Recycled Crayon Tutorial!

These will make great Easter basket fillers, so I'm throwing my schedule off a bit and posting this now. :)

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You will need: crayons, cans from vegetables, and a muffin tin, silicon baking molds, or hard candy molds. Optional: exacto knife.

Grab your crayons and start peeling. I've heard if you soak them in water they are easier to peel, but I just use an exacto knife and slice the wrapper down the middle to peel it off. Or I have my kids do it. Child labor. Shhh.

Take the labels off of your cans, rinse them out, and fill them with ONE color each.

Or, if you have silicon molds (or are using a muffin tin), peel the crayons and break them up. Place them directly into the molds.

"Bake" crayons at 300F for 10-15 minutes. Longer if necessary.

When they are ready, they will be 100% liquid.

Quickly and carefully pour the liquid crayons into your molds. If you want to mix colors, pour them in one right after another. If you want them to be "rainbow", let each color set before pouring the next.

After about 15 minutes I place mine in the freezer, but sometimes that will make the crayons brittle. So if at all possible, just let the crayons cool on the counter. It will take 30-90 minutes, depending on the mold being used, size, etc. Flip the mold over, and the crayons should pop right out.

These are from the Easter Egg silicon baking mold:

And these are the famous crayons everyone always asks about...

Here are the molds I use. I got them off of e-bay. Just search "lego molds".

These are GREAT for party favors... I have made princesses, airplanes, race cars, trains, and lots more. Just pick out your favorite hard candy molds and go to town!

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