We have had several questions about how we make crayon favors for our parties (Remember my son’s Lego inspired party here?). We are starting to offer customized printable coloring books in the shop, so making your own themed crayons for your parties seems like the perfect idea for an economical and cute favor!
Today, I will show you the simple steps it takes to recycle your old dingy broken crayons into brand new party favors!!
Supplies needed:
Clean soup cans – one can per color (pinch can inwards, so liquid will pour out easier)
Old crayons – sorted by color
Mold – we found the lego mold here and here
Clear bags to package
Directions:
1. Heat a pan of boiling water
2. Put broken crayons (same/similar colors) into a can – they can even be dirty… once they melt, the dirtiness will blend away.
3. Melt crayons -it takes only a couple minutes…. (be careful that your can does not fall over into boiling water – you need to keep it upright. Can will not get hot, so you can hold onto it)
4. Pour melted crayons into molds
5. Let cool – you can put into freezer to cool quicker
Once liquid is solid, you can pop the crayons out of the mold – Put into a bag, and you have a party favor!
* I made pink lego people – who says they have to be boy colors 🙂
Here are some lego crayons from Maureen’s son, Jeffrey’s party! She designed printable coloring books to match (in the shop here)! You can see more ideas from his lego party here.
Put them in a bag, add a coloring book – so cute, and very inexpensive!!!
Find candy molds or soap molds that match the theme of your party, and create these adorable party favors for your next event!
Interested in having a custom coloring book designed for your next party? Email us at sales@andersruff.com for more info!
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SOURCES:
– Printable Coloring Book
– Minifigure Candy and Crayon Molds
What a great idea for making something from old crayons. Going to email my son’s teacher and tell her to save me the old ones and I can do this for his classroom. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. It makes me imagine all of the forms new crayons can take – they have molds for just about everything! I can’t wait to try this as a party favor.
Thanks so much! We just received our mold the other day. My son has used it for ice 🙂
GENIUS!
how cool is this! tfs
I am loving this.. I just got lego crayons in the mail the other day! And just now, I got little lego guys made of chocolate! Can’t wait til October for my son’s party!
My son will love these lego minifigure crayons !!! Bellissima idea !!! Thanks !!!
Hi. I wanted to inquire how many crayons do you need to melt in order to fill/make one tray of “Lego” crayons??
Thanks,
Tiffany
Hi Tiffany! Since I used broken crayons and new crayons together, It is hard to estimate. I’d say each tray would need at least 15 crayons, though… Thanks!
Did you grease the molds with cooking spray or anything before pouring in the melted crayon?
Hi Lisa! Nope! We just used these molds and it was so easy! Once they hardened, they popped out so quick! You could even put in the freezer to speed up the cooling!
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