Here is what I did...
I went to the craft store in search of a candy mold, like the one Allison used. I could not find it. However, I found this pretzel race car mold.
It was only $1.99.
I set the oven for 275 degrees.
I began to peel the paper off of our old/broken crayons.
I put the crayons in muffin cups and put them in a muffin tin.
I put the muffin tin in the oven and allowed the crayons to melt.
I poured the melted wax into the mold and let it sit for an hour.
I popped the crayons out of the mold and detached the back end
(the pretzel part).
Finally, it was time to color!
Yay! New crayons!
WHEN, not if, but when you come back you will have to bring those molds with you! So cute!
ReplyDeleteI know! I thought of your boys as soon as I popped the crayons out like..."Can I use this again?". He played with those for so long!
ReplyDeletethese are so cool!
ReplyDeleteIs the side open where the pretzel goes? How did you keep it from running out?
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting.The wax goes into that part too-I just broke it off once everything cooled.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!! I used to be a preschool teacher and I have a huge box of broken crayons. This is gonna be fun!!! My 3 year old is gonna love it!!! Thank you!!!!
ReplyDeleteThats awesome!It is a good thing that you saved them!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, I loved cars as a kid - really get the imagination working!
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