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!
Repurpose Old Crayons Project
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
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.