Homemade crayons - well melted crayons into a mold

wade-n-maria · January 2012

Hi ladies, my first post on your board... I want to make some crayons in the shape of lego bricks, i have the mold ordered and will be here soon... Has anyone does this, I think getting cheap crayons at the dollar store is a good idea but then i started thinking that getting crayola crayons is the way to go? does it matter if they are cheap? i know if I am gifting crayons i always buy crayola but does it matter for this project. these are going to be included in the favor bags for the kids. thanks!

flwboe · January 2012

It's been awhile since I have done something like this, but generally you want to buy crayons that you would like to color with. For me I would say definitely get the crayola crayons because they color the best. Cheapy crayons don't always work, and you aren't changing the crayon at all just remolding it. So if they don't color well in their original form they will not color well when remolded.

Hope this helps!

CAM718 · January 2012

Use Crayola, the cheap ones don't melt as well. There are lots of tutorials you can find if you google. When I made some a while back, I used aluminum cans and cut the top off. Then I put one color in each can and sat all the cans in a pot of water on the stove to melt. Then I poured the melted wax into my mold. It is very messy!

Justinlove · January 2012

You can melt them directly in the mold depending on what kind of mold you purchased. I made heart ones last year for my class' and LA's class V'day cards. I used a silicone mold and it went direclty in the oven

Just know that whatever mold you use, you probably won't want to use if for food ever again!

MyColonyNJ · January 2012

I would totally use crayola. And one tip - use a knife or xacto blade to cut off the wrappers. It will take forever if you try to just peal them off.

baze2 · January 2012

I did this for christmas several years ago..DO NOT use cheap crayons..

I used and electric skillet, filled it 2/3 with water. I put the crayons in baby food jars. Small enough to melt the crayons..no cutting cans etc. I bought the 64/96 box of crayons. I jsut made yellow with all the different shades mixed together. Depending on how many you are making, I-2 boxes will be plenty! And you can get some cool colors when mixing. If you put the silver/gold/bronze ones in, it will be shimmery!

Hope to help

wade-n-maria · January 2012

wow ladies, this is one time i wish i could hit reply all. YOU ALL gave me such a fabulous answer! the molds are silicone so i plan on going straight in to the oven. i will try to PIP after the party next week. i am making coloring books to go with the i-dont-like-themes lego theme!

you ladies are awesome!

hapygolucky · January 2012

I just made some for DD's class Christmas present and used a silicone pan. Definitely use crayola.

mjbressan · January 2012

When I make crayons for my goddaughter, I soak the crayons in water over night so that the label comes off easier. I also spray the molds with pam before I stick everything in the oven so the new crayons come out of the mold easier.

nanann · January 2012

I've done heart-shaped crayons in a silicon mold and the girls love them.

I am however going to be a naysayer about crayola crayons with this project. For whatever reason, getting the papers off of crayola crayons was really difficult, and the papers generally were super-easy to get off all the cheap free-from-restaurant crayons I used.

Be sure you let the crayons cool completely or else you'll break them trying to pop them out. Of course, it is really easy to fix that problem -- just put them back in the oven and remelt!

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