This week I have been trying to clean out our storage bins of junk! lots and lots of junk. I can across a large box of unused cheep crayons. Jada also got a brand name box for her birthday but I have baned the non washable ones until she gets older. I don't think I have to tell you why!
Well back in my daycare working days we used to make our own crayons. I forgot all about it until I saw THIS, THIS, and my personal favorite from Smashed Peas and Carrots post. I think just about every daycare, homeschooling parent ,babysitter and grandparent have tried to make their own crayons at some point.
They look almost good enough to eat!
Yeah, she wasn't into it at all. Good thing her older friends thought it was the best thing since the invention of Silly Bandz
We used a silicon mold from the dollar store that has really cute Sesame Street characters.
I put them in the oven for about 10 minutes, just long enough for the crayons to turn to liquid. Then I carefully sat them ontop of the stove for 20 to 30 minutes until cool. Then I put them in the fridge for 10 minutes. Popping them out of the molds was very easy.
We also used our mini muffin tin for all the extra crayons. They turned out kinda pretty:)
These crayons will be used by Jada under very close supervision. I don't really want to scrub crayon off my walls again!
6 comments:
Great job! I have been trying to fins the sesame street molds to do the same thing without much luck. ;-( Kerri
I got mine at dollerama. I actually ruined the mold making the crayons and bought a new one last night in red. I hope you find one soon:)
Thanks Andrea for the tip! We do not have Dollarama in our area. BUMMER! Would loved to have them for a buck! Thanks though! Happy Halloween :-) Kerri
Send me your adress and I will send you my blue one. It's only good for making Crayons though. It has a build up of wax on the inside of them. my email andreah_67@hotmail.com
Love this idea! I have the same seasme street molds and haven't used them yet. And of course we have TONS of broken crayons we could use.
Tracy it really is super simple. Just be careful taking the molds out of the oven as they are floppy. I really should have had a cookie sheet under it. Would have mnade life a whole lot easier:)
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