Remember when melted crayons was a bad thing?
Well, I mean, if you leave a crayon in your pocket and then it runs through the clothes dryer and melts, well, that still is a bad thing.
So let’s say that melting-crayons-on-purpose-in-a-controlled-environment IS a good thing. Yes/Yes?
First we needed to do this:
Those naked crayons were chop-chop-chopped then put into my silicon candy molds. (Purchased specifically for this project.)
Some time in the oven, a little swirly-swirl with a thin stick and presto, here is the result:
A few notes about this craft:
I used a bunch of different brands of crayons. From crayon standards, to the washables, to the cheapies that you get at IHOP. The amount of pigment to wax definitely varies and when the molds came out of the oven, the ones with the higher ratio of wax, well you could really tell. There was a thick layer of the wax and I needed to mix it up manually to make the crayon more uniformed with color. As the crayons colored the wax still settled on the top however.
If you want CLEAR definition in your swirls/marbling, you’ll need to use colors that contrast well but don’t get swallowed up by each other. If you’re using dark green and you want pink speckles, use a lot of pink pieces, otherwise they’ll simply melt into the green and you’ll have almost a solid green crayon. Also: be gentle with your swirling.
