Earth Day Recycled Crayons

I made these in my oven with some old crayons I have been saving.  I thought they would make a really cute Earth Day gift!  I have made these before using all colors for my special needs students to color with.  This time, I just chose blues, greens, and whites to get the "earth" colors.  I've also thought about using the used cupcake papers for a flower project, since they also come out so cool!!  So, first I break up the crayons into small pieces, then place them in the cupcake papers in the pan, bake them at about 200 degrees for about 20 minutes.  I usually use a straw to swirl the colors around before I take them out.  Once they cool the paper peels right off, leaving the crayon.  These are great for special needs students to use.  Some of them color with them, some do rubbings with texture plates, and some just stack them like building blocks- they are multi-purpose! :)