Melted Crayon Jars

jalex

These jars are both pretty and useful containers for such things as flowers, pencils, and odds and ends. They are fun and easy to make and each one is different. Remember to keep your finished jars out of direct sunlight or the crayons will melt again.

What you need:

Jar
Old Crayons in bright colors
scissors
aluminum foil
ribbon
What you do:

Choose two or three different crayons into small pieces. If you use a large jar, you will need more crayons than if your jar is small. (Three crayons will cover a baby food jar.)
Tear off a square piece of aluminum foil. Place the foil outside in hot direct sunlight. Sprinkle the crayons on the foil.
The crayons will melt quickly, so be ready with your jar. Do not wait until the crayons are completely melted or they will blend together to make a muddy color.
When they have melted, but still have some lumps in them, roll the jar around in the melted crayons to coat it. When you are happy with the design on the jar, take it to a cool place. The crayon will harden and set almost immediately.
4 - Tie a bow around the neck of the jar.

Using an oven to "bake" the crayons
Place crayons on foil in 350 oven- not very long-watch them. They melt fairly quickly.
Move foil off the hot cookie sheet and down to newspaper on the floor and have child roll the jar in it. You might want your child to wear some old gloves to protect fingers. The crayon gets hotter doing it this way.
You can also try having child sprinkle crayon bits over inverted jar bottom and place both in oven. It will run down the sides nicely.
This technique looks great on rocks, too. It coats them in a rainbow of wax. Hope these will work for you! Kathy

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galvol4ever

I'm going to try this! Sounds great. Thanks for posting.