When life breaks your crayons….

March 16, 2012 By 11 Comments

Melt ‘em down and keep on truckin’!  Make the best of what ya got.  Don’t worry, be happy.  Jesus Loves You!  Wahoo!

There’s nothing that makes me happier than a new box of Crayola brand crayons.  Generic crayons drive me nuts.  It’s like buying generic Velveeta cheese.  Yowza.  I know I’m a Dave Ramsey lover, but sometimes, you just gotta spring for the good stuff and fork over that extra $.50.

Anyhoo.  We cleaned out our crayon boxes here at the homschool a few days ago and used all the little nubblits to make these puppies.  It’s easy, fun, and the boys loved it!  (and if you’re doubting your generic crayon purchase….MELT ‘em down!  And go buy some pointy new Crayola’s!)

Use a cupcake pan (I used a mini one), line with cupcake foils, fill with a few pieces of broken up crayons.

Colors close up….

Place into a pre-heated oven at 225 degrees just until melted. Watch ‘em close becuase burnt crayon smell will cause dry heaves for the young and old.

Noah carefully places them in the oven….

Here’s what they’ll look like straight out of the oven. They’ll be VERY melty. So, take care not to whip ‘em outta the oven super fast.

Once cooled, carefully peel away the foil cup cake wrappers.

Aren’t they pretty?

Ooooohhhhhhhh……

Eeeeeeehhhhhhh…….

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!

 

Now go melt some generic crayons y’all!

Filed Under: Dave Ramsey, Home Organization, Homeschooling, Housewifery

Comments

  1. journey2dfuture says:
    March 16, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    I love love love what you have done with these! They turned out great – I think I will bring home the scraps from school that we throw away and it for myself. :) Thank for the tip.

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  2. Ginny @ Organizing Homelife says:
    March 17, 2012 at 2:25 am

    I love these! We have a zillion broken crayons. I’ll have to try it – the kids will think I’m a genius. ;)

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    • Elizabeth says:
      March 17, 2012 at 2:30 am

      You ARE a genious! :) Wait till you see some of the other stuff I’ll do with broken crayons…another month…another budget… :)

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  3. Tina says:
    March 17, 2012 at 2:56 am

    GREAT IDEA!! :) I’m definitely gonna try this!

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  4. Darcy says:
    March 20, 2012 at 3:11 am

    Love this idea. Have yet to try it because I throw the darn broken ones away and by new ones too quick! I LOVE THAT LAST PHOTO!

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    • Elizabeth says:
      July 25, 2012 at 4:09 am

      Thanks Darcy!!! I can’t believe I just saw this comment!!!! I made some Olympic crayons too you might like! Check out that post!

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  5. Jess-Let the Wildflowers Grow says:
    February 2, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    I have just woken to this post of yours Liz,and I love it!!I was wondering what else I could do with the kids today that would make all 4 happy (aged 2-7 yrs so it’s not always easy). This wins!!!I have seen this idea floating around,but forgot all about it.Thanks lovely!Hope your wee babe is feeling better,that you got a rest and didn’t run out of coffee!

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    • Elizabeth says:
      February 2, 2013 at 7:18 pm

      AWWW! Thank you Jess! My husband is actually trying to redesign my site so that things are easier to find :) Thank you so much for the comment! It cheered my spirits today!

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    • Elizabeth says:
      February 3, 2013 at 10:13 pm

      Yay! So glad you can use it! We’ve done lots of variations. We’ll be using a heart shaped silicone pan and pink/red crayons for Valentine’s Day crayons :)

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