Recycled Crayons

Difficulty: Average

Parental supervision is recommended

Candy molds turn your kid's ordinary broken crayons into fabulous shapes with this Recycled Crayon craft.

What you'll need:

  • Broken crayons
  • Heavy paper cups
  • Candy molds
  • Microwave oven

How to make it:

  1. Remove all paper on the crayons.
  2. Sort according to color.
  3. Melt the crayons in the paper cups in the microwave.
  4. Pour into the molds.

Tips:

You can hurry them along by putting them into the freezer.

See Cookie Cutter Crayons for another recycling idea.

Use scraps of crayons by making Stained Glass Windows.

Other projects that use candy molds are: Easy Soap Making and Valentine's Day Pins.

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