
Don't forget to remove all wrappers from crayons during this process.Sort out all the broken crayons by color into the small plastic containers. It doesn’t matter what shade the color it is – if you have light green and dark green, it’s green. Dump one color into separate glass jars.
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Step 2
Don't boil the water with the glass jars in the pot.Place the jars of crayons into water that has already been brought to a boil. Keep the heat on medium and melt the crayons with the jars of crayons in the water bath. Stir frequently using the chopsticks or skewers.
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Step 3
Candy molds are a very affordable option to consider.Pour the melted crayons into the molds. Fill each mold completely and set aside. Adding a small amount of one color first, and then covering it over completely with another can create multi-colored crayons.
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Step 4
Keep track using a cooking timer.Wait about twenty minutes or so for the crayons to set up in the molds and cool off. Pop each crayon out of the molds and they’re ready to use.











Comments
chicaandjo said
on 4/17/2008 We find the silicone ice cube trays from Ikea work great for this project. Here's a picture of some finished crayons we did with the triangle shape: http://www.chicaandjo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/crayon_11.jpg
chicaandjo said
on 4/17/2008 We find the silicone ice cube trays from Ikea work great for this project. Here's a picture of some finished crayons we did with the triangle shape: http://www.chicaandjo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/crayon_11.jpg
joyful327 said
on 4/14/2008 I was going to write this but you beat me to it! :) Good article!!!! :)
jennhollowell said
on 4/2/2008 That's an excellent point, Smidgen, thank you for bringing it up! I'm going to point this out next time I work on this project with my children - yet another opportunity to educate them! :-)
smidgen said
on 4/2/2008 This is great to mix it up with color families within the crayon itself and then put a complimentary color in and Bam! you have something shocking!! Great article!