I'm not sure why...but when I was little we always kept the 'old' crayons in a coffee can. I still do this.
Here's what the Mad Rosie and I did with our coffee can crayons...
Here's what the Mad Rosie and I did with our coffee can crayons...
1. Preheat your oven to 350.
Remove the paper wrapper from the crayons.
this can be a pain...and time consuming.
I used a craft knife to cut the wrappers, Maddie peeled them off.
2. Then we picked out colors that were similar or went well together.
(And we made a few that didn't go so well together too!)
3. We broke the crayons into pieces
and put them in a lined muffin pan.
and put them in a lined muffin pan.
*Be careful not to fill the cups to high.
You don't want the cups to overflow with hot wax.
That could be dangerous...and for sure a huge mess!
There ya go! Super rad "new" crayons out of "old" crayons! yay!
Maddie is taking hers to school tomorrow! :)
Maddie is taking hers to school tomorrow! :)
xo-
miss anna
i used to keep mine in a coffee can too. bad thing is...that smell of the coffee grinds have made me not like the smell of coffee...that and when i was a kid and we would go on road trips, we would have our can of crayons and the smell of my parents thermos of coffee. those 2 mixed are like nails on chalkboard inside my nostrils :)
ReplyDeleteoh my! I am soooo laughing right now!
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that made my morning!
xo
So this is what you have been up to... How freaking sweet! My little ladies have so many colors. Which brings up a question. Do cheaper brands effect the turn out.
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