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January.24.2012 · 7 Comments

Kids Craft: Recycled Crayons

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Gather together all your broken old crayons to make this awesome project! It’s a fun alternative to traditional valentines, but it’s also a fun way to celebrate Earth Day in the Spring or back-to-school in the Fall.
Recycled Crayons

Materials:

  • Old broken crayons
  • Silicone muffin or candy pan
  • Cookie sheet
Sift through all your crayons to find the broken ones.
Peel the paper off the crayons.
Break the crayons into small pieces. The peeling of the paper and breaking of the crayons are both great fine motor exercises.
You may need to cut the crayons to get really small pieces.
We sorted our crayon pieces to make a Valentine’s Day crayon and a St. Patrick’s Day crayon. We filled each muffin cup about half way.
Place the silicon muffin pan on a cookie sheet. Bake at 230 degrees for about 15 – 20 minutes, or until the crayons are completely melted. Here’s what they looked like when we took them out of the oven.
We let the crayons cool for about an hour and removed them from the tray. Here are our awesome recycled crayons, perfect for the upcoming holidays!
   

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Comments

  1. The Zookeeper says

    January.24.2012 at 11:36 pm

    We love doing this!! Yours turned out great!

    Reply
  2. Huppie Mama says

    January.25.2012 at 3:32 am

    Thanks 🙂 I saw a similar idea on Pinterest (my new favorite site), and modified it to involve my daughter, sort the crayons by color, and make large crayons. So much fun!

    Reply
  3. Danielle Ferguson says

    March.23.2012 at 10:09 pm

    I absolutely loves these and want to make them for my daughter. I like that you made them in to shapes and not just a regular cupcake pan.

    Reply
  4. Tanya M says

    April.29.2012 at 11:36 am

    How cute! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  5. jenn g says

    January.31.2013 at 1:08 am

    Will be trying this!

    Reply
  6. sallina says

    January.14.2015 at 11:14 am

    im going to add essential oil to them ( just fun smells while coloring- like scented markers) , curious if it works. has anyone tried?

    Reply
    • Dr. Carrie Wells says

      January.15.2015 at 10:23 pm

      Sallina – I have not tried that, but it sounds like a fun idea!

      Reply

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