Sun Melted Broken Crayons
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☆(Project for a hot sunny day (95°+))☆
Supplies
• crayons
• a wooden mallet or tenderizer or food can; (to smash the crayons in to smaller pieces).
• a small plastic bag of any kind ( to contain the crayon while your smashing them).
• any size plate of any material on hand
• aluminum foil (enough to cover your plate).
• cookie cutters (to fill with crayon pieces).
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Take any paper off of the crayons with your fingers.
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Break up the broken crayons into smaller pieces with a wooden mallet or tenderizer or food can (Small pieces melt easier
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Take the plate you will be using and cover the top of it with aluminum foil. Set cookie cutters on the foil coverd plate.
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Add the broken pieces of crayons; fill cookie cutters just to the very top of the cookie cutter.
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Place the plate outside in a sunny area (95°+ day). Let them sit in the sun for 3 to 5 hours ( crayons may melt out from underneath the cookie cutters. If his happens, bring inside and add more pieces of crayons to the top of the cookie cutters once more).
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Take plate with melted crayons inside to cool.
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Once cooled, you should now be able to push the new crayon shapes you created out of the cookie cutters.