At our Back-to-School party, we will make our own crayons. Here is a step-by-step guide for you to do this at home!
First things first, make sure you're using all the same brand crayon. Apparently different brands melt at different temperatures and times. I bought brand-new Crayola's because I don't have any sitting around broken up.
The first thing you need to do is peel the paper off the crayons. I found the easiest way to do this was to score the paper with a pair of scissors, cutting into the wax, and then peel the paper off.
Next break up the crayons into small pieces.
Then fill up small silicon cups backing cups (like for mini-cupcakes) with the crayons. They melt a lot more than they look, so fill it pretty far up.
After I did this one, I realized it ruined the silicon cups. I experimented later with lining it with foil, which worked well. I also realized that boys might not like heart cups, so I tried making some shapes (circle and square) and that worked just fine. The foil left little ridges in the wax, but I'm thinking/hoping kids might think that's cool! I made sure to put foil under the cups and the foil shapes so that if any of the wax spilled, it would not wreck a cookie sheet.
Put them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until the wax is all melted. I put them in the fridge for about 10 minutes after taking them out of the oven (since I need them to cool fast) and that worked great.
When they are all the way cool, peel off the foil or the silicon cups and...tada!
Crayons!
