Make Rainbow Crayons
Rainbow crayons are crayons taken to the next level. A fun twist mixing colors can make your colored creations more dimensional and unexpected. These crayons are sure to keep your kids coloring for hours!
Steps
- Gather together a rainbow of crayons. This is a great way to dispose of many broken or almost-finished ones sitting at the bottom of the toy chest.
- Heat the oven to 350ºF/ 180ºC.
- Remove the paper from the crayons. Break up all of the crayons into small pieces if they're not already small.
- You can also shave them with an old Use a Cheese Grater for a finer consistency.
- Place the pieces into cupcake holders.
- Place the filled cupcake holders on a pan. Put in the oven.
- Remove using oven mitts when the crayons are completely melted. This will take around 2 - 6 minutes, depending on the melted consistency you're after; keep an eye on them.
- Let them cool for approximately 30 minutes. Once cooled, remove from the cupcake holder; they're now ready for reuse.
- Have fun coloring!
Tips
- If you don't have enough of each color to do single color ones, try color harmonies like blue-green, red-orange, pink-purple or all warm colors or all cool colors. Making each of them different within a range of colors can allow some gorgeous effects and still make it easier to do green grass and blue sky if that's what you want.
- Other mold shapes can be used if you have them, such as the star shapes shown in this image.
- Single colors can also be made from worn out crayons. These take longer to accumulate though.
- These lovely creations aren't just for children! Many adults have a kid "inside" that needs nurturing. So when you need a quick and refreshing break from all your adult responsibilities, take 5 minutes to draw using these crayons; you can even use them to create a mandala.
Warnings
- Making these can permanently stain metal cupcake tins if the crayons melt directly on the metal, you may want get a secondhand cupcake tin from the thrift store and use it exclusively to make rainbow crayons.
- An adult should place and remove the crayons in the oven.
- Be careful if using a cheese grater or pencil sharpener to shave the crayons.
- Do not fill the holder too full or the crayon wax will spill in the oven. Make more smaller ones rather than a few larger ones.
Things You'll Need
- Oven
- Cupcake holders
- Crayons
- Pan
- Oven mitts
- Cheese grater (optional)
