Yesterday on the Salamander Dreams blog Amy posted about recycling crayons. I've never tried this before and knew that Little L had lots of broken crayons in her pencil case. For the mould I just used a cake tin which I use for small cakes.
Now they won't get any marks for looks and I did chip them a bit removing them from the mould but Little L was pleased with her new crayons. I think these will be much better for her to hold due to the shape and less chance of her snapping them because they are quite chunky.
They are so quick and easy to make, I don't know why I haven't tried it before.
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You're right, the big chunky crayons are so much easier to hold--and they're good for making rubbings, too. Did you put the tin in the freezer for a few minutes first? That should help pop them out. I'm glad you and Little L had fun making and playing!
No, I'd just left them to cool. I'll have to pop them in the freezer next time. The boys thought I was some kind of genius making these until the youngest had me rumbled by saying ' I bet you have seen these on a blog '.
What a great idea! This is a fun way to create different colors from existing Crayons. ~Val
great idea! where did you melt them? in the oven? or in a pan with water underneath?
thanks for you visit to my blog.
kiss :)
i felt the same way the first time I melted crayons, it was so fun easy I had to blog about it too. Enjoy!
your idea is already in my blog too. hope you don't mind.
big kiss
No I don't mind at all APO (Bem-Trapilho) :). I just melted them in a low oven for about 10 minutes.
It was so easy and fun for my little girl to help with, urban craft, I could kick myself when I think of all the snapped crayons which have just been thrown away over the years.
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