We had such fun Wednesday using our Earth Crayons, that I promised I would put directions to make them on our blog! Any shape can be made using a regular muffin tin or the new shaped flexible molds.
1. First preheat oven to 250 degrees and gather up all those old crayon bits. The paper can be easily removed by running a knife down the side of the crayon to slit the paper. ( I did this as I watched Grey's Anatomy)
2. Line the bottom of the muffin tin with 2-3 crayon bits. You can mix colors or use blue, green and white to make the earth ones.
3. Put muffin tin in oven and crayons will be totally melted in approx. 10-15 minutes.
4. Put tin in refrigerator until crayons become solid again.
5. Pop the crayons out of the tin. The crayons will have a small amount of clear wax on the edges and this can be removed by scraping a knife along the edge.
New Crayons in 1/2 hour!
What is special about these crayons? Little hands can easily hold them!
An extra idea: big crayons are great for doing texture rubs. Have your child take paper and put it over a leaf, or bark or any texture. Rub with the big crayons!
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