Broken Crayon Cookies

Add your own “broken crayon cookies” as my son likes to call them, to any lesson to make it memorable and impactful for students. Follow the easy step-by-step directions below to turn your old, broken crayons, into new masterpieces that students can use or cherish forever.

Broken crayons can still color! I like to recycle old, broken crayons (or using brand new crayons) to be melted down and given new life! See below to get step-by-step directions on how I made these super cute heart-shaped crayons.

Step One: Fill a Large Container with Water

I found it was easier to work with warm/hot water as opposed to cold water. As the water in my container cooled down, I dumped it and replaced it with warm/hot water.

Step Two: Dump in a Bunch of Crayons

I bought a super pack of Crayola Crayons off of Amazon.

Let’s be honest, it’s worth the few extra dollars for the quality of crayon that Crayola provides.

My goal with this project was to have one crayon for each of my kinder kiddos.

I also like having a wide range of color options.

Step Three: Peel Labels Off Crayons

When I put the crayons in warm/hot water, immediately the labels started to come off naturally causing the crayons to rise to the top. I would say about 75% of the crayons unlabeled themselves and the other 25% I had to peel in order to get the labels off. When I used cold water, the labels did not unpeel on their own and peeled at a much slower rate than they did when I was using warm water.

I recruited my two-year-old to help me with this project. It allowed me to get a project done for school while bonding with my baby. It kept him busy and out of trouble for hours. That’s a win all around. If you have little ones, I highly recommend getting their help with this project.

Step Four: Break the Crayons into Pieces

Break all the crayons into pieces. The bigger the piece, the more that color will appear in the final product.

If you take my advice and recruit a little bit to help you, explain to them very clearly that they are allowed to break these crayons because this is a special project. It was an enjoyable call explaining to daycare why my baby boy was snapping and holding all the broken crayons and then holding the pieces to his heart.

Step Five: Preheat the Oven

Step Six: Put the Pieces of Crayon into the Mold

I had to break up more crayons a little over halfway through. This was roughly 24 crayons. The amount of crayons you need varies depending on the size and depth of the mold you use.

You can find the heart mold that I used on Amazon by clicking this link.

Step Seven: Bake at 200 Degrees for 10-15 Minutes

I put the heart mold tray on top of a regular cookie tray before putting it in the oven. The mold is a bit flimsy and I do not think it would work well without the stability of a tray underneath it.

Step Eight: Get a Snack and Wait it Out

At the ten-minute mark, I checked them and there were still a few clumps of crayon left. I did the full 15 minutes in the oven and that worked beautifully for me.

Step Nine: Let Those Babies Cool Down

If you rush this part, the hearts will crack and break in half. I waited at least twenty minutes before I tried to pop them out. Wait until they are completely cool and are fully harden before removing them.

If you do break or crack one, there is nothing to worry about. Rebake it with the next batch and it’ll be good as new.

Step Ten: Pop the Newly Formed Crayons Out of the Mold

Step Eleven: Enjoy Your Creations

You Can Do It Too!

I think of all the endless possibilities with this project. Given the wide range of mold options, you could use this as a closer for such a wide range of activities.

Here are a bunch of different molds I found that will work the same.

• Emoji Molds
• Lego Pieces and Robot
• Robots and Dinosaurs
• Mermaid and Sea Shells
• Dinosaur
• Three Different Flowers
• Small Aliens/Monsters
• Dachshund Dog Shape
• Snowflakes
• Poop Emoji
• Fruit
• Heart, Star, Shell
• Small Hearts
• Dog Bones and Dog Paws or this one
• Empire State Building
• Eiffel Tower
• Unicorn
• Halloween
• Gummy Bears
• Disc

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