My kids have lots of broken crayons, so small that they are barely usable. I remember when I was younger, my mom used to melt crayons together to make a big, multi-colored crayon. I used a silicone muffin pan, so a quick google search gave me a starting point as all the recipes I found used a metal one. I had to play around with the timing to get it right. I started by unwrapping any crayons that still had wrappers on them and breaking the crayons up into smaller pieces to have a nice variance of colors. I tried to mix up the colors so that no one color took over the crayon.
While I did that, I pre-heated the over to 250 degrees. I heated up the crayon for 30 minutes. If you use a metal pan, I'm sure the time would be a little less. I just kept checking the oven every few minutes and took them out when the crayons were melted.
I let the wax and pan cool (though I forgot to take it off the oven top--so my first crayon i took out got stuck--its the middle one in the photo--oops!) and popped the crayon out. They look neat and make pretty colors when I drew with them on paper. I can't wait to show my kids these when they wake up!
