I just saw a commercial for this today and had to check it out online! It is the Crayon Maker from Crayola®.
The Crayon Maker is basically the Easy Bake Oven of crayons. You place your broken crayon pieces (or the starter colors that come with the Crayon Maker) in the melting dish inside the Maker and let them melt down, taking about 10 minutes. Then pour the melted colors into the molds and let them harden. Voila! Your new crayons are ready and you’re off coloring again, this time with whatever swirled creation your child made!
The Crayon Maker operates on a clear, colorless 60-watt candelabra light bulb, similar to the Easy Bake Oven. You can watch a short video demonstrating how the Crayon Maker works here.
Although I haven’t actually used the Crayon Maker myself, it seems to be a straightforward and practical way to recycle those bits and pieces of crayon. With two little girls who love to color, we are always left with broken crayons or pieces too small for them to color with. Typically we save them for other art projects but it would be so great if we could recycle them into more crayons!!!
Right now my only question is clean-up. I’d be very interested to see how easy it is to clean-up the melting tray and molds!
The Crayola® Crayon Maker is available at Crayola.com and other major retailers. It retails for $32.99 and is recommended for ages 8 and up.
*Disclaimer: I did not receive any product or monetary compensation to write this post. Nor was I contacted by Crayola® or any of their affiliates.
