What do you do with broken crayon bits? Don’t toss ’em!
November 23, 2020//Comments Off on What do you do with broken crayon bits? Don’t toss ’em!
Ya know when you’re using a box of crayons and they break into little bits to the point where they are just hard to use anymore? Well Julie A. C. Wilson of Jactra Studios showed me a way to re-purpose or re-use them without tossing them. You could do it too!
How to make new crayons out of old ones: a DIY project
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- Step 1: Gather old crayons.
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- Step 2: Sort by color.
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- Step 3: Remove labels.
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- Step 4: Melt them down using repurposed aluminum cans instead of your nice cooking pots!
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- Step 4: Here is the melted wax on Julie’s portable burner.
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- Step 5: Pour the melted wax into silicone molds and let them cool!
Check out Julie’s Video:
Finished product: crayons in fun shapes!
You can try it yourself or check out Julie’s collection on her website. A good handmade local rethink waste kind of gift for the holidays, perhaps? Here‘s the link to her Star Wars crayon series!
Posted in Reduce/Reuse, Waste (Rethink Waste)