Crazy Crayons!

I have 3 crazy boys which means I have a plethora of broken crayons laying around. Since I'm neurotic about waste I thought it would be a shame to toss them. I found ideas for reusing the broken little pieces and today we tried out Crazy Crayons. It was easy and the boys got to break things! They loved that, especially the 2 year old. A word of caution: the cheap crayons don't melt well and leave big chunks in the finished product. Also I'm sure small molds would work better but I had mini muffin tins, the old school heavy duty kind, which worked well but the crayons were hard to remove. So stop tossing tiny crayon pieces and make pretty little new ones that would be great as stocking stuffers or additions to party gift bags.

Directions:
Peel the paper off of all the tiny crayon pieces you can round up.
Break them into small pieces of similar size (a great stress reliever on some days!)
Add them to your mold or muffin tin in a single layer.
Pre-heat your oven to 150-170 degrees F (mine doesn't go lower than 170).
Pop em in and let them melt for 20-30 minutes.
Take them out and let them cool.

These are in the process of melting. you can see the cheap ones don't melt

If you are having trouble getting them out of the pan run very hot water on the back of the pan and they should pop out... Don't put them in the freezer. They crack and the kids cry and you end up melting them all over again while kids whine about how much of failure mom you are.... Don't ask how I know this. Ooooooh so pretty

Now get coloring!