We’re sharing a step-by-step video tutorial for instructions with making these fun and fancy recycled crayons. You can make these with almost any muffin tin, silicone works great too. And there are so many silly-shaped muffin tins out there to use and make these recycled crayons.
Recycled Chunky Crayons Video
Supplies:
20-30 old crayons metal muffin tin, any size cooking spray
Instructions:
Get out your old crayons. Take off the paper (if it is still on). Kids love to help with this! Then break or chop them into smaller pieces about 1/2 – 1 inch pieces.
Spray your muffin tin with cooking spray and add some crayons into each spot. The more or less you put depends on what size you want for each chunky crayon. TIP: You can also group the crayons into colors that are fun together, red and blue for purple, pink tones or blue tones.
Place the muffin tin full of crayons into a preheated oven of 275 degrees F. I used both mini muffin tins and large muffin tins. Watch them carefully, they will melt fast. Bake them for about 7-8 minutes. When they look melted enough, carefully and slowly remove them from the oven.
Just out of the oven, you can stir them with a toothpick for a swirly look, or leave them as is. Then let them cool completely (they can be placed in the freezer to speed up process once the tin is not so hot.)
Once cooled, the crayons can be popped out of the muffin tin, tap the back to help this process. Then get the paper out and your ready to color.
Here are variations:
1: instead of using a muffin tin, use metal cookie cutters in whatever shapes you like, on a flat cookie sheet that’s been lined with tin foil. 2: Put old crayon chunks into small paper cups, and place them in the microwave for about 4 – 6 minutes on ‘high.’ Pour the melted wax into candy molds, and then place them in the freezer for about 20 minutes. Once the wax has hardened, your new crayons will pop out of the molds. Have fun making something old into something new with your recycled chunky crayons! Now get coloring!
More ideas for recycled crafts:
27 Ways to Craft with Old Crayons – find all sorts of fun ways to use up those old broken crayons into something fun and new. I love the idea to add crayons to candles or lip gloss.
50 Earth Day Recycling Ideas – save those tin cans and egg cartons and turn them into a new craft project kids will love. Make stamps, drums, bracelets, and even flower vases.
Make Envelopes into Hand Puppets – save your old envelopes you receive in the mail and make them into darling creative puppets! Put on a puppet show with your new creations!
