Don't throw away your broken crayons. Here are a few fun projects that will put those crayon scraps to good use:
- Make crayon muffins. Melt your pieces in small muffin tins (don't forget to remove the paper from the crayons first!), let them cool on the counter, then pop them in the freezer. When you take them out, they'll slide easily out of the tins and you'll have beautiful swirly crayon creations. A good example and directions can be found here.
- Design swirly stones (pictured). Gather some smooth flat rocks, clean them, then bake them for 15 minutes on a foil-lined cookie sheet in a 225-degree oven. Using an oven mitt, move the rocks onto a pad of newspapers. Then hold a piece of crayon (again, remove the paper) against the rock to create a puddle of wax and swirl it around. Source: FamilyFun magazine, July/August 2006.
- Scribble up some sandpaper art. Take sheets of coarse sandpaper and have your children draw on them with old crayon pieces. Put the finished sandpaper creations on a foil lined baking sheet, and place them in the oven on a low setting. When the wax melts and fills in the tiny crevices, the work of art is complete.
- Create a stained glass window. Using a pencil sharpener, create crayon shavings and put them on a sheet of waxed paper. The more shavings, the better. Fold the wax paper in half so the crayon shavings are inside, then cover the folded wax paper with a sheet of aluminum foil and heat it with an iron. When the wax paper and melted crayon cools, kids can cut it into any shape.
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