Recycled Crayons

In the Art Room we had tons of tiny crayon stubs which were too uncomfortable to color with, but it seemed very wasteful to just throw them away. Since this month the school is working on recycling projects, 6 III was the lucky class who got to make these cute crayon-cakes (not edible though!).

First, students worked hard sorting out and peeling the labels off of all the stubs from dozens of boxes. I have no idea why, but they actually found this a lot of fun!

Afterwards, the restaurant lent us muffin pans and each student filled a foil cup with their color combinations. We disscussed previously which colors worked well together and how it might turn brown if too many different colors were added. When the pan was full, we took it up to the restaurant where they "baked*" them for us.

The next day, after they had cooled and set, everyone got theirs. Super cool!

* Basically, they have to melt in an oven for about 8 minutes. Another way of doing this is to melt them in a container and then pour onto molds with shapes. I´m trying to get some chocolate molds for the next edition of this project...