And oh, boy was it an adventure!
First we found all the broken bits of crayons from our crayon box and removed the papers. The paper removal was harder than expected, but the boys did most of it.
Then we put them in this silicone pan. I thought it would be so cute, because the would come out as long thin rectangles.
That's when I learned my first lesson.
Silicone pans made for freezing things are not interchangeable with silicone pans made for baking things. Remember that.
Luckily I thought to put an aluminum pan under the silicone one, so I wasn't left with picking baked crayons off the bottom of the oven with my nails.
But not all was lost. We did manage to salvage some nice rectangular crayons, and even a few pieces from the leaky leftovers in the aluminum pan.
In addition to some whole sticks, we got a bunch of broken sticks, random edges, and a bear shape that you can see in the post below.
And now for the real test:
They work!
Pretty nicely, actually!
Nice!!
ReplyDeleteNext time you are making them and you need help with taking the bits of paper off - my kids can oblige - they love peeling paper of crayons!
Thanks! So, how would it work? Should we ship the crayons? Or will you come visit? ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd my son can eat them. I think he is partial to blue. But seriously, I saw that you can put all the same colored crayons into small tins, put all the small tins into a bigger tin pan and put boiling water into that bigger pan. It will melt the crayons and then you pour them into chocolate molds and let them harden, but there is less for the kids to do I guess. I have been wanting to do this with my boys for ages. I think we will save it for the summer. That and growing grass in cups. My son wants a garden, but I think that is impossible in our stone house...
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