Recycled Crayons

Do your kids have TONS of broken crayons in their craft box?????  Mine is only 2 and it's amazing how many crayons were already broken.  So I decided to consolidate!!! I was nervous about how this would turn out because we were using the oven and let's face it that is NOT my area of expertise......but they turned out pretty good! (dont tell my husband).

So ready to make your VERY OWN recycled crayons??? 

You will need

broken crayons

Crayon mold (I used an old cupcake pan)

paper cupcake liners

So here is how I made mine.....

I started with the old broken crayons.

Then I peeled ALL the paper off every crayon.

and I had a little help... :o)

He was concentrating so hard! :o)

Then we placed our cupcake liners into the pan and put the pieces of crayons in each one sorting them by color. 

we even added some together for a little bit of craziness!!!!

I put them in a preheated oven at 250 degrees and baked them for about 25-30 minutes.  If you have the thinner crayons it would take a lot less time but we were using the thicker ones.  AND of course we turned on the oven light to watch our masterpiece...

once they were completely melted I carefully took them out of the oven (trying not to mix up our "crazy" crayons).

I let them completely cool and then removed the paper cupcake liner.  Voila, they are ready for hours of coloring by your little one (and you too).

Aren't these so fun????  And your kids will love making them also.  It is a great project for a rainy day or just a day spent at home.  If I can do it you can too.....

Now go get rid of all those broken crayons cluttering up your craft box and create some crazy fun recycled crayons.