So, I've been doing a lot of crafts lately (sporadically) and this is one of my favorites: crazy crayons. I saw the idea online and thought, "I could sooo make that!' I saw the idea in marthastewart.comThey're simply crayons melted and reformed into different shapes. My favorite is the star because each point serves as a different crayon and it fits very snug in a child's hand. I got a star and moon silicone molds at a Dollar Tree in my town and tried it and it worked perfectly. As a matter of fact, I have found that I liked mine better than the ones that are just from plain muffin tins.
I will soon have a digital camera so I'll be able to have better tutorials than this. I know that for myself, personally, when I'm viewing blogs with tutorials, I like the ones with pics instead. So I will soon be able to do that. This is my first blog so bare with me. As soon as I get a camera, I'll post them to help you out. I still hope this time it's helpful. Let me know!
I will soon have a digital camera so I'll be able to have better tutorials than this. I know that for myself, personally, when I'm viewing blogs with tutorials, I like the ones with pics instead. So I will soon be able to do that. This is my first blog so bare with me. As soon as I get a camera, I'll post them to help you out. I still hope this time it's helpful. Let me know!
You will need:
- Various Crayons (Broken or Whole)
- Muffin Tin or Molds (Keep in mind that once you use these molds, they cannot be used for food.)
This is how you can sooo make it:
- First preheat oven and let it get to about 300 degrees. While that's heating up, gather all your crayons and separate them between color such as primary and secondary, then others like black, white and so on. The reason for this is because once the labels are peeled off, the darker colors wont give away right away what they are. It's hard to tell the purples, blues, blacks, and other dark shades from each other. It's not a necessary step but it helps in the process. I have found that the best way to peel them is not to peel them by hand the way most kids do. (you'll be there forever) The way I peeled them is to simply hold the crayon on the table and using a razor blade, cut lengthwise down the crayon as if your cutting a hot dog. Once you lift the label it peels away extremely easy (especially if they're new. Older ones may stick. That's when you need to throw them away because it's just not worth it.)
- Then once you have all your crayons separated, choose about 3-5 colors. (such as blue, green and yellow or pink, red, black and white) Your combos are going to blend better aesthetically, with certain colors than others.
- Break each crayon into about 4-5 pieces and randomly place them in the mold or muffin tin. Make various combinations in each tin. As you see in the picture, I used a silicone star mold about 5'' in diameter that is for mini-cakes. So if your lucky enough to find a star mold, (Get it? Lucky... Star...? never mind) anyway, as I said if you found a star mold, place 5 complimentary colors in each peak of the star. (as in the pic above, I did a rainbow sequence.)
- Next, once the oven is preheated, put the muffin pan in and immediately turn the oven off.
- Keep an eye on it and it should take about 15-20 minutes for the crayons to melt flat in the molds without being bumpy.
- Once they're done, remove them and place the muffin pan flat in the freezer. While they're in there, if you have another mold you can do another set. That's what I did and it worked real well because they're was no wait time and furthermore no time to get impatient about each step.
- Once the crayons have been in there for about 20-30 minutes you can remove them. It's just like removing ice. If you're using a silicone mold, the mold peels away very easy. Just empty them onto a flat towel on the counter and let the condensation dry.
And that's about it!! Test 'em out... they work great! Let me know how you did. This is my first blog (as I said) so getting comments will make me smile!
