In the box after using them all afternoon long. Some did break, but they are still very beautiful. I finally purged our crayon bin this weekend. I'm sure you know how nasty crayon bins can get.
Of course you've seen mom bloggers and other tipster sites melt crayons bits into new shapes. I've linked to
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Crayon pieces -- Christie Dedman/News StaffHowever -- I do not purchase a lot of muffin tins or different shaped tins for baking purposes. I'm a minimalist when it comes to tins and extra equipment in my kitchen.
{Which by the way is the only room in my house like that}
ANYWAY --
Christie Dedman/News StaffI do have a set of cake pop tins, my mom bought me for my birthday. I've made brownie bites, mini-muffins and biscuit balls in them. Still haven't made cake pops yet. (I'm used to doing it the old fashioned Bakerella way)
I digress again.
ANYWAY -- back to the crayons I promise.
This weekend I unwrapped all the crayon pieces and used the cake pop bottom tin to make planet shapes.
While not completely round, they are round enough to resemble planets.
We made all 8 planets -- sorry Pluto or Pluton.
Plus some alien planets too.
Here's how to get it done.
4 things you'll need:
1 -- Oven pre-heated to 275 degrees with a timer set for 8 minutes
2 -- crayon remains -- stripped of paper, which goes quicker if you have a knife or razor blade. Don't use your fingernails.
3 -- Cooking spray -- spray the tin
4 -- Muffin tin
Once they melt -- you can stir them and let them set. You can stick it in the freezer if you have room. (once the pan cools of course)
It takes 20 minutes to make new crayons.
How did I get the colors to resemble planets -- even Jupiter's big red spot?
Placement -- for Jupiter, I placed 1 piece of red crayon first, then covered it with yellows and oranges.
Earth & Venus -- mixture of blues and greens
Neptune --ALL blue
Mars and Mercury can vary by your textbook -- all reds and browns
Saturn is a mixture for us of gray, green and blue
Uranus -- bright greens
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