How to make shapes from recycled crayons

When crayons get all short and stubby, it's tempting to throw them away. But next time you're about to jettison any, think of the beauty of this little wax model, the work of Crayon Fawn, who melts down the old scribblers and turns them into fabulous works of art.

Over at Haute*Nature, they featured some instructions on how you can melt down your own crayons for model moulding purporses, with tips on how to add glitter or even scents your creation. Read on after the jump to find out how.

[Via Haute*Nature]

To make your own-You will need:

A bunch of old crayons, wrappers removed, cut into pea size chunks
Candy molds, muffin tins, silcon molds or tin foil baking cups
Aluminum foil wrapped under tin, to prevent accidental spilling in oven

Optional: glitter, scent

1. Have an adult to preheat the oven to 150°.
2. Place your crayon pieces in the tins in interesting color combinations. Try different mixtures, but remember all colors together=brown. Similair colors together look best.
3. Sprinkle glitter sparkles and/or scent into tins.
4. Put them in the oven and watch closely during melting process. 15-20 minutes should be sufficient. If you turn the temperature up too high the wax may overheat and smoke.
5. Remove molds from oven to cool- and if you like place them in the freezer to speed up the process.
6. After crayons have cooled remove them from molds

Crayons may also me melted by constructing an ad-hock double boiler consisting of a frying pan filled with water and many small jars in the water. (Heat should be on low and water 1/2 way up the jars. Place combinations or single colors of crayons chunks in each jar and stir with a skewer or pencil. Once melted, pour into molds. With this method you can create color layers by pouring in a small amount allowing it to cool and adding the next color, repeating until full.

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