DYI Repurpose Old Crayons Project

Save Those Old Crayons

My daughter loves crayons! Who am I kidding a fresh new box of Crayola crayons is awesome at any age! That is just the thing, she loves NEW crayons. We could fill buckets with the amount of crayons she has already had in her young seven years. Quite a lot have made it into the trash and just recently she tore all the paper off her crayons because she thinks they look cool. We loved our melted crayon project but this time we have been saving some of the old crayons to do a fun repurpose old crayons project.

how Repurpose Old Crayons

We decided to re-purpose them and make some more crayons in fun shapes. Of course, who wants just plain red, orange, or blue crayons? No, we wanted to make some fun crayons of all different colors. We had two Wilton silicone molds Football and Christmas Trees. It would have been nice to pick out our own shapes but we decided that this project had a budget of $0 so we made do with what we had.

This project is super simple, and a great project to involve your children. First, you have to tediously remove all the paper from your crayons.

Remove Paper from Crayons

Use your creativity and mix and match colors to make fun crayons! Place the crayons in the silicone mold.

Old Crayons Become New

After 10-12 minutes in the oven, some additional cooling time, you have yourself a batch of new crayons of different colors in fun shapes!

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Repurpose Old Crayons Project

Author: Colleen Shibley

Don't throw away all those used crayons, instead save them to create new crayons in fun colors and shapes with this easy repurpose old crayons project.

Active Time30 minutes mins

Cooking & Cooling Time35 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

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Cost: $0-$15

Materials

• Old Crayons
• Silicone Mold of your choice
• Knife optional

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Peel wrapper off of crayons (I used a knife to make this step a little easier).
• Break crayons into pieces and add to mold. Make any color combination you would like.
• Fill mold almost to the top.
• When all molds are fill put into the oven for 10-12 minutes.
• Once crayons are completely melted take out and let set for 10 minutes (to harden).
• Move molds to freezer for 15-10 minutes to completely harden.
• Pop crayons out of molds carefully.

Notes

Note: Cost and times vary depending on how many crayons you have to peel,  how many new crayons you create, and how many different molds you choose. This project can have a budget of $0 to as high as the molds you purpose for this project. 

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Do you have any create crayon projects you and your child have done? We would love for you to share. your ideas. Crayons are such a great medium for coloring, creating, and enjoying a fun project like this repurpose old crayons project.