Friday, April 23, 2010

Recycled Crayons

Give your Crayola a new lease of life with this project. These make the perfect size crayons that are chunky and easy for little ones to grab for a crafty project. And it is not that difficult to do! Perfect as a party project for kids!
Materials Needed:
  • Foil cupcake liners or silicone cake molds
  • Bits of crayon
  • Baking sheet
  1. Put the pieces of crayon into cupcake liners or cake molds on a baking sheet. Experiment with different sizes of crayons to get different effects. Little pieces will create a dotted look; large chunks, a bolder look. (And regular crayons tend to run together more than Cray-Pas.)
  2. Set the oven to its lowest setting, and put the baking sheet on the middle tray. Leave it in the oven for about 5 minutes, slightly longer if necessary. (Crayons will melt much faster than Cray-Pas.) Take out the tray when the bits are just melted. If they liquefy too much, the disks will come out a dull brown color.
  3. Remove the baking tray from the oven, using mitts. Leave the crayons to cool and harden completely, then carefully remove the crayons from the liners or molds.

7 comments:

Jo said...

this is such a GREAT idea! will try it soon! ;)

btw, i first bought a grey pupsik pouch from you when i had my son joel in 2007. after we moved away from Spore, i still sometimes take a look at your website and drool over the pretty (girly) pieces. finally, we're expecting our 2nd kid this Oct - and it's a GIRL! so i've been drooling over your site again for something for her to wear to my sis' wedding next Feb. i hope my baby girl grows up "faster" and i can buy her the singlets & pretty skirts which look sooo good on toddlers! love the new strawberry caramel pouch too! ;)

laissezfaire said...

Thanks for leaving a comment here, Jo! We love drool and hope to see you around our store again!! =))

xoxo

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