My kids are crayon destroyers. They have decimated box after box of crayons. Large toddler crayons, skinny crayons, crayons from the box of 64, or the basic 8 colors. It doesn’t matter. The paper comes off. The crayons are broken in half. And I’m left with stubs that no one will use.
Recycling your crayon scraps is a great and super simple solution. Here’s what you’ll need.
- Crayon Stubs
- Foil Cups
- Muffin Tin (I used a mini-muffin tin since my crayons are for small hands.)
Line the muffin tin with the foil cups. Fill each foil cup with crayon pieces. You can use different colors or all uniform colors in each cup. Take your pick. I stuck with the same color family, you can see different shades of orange in the same crayon. But you could make rainbow crayons easily.
Warm the oven to 250 degrees, and put your muffin tins in. It takes about 15 minutes, but the crayons melt down to liquid. Pull them out when they are completely liquified. If you want, you can use a toothpick to mix or swirl the colors now.
Let the crayons cool all the way, and then peel them out of the foil cups. These crayons are a great shape for little fingers, and they can double as building blocks in restaurant while you’re waiting for dinner. I made sure to make two of each color to cut down on fights over colors.
