It feels like we had a very fast spring here in Arkansas and like it is almost warm enough to call it summer more than a month early. It’s probably not really warm enough to do this experiment, but it might be fun to try it every couple of weeks and see when it is finally hot enough to melt crayons with the sun.
Muddy Boots and Diamonds used the power of the sun to recycle crayons into different melted shapes. If you have silicone molds of different shapes you can use them for this project, too (I have a set of alphabet letters I have used to make upcycled crayons, but I used the oven.
It might be fun to turn this into a science experiment where you ask kids if they think the sun can melt crayons and to test out different places where the crayons might melt more or less quickly: in full sun versus shade, inside a car or under a glass versus on a windowsill, for example.
Have you ever melted crayons in the sun? I’d love to hear about it!
[Photo: Muddy Boots and Diamonds.]
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