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How To Make Lego Crayons
Learn how to make lego crayons and keep your kids busy with crafting and coloring!
Making lego crayons is a SUPER fun and easy way to entertain your kids and use all of the leftover and broken crayons you have kept the past few years!
If you kid LOVES Legos here are lots of ways you can incorporate legos into learning and activities!
Don't forget to check out how to make your playdoh, another kid-friendly craft they will love!
How To Make Lego Crayons
Supplies You Need To Make Lego Crayons
- Empty tin cans with the labels taken off, or some other oven-safe containers (to melt crayons in)
- Lego Molds (check out the ones below)
- Other molds for different shapes, if desired
- Crayons – Use your old broken crayons, if you don't have any you can get some here.
Molds for Lego Crayons
Other Molds for Recycled Crayons
Peel your crayons (this is the pain in the butt part!). Separate crayons by color.
Put each color in its own can. If you mix them in this step, you'll get an ugly brown color.
Preheat oven to 300*F.
Put cans of crayons on a cookie sheet, just in case they spill. Trust me, melted crayon stuck to the oven does not smell good.
Bake for 10 minutes, longer if necessary. The crayons will be liquid when they're ready to use.
Quickly and carefully pour your crayons into the molds you have set out. Spray them with cooking spray ahead of time if you find they are sticking. You can use silicone molds or plastic candy/chocolate molds for this step.
After about 15 minutes, set the crayons in the freezer* to harden if you're in a hurry. Flip the mold over and the crayons should pop right out.
*Note: This can make your crayons brittle, so if you have the time and patience to let them sit out on the counter and cool, do it that way.
The best part about this project is finding different molds to use. I've made crayons in every shape you can imagine – from brains to princesses, we've used lots of recycled crayons in this house!
Jacqui Odell says
Nice! I need to find a robot sheet and do this for my son!!
Amanda Seibert says
We love making recycled crayons and I HAVE to find the puzzle piece mold! So awesome!!!
SlapDashMom says
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Heather Beyant says
Amanda and I are thinking the same thing, thanks for the post and the link!
[email protected] says
these are awesome- I really love the Lego men!!
Amy Brown says
This is awesome! I’m going to do the princess crayons as a project that the kiddos can do at a Princess Party we’re hosting next weekend. Thanks!!
melissa teears says
That is such a cute idea!!!!!! I am going to try this with Christmas molds.
CHARMS says
Thanks for the crayon project going to do this for a party.
Lois says
What kind of molds did you use?
SlapDashMom says
They are Lego molds: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003AGSG0C?tag=couponrock-20
Jessi says
I just made little lego guys for my son to give away as valentines. Instead of putting the mold in the oven, we put it in the microwave for 5-8 minutes, until the wax was melted. It worked great!
Lego Crayons
Elizabeth Towns says
I love this tutorial! This WILL be one of the crafts this mom and Auntie does with the kids this school year. I will remain the Mom and Aunt who is the best in the land. Thank you for adding to my reigning title!
Elizabeth T, Early Riser
Shecki @ Greatly Blessed says
We did this years ago, but the Lego molds are inspiring me to do it again! …Or maybe just buy chocolate melts and let the kids eat lego guys, lol.
Adriana says
Hi, did you use the “ice-cube tray” to make the Lego men? I read on a different website hers melted!! Then again she was melting the crayons directly inside the tray…
SlapDashMom says
If you click the link to the tray in the post it’s the exact one I’ve used dozens of times – and no melting! :) It’s a special material, not like regular ice cube trays that are made of plastic.
Darlene says
This is just impressive, and kids can do this with adult supervision. Really cool!
Lisa Ehrman says
These are the cutest things ever! I love your idea. Thanks for sharing you great post at Together on Tuesdays :)
Paula J says
What a great way to recycle all those old broken crayons!
Thanks for sharing with my NO RULES Weekend Blog Party!
Have a great week :)
swapna says
You make it sound so simple! Would love to see your posts in the Practical Mondays Link Up:)
Tara Lehman says
What a fantastic way to reuse old crayons!! Pinned:). Thanks so much for sharing this idea @ Dream. Create. Inspire Link. Have a great rest of your week and take care, Tara
Krystal Herrera says
Looks like my kids will surely enjoy this activity. Anyways, thank you for sharing them. Cheers!