MINI-MUFFIN CRAYONS... A New Life for Broken Crayons! by AlwaysAllTheTimeCrafting
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Step 4: MELT THE CRAYONS

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-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.
 
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Emma456 says: May 2, 2010. 11:16 AM
Can you use cupcake liners?
AlwaysAllTheTimeCrafting (author) says: Jul 5, 2012. 3:45 PM
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 says: May 5, 2012. 11:20 AM
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 says: Dec 15, 2009. 9:31 PM
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 says: Dec 23, 2009. 12:13 PM
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 (author) says: Dec 16, 2009. 4:05 AM
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 says: Dec 18, 2009. 4:25 AM
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 says: May 5, 2012. 4:21 PM
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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