How to Recycle Old Crayons into New Rainbow Crayons

So, every year, for years and years, when the kids brought their backpacks home on the last day of school, I would dump their crayon stubs into a rubbermaid shoe box.  Then, when we went on road trips or whatever, I’d throw it in, the kids could painstakingly unwrap the nubs and continue to color with them.  No matter how many road trips we went on, the crayons only seemed to multiply.

Now, after all of these years, I still have the box of crayons, and no chubby little hands to hold them.  So, what’s a girl to do?  Make ’em new again, that’s what.   Then, when friends bring their kids over, I will pull them out and stun and amaze them with my cool crayons.  Ah, it’s good to be Mavis.  Ha!

You’ll Need:

Crayons
Silicone mold {or muffin tin would work, but it might be harder to get the crayons out, so I would line it with foil cups}

Directions:

Peel all of the remaining paper off of the crayons {I’m not going to lie, this part isn’t fun, so if you want to solicit the help of the kiddos, I highly suggest it}.  Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.  Chop all of the crayons into small pieces.  Fill the mold, with about 1″ of crayons.  Bake for 15-20 minutes {time really varies, so check them and remove them when wax is melted}.  Allow the mold to cool completely, then pop them out of the mold.

Super easy, right?

~Mavis