The twins are still into breaking and occasionally eating crayons so we have lots of little, bitty crayon pieces around. This past weekend I decided to recycle those pieces and make new crayons! I also decided to be really green and "cook" them outside with the sun. I had a lot of fun doing it, although next time I'll probably just cook them in the oven since my attention span is just as short as the kids :-).
First I covered a plate with foil and filled four cookie cutters with all the crayon pieces. Then I set it outside in a sunny spot for a few hours. Once they were melted I brought them inside to cool and just popped them out of the cookie cutters.
When the kids woke up from their nap I brought them out, but they thought they were stamps at first. They finally figured out they were regular crayons just a bit different than they were used to. Way cool!
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Thanks for the cookie cutter idea, I was going to use silicone muffin cups but these will be much cooler shapes!
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