Comments on: Crayon cookies

By: courtney

courtney — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:20:56 +0000

oh mt god! this looks like so much fun. i have a three year old and a five year old who are screaming at me to get started. better go.

thanks for the idea

By: At Home Mom

At Home Mom — Sat, 05 May 2007 02:09:08 +0000

If you want more crayon shaped crayons, you can make your own molds out of tinfoil. Just fold a piece of tinfoil in half a few times to stiffen it up, then wrap around something that is about the size of what you want, like a candle or a dowel. Leave the top open (just fold it back a bit to leave a slot in the top) and fold the ends up to make the length you want. This can be put into a bed of sand so it will hold its shape. Then pour the melted wax in through the top. It is a bit more complicated, but it means you don´t have to work with chunky crayons!

By: MollyAir

MollyAir — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:36:50 +0000

I read that you can use cookie cutters to make shapes if you weight them down with something (to prevent leaking out the bottoms). I haven’t tried it but someone asked….

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:18:10 +0000

I made these in mini-muffin pans. Thanks so much for the instructions!

http://amyetc.typepad.com/chocolateair/2007/02/a_new_day.html

By: plinth

plinth — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:43:31 +0000

You can make these in small paper cups that peel off easily. If you put the cups into a baking pan with water and let them cool in the water, you will not get any cracking or sunken centers.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:29:26 +0000

I remember making these when I was in Kindergarden 30 something years ago. I am glad to see it here. Now I can show my son. I could not remember how to do it. LOL!!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:54:08 +0000

My mom did this when I was a kid — I want to say she melted them in the microwave in a Cool Whip container (plastic). It was not filled up all the way, so we could break it into pieces. I guess you could also do this with a round cake pan. I remember enjoying the breaking process because you never knew what color you’d see!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:34:41 +0000

This is a great way to deal with all the broken crayons. I wanted to add that it’s also a good idea to keep a few broken crayons around. Because they are shorter, kids end up having to use proper “pencil grip” to hold them. It’s a good thing for chidlren who are having difficulties.

By: Penni

Penni — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:02:27 +0000

I wonder if you could use silicone ice cube trays/chocolate moulds – you know the flexible ones…I imgine they’re much the same composition as silicone bakeware.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:47:29 +0000

You can also make birthday candles or gift candles with melted crayons. We made red and green Christmas candles with my mom one year and were quite proud of them.

Here are instructions:
http://www.dotcomwomen.com/crafts/crayon_candles.shtml
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/candlestomake/a/blcraycand.htm