Homemade Crayons Tutorial

I thought this would be a fun project for the two little girls I babysit for to do with me. We had a fun time peeling the paper off of the crayons and it didn't take very long.

Materials:
tin can-one for each color
medicine bottles
broken crayons
small pot for boiling



First we separated all the tiny crayon pieces into piles by color.


Then we found a tin can and peeled the paper off of it to begin the melting process. We boiled half a pot of water in a small pot before we started.


Then we melted the red crayon. Each crayon took around 3 to 4 minutes. Be sure to melt all the crayons because sometimes pieces hide in the bottom.


Then we melted the green crayons. WARNING:Can gets very hot. I used a paper towel to grab onto the can.


Next you poor the melted crayons into the medicine bottles and place them into the freezer so they harden faster for the next color crayon.





Then color away!!