Homemade Crayons

Use old (or designate a thrift store pan for this purpose) non-stick muffin pans or non-stick candy molds in your child's favorite shapes or characters. Another idea is to place cut dixie cups inside muffin tins and peel the paper away when crayons are ready.

Procedure for Rainbow Crayons

Preheat your oven to 250

1. Peel the paper off the crayons

2. Put 5-10 different colors in each muffin or mold space

3. Place the muffin tins or molds in the oven until the crayons melt

4. Let the new crayons cool overnight

5. Remove the crayons the next day

Procedure for CHUNK crayons

sing those seemingly endless broken pieces, use plastic candy or sucker molds found in the craft section of most any store. The kids can pick out their favorite characters. The crayons can be melted in the oven or microwave in a glass measuring cup. This makes it even easier to pour into the molds. A spoon can be used for this also.

Melt crayon pieces

Pour into mold or muffin cups

Let set for 24 hours

Color and create

Procedure for Soap crayons (for bathtime)

7/8 cups of Ivory Snow powdered detergent

1/8 cups of water

Wilton's Cake Food Coloring

Ice cube tray

1. Add the food coloring to the water to make VIVID colors

2. Add the colored water to the Ivory Snow and mix well

3. Press the mixture into the compartments of an ice cube tray

4. Let the mixture set for a couple of days then remove the crayons