Let me preface this post by saying I would NEVER, ever do this. But times are tough, and who knows what parents are willing to do to save a buck...What to do with all those pesky little broken down crayon stubs after your kid is done mutilating them? In my opinion, throw them out. Or, according to Chica and Joe (via Lifehacker), you can recycle them into triangular shaped rainbow crayons.
Basically, the steps are as follows:
Simply separate the used crayons into similar color families (so you don't end up with a bunch of poopie-colored crayons) and remove any remaining paper. Put one color at a time in an old metal can and place in oven or pot of boiling water. Remove when wax is totally liquid. When the can is cool to the touch but the wax mixture is still warm, spoon the mixture into silicone ice cube trays (Chica and Joe's author recommends triangular ones from Ikea). Drop in as many colors as you can fit after each previous color has cooled.
Once you have completed the project, take a nice, long look at your life and try to figure out how the hell you had enough time to make more crayons out of crayons.
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The likelihood of me doing this project would be greatly increased if the end result was edible... it looks delish doesn't it?
Big ups to reader Shaun who sent this article in to us.
*Photo courtesy of chicaandjoe.com*
~Erin
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