A while back, Heather made "new" crayons for her kids using the old, broken, ruddy ones that seem to multiply ten fold in the craft box when on one is looking. A few months later Family Fun Magazine had these cute valentines in their February issue, finding a fantastic new use for the hundreds of crayons our kids have.
At our house, we have two school boxes of crayons. One box has the nice unbroken crayons, and the other has all the pieces. I thought making some new upcycled crayons with my kids might be a fun after school project and something they could give their cousins as a birthday gifts this year.
I purchased a silicon star mold, hoping the silicon would make getting the new crayons out easier and the kids and I spent many afternoons pealing and sorting crayons (only to have Alex come behind us undo all our sorting). Finally today we were able to melt our first batch of crayons.
We used an odd assortment of crayons ... Crayola, RoseArt, freebie crayons from restaurants, fat, skinny, washable, glow in the dark, princess, you name it they all got thrown into the mix. Each has their own unique melting qualities, and that made for some fun added dimensions when looking at the end product. But we are all really pleased with the results.
I baked ours at 350 for about 15 minutes and then let them cool for a couple of hours. Family Fun says to melt them at 250 for 15 minutes, and Heather melted hers at 350 for 10 minutes. I think it all depends on the kinds of crayons you are using, how big your molds are (FF's was no bigger than 2", and mine 2.75"), the brand of crayon you are using, and possibly the pan (silicon vs. metal?). Anyway, our school box of crayons yielded 12 beautiful upcycled crayons ready for gifting and crafting!
6 comments:
we have made these before and they are so fun! i love how you've used the different shapes and packaged them - so cute!
Those are adorable! I've only seen those in muffin tins -- the star mold makes them amazing.
neat! i love how you coordinated the colors.
Fun, fun!!
Neat idea. I've heard of something similar to this before but actually getting it done is impressive - good for you. At first, I thought those were going to be your child's valentines for school - I guess that'd be a lot of crayons and too much work. That'd be cool too though.
You are way too crafty! How fun, and way cute! I bet your kids had a blast.
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