I have a stock of castoff crayons: stubs, broken pieces, unloved colors. I have been holding on to them in hopes of discovering some craft project that could put them to good use, knowing that petroleum-based paraffin wax just sits forever in a landfill. (One could just order soy oil crayons and not worry about it!) You can imagine my happiness upon discovery of Crazy Crayons, a company which takes crayon pieces and melts them down to make new crayons. All you do is put them in a small box and mail them off! No more old-crayon clutter in my art closet. For information, go to crazycrayons.com.
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ReplyDeleteyou can do it at home too! i remember doing this as a kid, and my sister has done it with her boys. it's fun and you get to enjoy it for days afterwards. just don't use too many dark colored crayons - they'll overpower the other colors.
ReplyDeletehere are pretty good directions:
http://frugalliving.about.com/od/frugalfun/ht/Make_Crayons.htm