Going Green

Well, I don't know if this qualifies as going green, but we did do some recycling today. My boys will be home from school for four days (and that is following Dusty being home sick for three days) and I needed to keep them busy and me from going crazy. I was cleaning out the crayon tub and started to throw away the tiny pieces when I remembered that I had always wanted to recycle crayons.

First we unwrapped the old crayons.









Then broke them into smaller pieces. It was a little harder for some of us than others.





Put them in a muffin tin with liners.



Melted them in the oven (Dusty sat there for almost 20 minutes watching them melt).





When they were done cooling the boys unwrapped them and were thrilled with the results.



It was a very fun project for the Amigos and kept them busy for almost two hours, plus the time they spent coloring afterwards.