Inspired by this craft idea from Make and Take, I decided to melt down a bunch of crayon stubs and create chunky little mini muffin-sized crayons with Z.
I removed the paper wrappers from myself, which is more difficult than I expected--perhaps because our old crayons had been stored outside in a hot garage. Then Z and I selected colors to mix together in a mini muffin tin sprayed with nonstick spray.
We baked the crayons at 275 for 7 minutes and let them harden up overnight.
The results are beautiful--some look like visions of outer space and others like lattes and sunsets. I think you could create pretty neat melted wax "paintings" by selecting the right colors and placing the crayon bits just so.
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I remember a friend and I doing this when we were little and setting her microwave on fire. I'm glad you had better luck!
Could you make candles out of these? If the wax is compatible, seems it would be a crafty idea for gifts.
You can't make candles out of straight crayons (what a mess that would make!), but you can add crayon bits to candle wax for a colorful effect. Here's a link:
http://tiny.cc/KdtY2
We've done this too, and here's another tip: If you get shaped cupcake tins, especially silicone ones, you can make shaped crayons. We made heart-shaped ones that were so cute we ended up making a set as a gift and the recipient was delighted.
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