Crafts Using Old Crayons

RE: Crafts Using Old Crayons Post by smellen (1) | (12/12/2007) Contact Many years ago. my mom put my old pieces of crayons in clear plastic pill bottles and melted them in the oven. I imagine if you keep an eye on them and use a low temp this could work. When she took them out she pierced a hole in them and we strung them on string or leather and they made for a cool medallion. You get some really interesting shapes. oh take me back to the good ol'days.... RE: Crafts Using Old Crayons Post by kidsNclutter (212) | (12/11/2007) Contact You can shave the crayons w/ a peeler into small flakes. Then place the different colored shavings between to sheets of waxed paper & run a warm iron over it to create a suncatcher. These can be cut into shapes, sealed at the edges w/ a glue stick. Add a hole punched in the top for hanging. You can mix the crayon shavings or keep each color in a small plastic container. These would look pretty made into tree shapes at Christmas using red & green shavings. If the kids are old enough they could draw some simple designs on the wax paper w/ sharpie markers. Some ideas are a Jack-o-lantern for Halloween, a decorated tree for Christmas, lines on the Easter Egg, and of course their names. RE: Crafts Using Old Crayons Post by perfumed fan (304) | (12/10/2007) Profile | Contact You can use them to add color when making candles. RE: Crafts Using Old Crayons Post by MartyD (223) | (12/10/2007) Profile | Contact I used to put 2 or 3 broken crayons in cupcake papers and heat them in a muffin tin at a low oven temp. When they melt and swirl together.... Voila! multicolored crayons! Thesr are great for rubbings. Leaves, zippers etc. RE: Crafts Using Old Crayons Post by MCW (269) | (12/10/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Remove the paper from the crayons, melt them down and use them to make candles.