Mooncakes Crayon Craft

In honor of Lunar New Year, I made these mooncakes-shaped crayons. In this post, I’ll show you how I made them using our crayons tutorial.

Making your own crayons is easy and fun! My kids love to help with unwrapping and breaking up the crayons. You can customize this project by using different shaped silicone molds. Here’s a link to the mooncakes silicone mold.

Related: Lunar New Year Books, Play Dough Mooncakes, Lunar New Year Bingo, Lunar New Year Tic-Tac-Toe, Lunar New Year Word Search.

What are mooncakes?

A mooncake is a Chinese baked dessert. Mooncakes are made and eaten during the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, which is in honor of moon watching and lunar appreciation.

Mooncakes are filled with bean paste and lotus seed paste. Mooncakes symbolize family reunion. Here’s a resource if you are interested in learning to make traditional mooncakes.

Why kids love homemade crayons:

• This project is a chance to reuse supplies you already have at home.
• Colors can be combined to create unique crayons in all different colors.
• These crayons are an excellent gift idea that your child can help make!

Supplies needed:

-old crayons peeled and broken into small pieces (you can also purchase unwrapped crayons)
–mooncakes silicone mold
-oven

How to Melt Crayons in Silicone Molds:

1. Preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Place your silicone mold on a baking sheet to make it easier to remove.
3. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until you can see the crayons have melted completely.
4. Allow crayons to cool completely in molds before removing them.

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Learn how to make crayons using recycled crayons and molds.

Prep 20 minutes mins

Cook 30 minutes mins

Total 50 minutes mins

Supplies

• ▢ old crayons (peeled and broken into small pieces)
• ▢ 1 silicone heart mold (or muffin tins)
• ▢ baking sheet

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Place your peeled crayons in a silicone mold on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until you can see the crayons have melted completely.
• Allow crayons to cool completely in molds before removing them.

Equipment

1 oven

Notes

• I was told that soaking the crayons made them much faster to peel, so I tested this method for you. It worked very well for Crayola brand crayons.
• Other brands had too much sticky residue, and I found peeling them dry to be much easier. My advice is to test one crayon before soaking a whole box of them.

Keywords crayons, kids crafts