MINI-MUFFIN CRAYONS... A New Life for Broken Crayons!

Step 4: MELT THE CRAYONS

-Put on an oven mitt and place the mini-muffin tin in your pre-heated 275 degree oven.
-The crayons should be melted in about 10-13 minutes.
-Only an adult should remove the melted crayons from the oven! Carefully place the hot muffin tin on a heat resistant surface and let cool for about 25 minutes. Then place tin in your refrigerator or freezer for about 5-10 minutes. If you place in the refrigerator/freezer before cooled- the muffins may crack from the extreme temp. change.
-Invert the muffin tin onto a dish towel covered surface and the chilled mini-muffin sized crayons should fall right out. The dish towel lessens the surface impact as the crayons fall from the tin.

*Great way to use dull and broken crayons brought home by students at the end of the school year!

*Wrap the mini-muffin crayons in clear plastic bags and tie with a ribbon and use as birthday favors!

*Any muffin tin shape or oven safe candy mold will work for this easy project...just remember to monitor while "baking" if your pan/tin is smaller.

*Since crayons are non-toxic you should not have to worry about baking real muffins in your favorite tin.

Comments

[Emma456]

Can you use cupcake liners?

[AlwaysAllTheTimeCrafting]

Worth a try- I have not attempted that. So many cute liners are available- would be nice if that worked. Let me know if that works out!

[kaylaangelkisses]

Amazing! I've heard off this type of re-using before, but never tried it. In a couple hours, after i find some crayons, I will.

[fragile.ecstasy]

Could you do this with paper cupcake liners inside of the tin, or would it mess up the paper and/or permanently fuse it to the crayons? I want to do this for my daughter's birthday, and I have hundreds of those little liners I'd love to use up.

[ian7720]

Hey, I made a batch of these using the liners and they ended up working out fine. The reason I used them is because I was hoping they would be a little bit less messy, but in the end they really didn't seem to end up helping.

[AlwaysAllTheTimeCrafting]

All of my cupcake liners are crimped/folded around the edges- not sure if the melted crayons would stick inside the folds- maybe your liners are different. 
I suggest you make the cupcake crayons without the liner and then when ready to package them (for gifts), place each one in a liner (then).  Good luck.

[fragile.ecstasy]

does anyone know a good way to keep the larger side of this (the side that is on top in the pan) smooth? I noticed all the photos I can find of these here or in etsy/hyena shops show the pan side only, so maybe it isn't just me? I'm sure they'll smooth out with use, but is there anyway to have them come out level?

[kaylaangelkisses]

I just finished, and I just melted them down for 13 minutes. I used a diffrent caryon for one and it didn't melt compleatly. Then I left it on the counter for 15 min like it said, and put it straight in the frezzer a.s.a.p and i left it in there for 40 min by acdent. Some broke but it was so smooth.

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