I like this project for many reasons:
1. It’s easy
2. It helps keep the crayon bucket clear of too small pieces
3. You get to recycle something useless into something useful
4. It’s fun
5. Did I mention it’s easy?
Before
After
Simon brought me some old crayon cookies we’d made in the past and asked if we could do this again. I told him the deal–we can do this IF you will do all the paper peeling. He agreed. So, I dug a bunch of too little crayons out of the box and Simon peeled all the papers off.
I gave him an old muffin tin (do NOT use a good muffin tin for this project), and he separated the crayons.
The pan went in the oven at 250 degrees. Simon kept watch and let me know when we had liquid rainbows in the tins. I turned the oven off and opened the door. I didn’t move the pan out of the oven because I didn’t want the colors to mix together more. I left it in the oven until the crayons cookies were solid (this requires much patience–especially for an eager 4 year old!).
New crayon cookies!
Happy little artist!
Is it too ridiculous of an idea that using cupcake liners in your muffin tins would work and keep your pan safe?
we have done it before with the liners, and it worked fine. the crayons end up ridged, though š
I see crayon cookies in my future. š
Thanks for the recipe!
(((HUG)))
Marie š
How funny, I just blogged and posted about the same thing!! Hope yours enjoy them as much as mine!!
We’ve used liners before in a mini-muffin pan. The crayons work just fine, but they aren’t as pretty when they come out. They also take the shape of the ridges on the sides (like Reese cups!).