Comments on: Color Your World With Jumbo Crayons Made From Melted Broken Crayons

By: kayveebee

kayveebee — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:30:16 +0000

I’m doing this project as an activity for my daughter’s crayon themed birthday party. I wanted to test them out. I used three brands, and just as the earlier commenter stated, they crayons should be made of wax. Out of the three I used, (a hobby lobby brand, another generic brand, and crayola) crayola melted the fastest with the best consistency. I’m a speedy, so I heated my oven to 350 and baked the crayons for 5 min (crayola melted completely). I took them out to cool and harden.

The Hobby Lobby branded melted at about 50%, the other brand (can’t remember the name) did not melt at all, only softened.

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By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:34:51 +0000

I just made some of these tonight after searching for a cheap, creative Christmas gift for my two little cousins! After I took mine out of the oven, I let them set up a bit on the counter. Then, only out of pure desperation (I wanted to try ‘em out!) I stuck them in the freezer for about 10 minutes. Plop! They came right out! I hope the kiddos like them… =)

By: manon

manon — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:30:45 +0000

This is a great idea!

Here is my experience : make sure that your crayons are made of “almost only wax”. Our schools make us buy crayons that are made with wax and something else that appears to be plastic… They break less and are harder then usual crayons but they don’t melt like wax. I thought you’d like to know.

Thanks for showing us how you did them: they are gorgeous!

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:43:52 +0000

I haven’t seen those since our kids were little! They make a great birthday gift for little friends, too: a few muffin crayons and a tablet/sketchpad in a drawstring bag made of a recycled something (shirt, bandana, etc.) or a scrap. What fun you and your Assistants have! Thankyou!

By: Patty

Patty — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:39:32 +0000

That is a great idea to do with the kiddos. I am a nanny for 3 of them, this will be a great rainy or snowy day project!!!

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By: E-J

E-J — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:16:39 +0000

I have seen suggestions before for the basic idea of melting down crayons into new ones, but never this “cupcake” variation – it’s inspired! Those chunksters look like soooooooooo much fun to play with.

I really, really enjoy the CraftSanity podcast. It is so substantial, so full of insight and inspiration. It’s the audio equivalent of your jumbo crayons. :-)

By: MaryBeth

MaryBeth — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:33:02 +0000

Awesome. I think this will be a project of Friday or Saturday! Thanks Jen!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:13:04 +0000

I’m so glad to see you can use the paper liners with these! My boys and I made these a while back and I didn not enjoy getting the crayon residue off my muffin pan!

By: Shelley Noble

Shelley Noble — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:29:37 +0000

So pretty, so fun!

By: Turtle

Turtle — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:43:24 +0000

i’m so glad you showed that suggestion! I used to do this when i taught k/1st grades…recycle, reuse!!