My kids and I are trying to recycle their old crayons into new shapes. We melted the old crayons in a tin can in a pot of water on the stove and poured them into our molds. Everything looks great until they cool. When they cool, there is a layer of white wax on the bottom- like the color separated from the wax. What are we doing wrong? Thanks!
I am using old Crayola crayons.

(more...)

We found our daughter's box of crayons while cleaning out boxes that we had not unpacked since we moved, and this sparked our desire to start coloring. When we opened the box, two green crayons were in there, but they were labeled copper and gold. We thought that was strange, but as we started coloring with them, we found they they WERE gold and copper, only BENEATH the green outer layer. Why did Crayola do this?

(more...)

I am wanting to decorate some shirts for my new niece or nephew and was wondering if I could use regular crayons to do it. I don't want to use paint since it can be come stiff and hard. Any other suggestions would be appreciated

(more...)