A few weeks ago I read about Crayon Rocks. I thought these were such a great idea! I started shopping around and honestly, I just couldn't justify spending upwards of $15 on some crayons. No stores around me carry them so I would have to order online and pay shipping...no thanks.
So I decided to take our crayons, since baby girl couldn't grip them right anyway, and make her some chunky crayons. We've been working on learning colors, so I figured I'd start with just the rainbow colors.
I used some crayons from a Crayola 64ct box. I've heard that the cheaper brands tend to separate [wax separates from color] when you melt them, so I'd stick to Crayola. I used a mini muffin tin as a mold- each cup fit about 3 crayons. I just removed the paper and broke them up like you can see here.
They're a little melted already...I forgot to take a picture until I had already put them in the oven. Pre heat the oven to 275 before you put the crayons in. Any hotter and you will bake the crayons instead of just melting them. Oh, and this will probably stain your muffin pan so if you don't want that you should use some muffin cups. I don't mind, I've never used this mini muffin pan as long as I've had it.
I baked them for about 15 minutes. You can see where I splashed the red everywhere. It even went into the orange, which actually swirled very prettily in there. I think next time we will make some tie dye crayons! :)
Make sure you let the pan cool a little bit after melting them. Once it's cool to the touch put it in the freezer for 25-30 minutes. Don't ever put a hot pan in the freezer it will mess up the whole dynamic of the refridgerator.
If you leave them in too long, they will crack down the middle. Get a towel or something cushy to dump the crayons onto, they will break if you just dump them on the counter.
They came out GREAT!! Baby girl LOVES them and has been coloring up a storm! I'm so glad they were so easy to make, and I can promise you we will be doing this again SOON!!
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