How To Melt Crayons - Little Bins For Little Hands

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There are so many fun shapes of crayon molds out there! You can even get alphabet letter molds and pair the activity with a favorite book. See here how we used LEGO molds to make LEGO crayons!

We love to use silicone molds. Yes, silicon can go in the oven! Don’t have silicon molds? Read below for how to melt crayons in muffin tins, with cookie cutters, and even in the microwave!

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Supplies Needed:

You can also save some crayons to make our crayon playdough recipe!

  • Silicon Mold
  • Crayons
  • Baking Sheet or Tray
  • Oven mitt
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Melting Crayons Tutorial

🛑 Adult supervision is highly recommended. The melted crayons will get very hot! 🛑

STEP 1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees.

STEP 2. Peel the paper wrappers off the crayons and cut the crayons into tiny pieces.

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STEP 3. Fill each crayon mold with different colors; anything goes! Similar shades will create a nice effect, or try color mixing by combining blue and yellow!

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STEP 4. Place in the oven on a baking sheet for 7-8 minutes or until the crayons are completely melted.

STEP 5. Remove the mold carefully from the oven and let it cool completely.

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STEP 6. Once cooled, pop out of molds and have fun coloring! You can try out our reverse coloring art project here.

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How To Melt Crayons In The Microwave

🛑 Adult supervision highly recommended. The materials will be hot! 🛑

STEP 1. You will still want to peel off the paper wrappers and break the crayons into pieces. However, your best bet is to separate by color since you will use a melt-and-paste style to make crayons here.

STEP 2. Place the crayon pieces in paper cups and heat on high in the microwave. Ours took about 5 minutes, but depending on the microwave, you may want to start checking around four minutes.

STEP 3. Then, pour the melted crayons into your silicone molds! This is when you can combine colors if desired.

STEP 4. Place molds in the freezer to speed the cooling process! 30 minutes should do the trick.

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