Color Me Crazy

If you have small children, chances are you have bits of old, broken crayons from party favor bags and restaurants floating around your home, car, diaper bag, and purse. STOP! Do NOT throw those colorful gems away...recycle them into NEW chunky crayons full of colorful swirls that are the perfect size for tiny hands.
This quick "science" experiment, as Sean called it, is FREE, easy, and cute. Truly a throwback, I remember doing them as a Girl Scout. So go dig out those crayon tidbits, preheat your oven to 250 degrees, and get ready for the rainbow magic.

Step 1: Unwrap all the crayons.

 

Step 2: Have your lil assistant help you break the crayons into even smaller pieces.

 

Step 3: Place some cupcake liners into a muffin tin and then add the crayons to the liners. You can go Crazy and mix the colors, have your child sort the by like colors, or use this as an opportunity to mix colors from primary to secondary! You can also opt to use small molds for fun shapes instead of a muffin tin...whatever tickles your fancy!

 

 

Step 4: Place in the oven at 250 degrees for 10-15 minutes until completely melted.

 

 

Step 5: Let them cool completely and remove from liner...then get crazy coloring!

 

 

So simple yet so fun! The sweetness of children is that they find joy in the simple things.

Happy Coloring : )