One quick question before I start: Do you like when I post the text ABOVE the picture or BELOW the picture that it goes with?? In this post, the text will be above the pictures. Please let me know in the comments. :)
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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Coming to you from tip Junkie. I wonder if you could do this with chocolate molds. I would think so cus it takes hot chocolate. anyway, great tutorial!! I am happy to be your newest follower. Please stop by my blog for book club if you're interested--connie, measuredbytheheart.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteYep, I use chocolate molds sometimes too! :) Will stop by your blog now.
ReplyDeleteTarget often has "ice cube" molds in their $2.50 section. They work great for the crayons.
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My vote is text below the pics.
ReplyDeleteLove these ideas! It sure beats all the candy in Easter baskets...
I'd be oh so happy if you could share this with my readers tonight @Creative Juice Thursday. Get your crafting shoes on... Hope to see you there...
Those are so awesome - I love the lego ones!
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those lego ones are sooo cool! awesome idea :)
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Thanks for sharing! I plan on making some for party favors for my sons birthday :)
ReplyDeletesadie I have a question when you where shipping these how did you do it to make sure they would not break and still keep coast down. I just shipped a set of 10 and it cost me almost 4 dollars to do so. Could you help pls?
ReplyDeleteThey're very expensive to ship. And they will melt in the mail if you're not careful. :/ That is why I don't sell them anymore, nobody wants to pay $4-$5 for shipping a few crayons.
ReplyDeleteI never even thought of that I put them in plastic baggies by themselves and used Easter grass as padding so they would not break but I did not think about the heat. I really hope mine arrive ok. What did you do for the heat problem.
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