Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Crayon Recycling

Today Ethan and I recycled crayons. We had a ton of little broken crayons. So, we melted them down to make new ones. I remember my mom doing this with us when we were little. First you have to peel all the wrappers off (definitely the worst part).


Then we put the crayons into a muffin tin.


And after a few minutes in the oven at 300 degrees they were melted. Then we just let them cool and popped them out.


Ethan thought they were so cool and couldn't wait to use the crayons that he had made himself.

12 comments:

Sara Randall said...

I remember making these in an egg shaped tin that mom had. That was one big crayon

Laura said...

It looks like you have been having so much fun. Your desert looks so yummy!

james n mary said...

seriously?! it's THAT easy?! i shoudl totally try it.

Devin and Becky said...

Thats awesome! Maybe I could do this project to keep devin occupied

Mark and Beatrix Houghton said...

What a great idea!
I never heard of it before.
Maybe because my babies (those fuzzy ones) don't use crayons. Or if they do, they eat it in any shape. They don't need me to make muffins out of them.

Jenna said...

That is a great idea! I somehow don't remember doing it as kids though....

roseanne said...

Seriously a awesome MOM... Iam sooo stealing this trick from you! You always have great ideas!

Johnson said...

We neeed to do that! What a great idea! Thanks.

Crystal said...

Hey Nikki, I'm not sure if I'd be able to get all your kids together in a photo, but I'd sure love to try! When do you want to get together and do some fun pictures? Just give me a call. By-the-way, way to be green with that crayon recycling project! REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE!

Tiffany SB said...

I gotta try that sometime. Way cool.

Erin said...

Thanks for the idea. I remember doing this when I was younger too. Our crayon box looks much better now!

♥ Natalie said...

I so wish that I had read this post just 2 days ago!! I ust threw out all of the crayon stube that were laying around here, and in various diaper bags /church bags. I will totally remember this for the future, though! They turned out super cool.