Making new crayons out of old ones is fun, easy and really costs nothing if you’ve got lots of broken bits of crayon around the house.
- Take all of your old crayons, peel off any paper and break them into small pieces.
- Let the kids place them in muffin tins, in any colour combination they like—pink and purple for girly girls, shades of blue for the sea, a little bit of everything, a rainbow.
- Pop them in the oven at low heat and keep an eye on them. They should take about 15-20 minutes to melt but you want to take them out as soon as they are soupy.
- Stick the tray in the freezer for about an hour and they should come right out.
- Do some art!
If you want a posh instruction guide for doing this, try Martha Stewart’s version! I also like the instructions on the cute website Make and Takes, which is where I got the picture I used in this post.
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