I have seen a few other bloggers make crayons before and have always wanted to try it out. Jill has made some super cute ones over the years. She even links you to where she bought the molds. I didn't plan ahead as well as she did, but it still worked out.
I was asked to plan Landon's class Halloween party this year. While looking for things to put in little goodie bags I walked past these ice cube trays at Dollar Tree. Bing! (that would be the light bulb going off in my head)
I grabbed our giant bag of crayons and got to work separating them by color. The worst part was definitely taking off the wrappers. Granted I did think of a more efficient way. I used a steak knife and slid it across the crayon vertically. Then had the kids peel the wrapper right off. Such a time saver!
Making crayons is fun!
I filled a small pot with water and brought it to a boil. Then I threw the crayons into the can and mixed them until they melted.
Making sure to ALWAYS use an oven mitt, I poured the melted crayons into the molds. I let the molds set in the freezer until they were solid.
They all popped out pretty easily. The only issue I ran into was that left over crayon was stuck in the molds, so it left some crayon residue on the other colors. I think it gave the skulls some character. Kind of like marble.
Fun, new crayons that the second graders loved!
Side note: I could never get the crayon out of the ice cube tray, so I just tossed it.
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