I've been AOL lately from here. Can you believe I have not had INTERNET for a week? And it is still not working as I wish. Very frustrating!
The last time I posted I told you we would do a crayon craft. This one is lots of fun, a little messy, but a great way to use scraps.
First, gather all your old broken crayons.... or even some new ones. Unwrap each crayon and break int
o little pieces. This is an easy job for little ones to do, but messy with wrappings everywhere! As you break them put them in muffin tins. We decided to sort ours by color, but you could do rainbow ones, or just toss them where ever they land!Back a moment though. One "recipe" I was following said to cover the muffin tin with aluminum foil and spray it well. That is what we did. I think if I did it again I would just spray my tin well and leave out the aluminum foil. If you've done this... tell us in the comments what worked for you.
OK, so you
have all the crayons broken into small pieces and in the tin. Set your oven to 350 and place your crayon muffins in the oven. Don't go off and do anything else. Hang out in your kitchen checking them often. When they look soupy, take them out. Again, I have two options for you. I just let mine set out and cool and then peeled off the foil (which was annoying). The other choice is to place the muffin tin in the freezer until they cool (not using foil) and the "pop" them out to your hand. Don't pop out onto your counter - they may break.Hand the new crayons over to your children and watch the colors come out in some fun ways!
8 comments:
Kristal,
I love the last picture with them all stacked up. I do this activiy in our Hands-On-Math with my children for Preschool work when they are learning circles.
Amy
www.thehouseofshelbys.blogspot.com
I've used a silicone muffin pan without foil and it worked ok. I was afraid they'd get stuck in a regular one, but you might be able to do it by popping it in the freezer. Target sometimes has silicone muffin pans for 2.50 near their $1 stuff.
I've also done it with a metal cookie cutter with foil wrapped around the bottom.
Lately I've been using silicone pans like Caroline and they work fine. I find the key is to loosen all edges before popping out the middle. Plus, somewhere at IKEA I snagged fun silicone pans in shapes (snowflakes, stars - they are actually ice cube trays I think) which make the crayons extra fun and just the right size for little hands.
I've used aluminum cupcake wrappers when I've done this. No mess and after they cool you just peel off the wrapper and recycle. You can use any muffin pan with the wrappers.
Great idea! What about using the newer non-stick foil? I think I'll try this over Christmas break.
I didn't use the foil and my muffin tin was tinted rainbow! Had to buy a new muffin tin, no biggie though because my boys loved doing this!
looks like fun, i wanted to try this but i dont wanna damage my tin and.. erm.. we dont have that many small crayons leftover since my son doenst like to color that much(although i do try!)
awesome idea!I keep kids out of my house so I love trying new things like this. I have TON of crayons that my little ones have broken. I'll give this a shot soon and post my results and the kids reactions. Also, since all my daycare kids are under 3, pealing the paper off the crayons will really work their fine motor skills! SO glad I found this site!
Jessica
http://jessicanfamily.blogspot.com
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