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Stained Glass Crayons

Warning: These come out looking a little like peanut butter cups. Your child just may decide to take a bite!

Materials

Broken crayon pieces
Muffin tin, greased
Aluminum foil (optional)

Directions

This is a good project to use up all those broken crayon pieces.
Remove any paper from the crayons and place the pieces in a well-greased muffin tin (or line the tin with aluminum foil).
Place the tin in a 400-degree oven for a few minutes, until the crayons melt.
Remove from the oven and cool completely before removing from the tin.
If you mixed crayon colors in the tins, the circles will have a stained glass effect and are great for coloring.

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