partner.
2. Find crayons. Standard crayons are easy and cheap to find at any drugstore. Make sure
they are non-toxic!
3. In our experience, specialty crayons may not work as well, i.e. glow-in-the-dark crayons,
or glitter crayons. You don't have to buy new crayons for this activity though, just use the
ends and broken off bits you already have at home.
4. Peel paper off crayons and melt. You can melt them in a variety of ways: Heat lamp,
oven, etc. We used the double boiler method- empty crayons in a heatable container and
boil the container (with the crayons in them) inside another pan of water. Make sure you
watch the crayons as they melt, which will happen fairly quickly (around 3-5 minutes).
5. We encourage using recycled cans. We molded ours to have a pouring spout and used an
old meatloaf pan to boil it in. If you want to reuse the same can for making multiple
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