Step by Step instructions for making your own crayons!
Step 1: Collect all your broken crayons. We have loads of these at our house because Ronnie likes to break crayons. This is the perfect project for him!
Step 2: Remove all the paper. Very tedious and somehow not a very exciting project when you're 6. (However, Ronnie loves taking the paper off when he's not supposed to.) Count to 200 to make the project a little more exciting and decide that's pretty boring too!
Step 3: Since we are having sooooo much fun peeling paper, make loads of funny faces and pose for the camera, because we're super good at that!
Step 4: Put all the crayon pieces in a muffin tin. Mix them all up, you don't want solid crayons.
Step 5: Put the crayons in the oven set to 350 for about 5 minutes. Just long enough to melt, but still have solid pieces in the center, that way you know it's not burning.
Step 6: Turn on the oven light and watch the magic!
Step 7: Remove from oven, let cool, then place in the freezer to cool completely.
Step 8: Pop out your new crayons and have fun coloring!
4 comments:
I've heard about this, but never done it. We never have quite enough broken crayons to do it. My kids wear them down to nubs.
What a fun idea! They turned out so cute. My sibs and I used to leave ours out on the back patio in the sun and accidently learned that they swirl together like this. It made a big mess on the cement, though. This is a better plan. The pictures of the boys are so cute.
WOW That is such a great idea! You are so creative! I just may have to do that, my in laws have a huge bucket FULL broken crayons...that'd be so much fun!
Awesome idea! Thanks Morgan! Tyler and I are doing it right now :)
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