Easy Homemade Alphabet Crayons

Your kids will LOVE making these easy homemade alphabet crayons! They’re just as fun to make as they are to use!

A hand holds letter A B and C crayons close to the camera and behind is a brown silicone alphabet mold filled with melted crayons.

Turn your broken crayons into easy homemade alphabet crayons

I have been doing this same activity since I was a kid, and I am still dazzled by it 30+ years later!

There’s something that feels ✨magical ✨ about watching small pieces of crayons melt together to make something bigger, better, and even more beautiful.

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A brown silicone alphabet mold has all letters filled with colorful broken crayons.

Kids love making easy homemade alphabet crayons

Making crayons will forever be one of my favorite activities to do with our preschoolers.

From beginning to end, kids can be hands-on with various parts, and they’re captivated.

When done, you can use your crayons for drawing + art or add them to sensory tables. Endless options!

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Chubby and skinny crayons sit together next to the mold for making easy homemade alphabet crayons.

Materials

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Crayons – any color, any size
Silicone alphabet mold
Oven
Baking sheet – optional
Hot water – optional

Two photos: (1) a glass bowl is filled with water and crayons (2) a blue crayon is removed from the water and the paper peel is coming off on its own.

How to make homemade alphabet crayons

PART 1: Remove paper from crayons

To make your own homemade alphabet crayons, you first need your crayons to have all of the paper removed.

You can peel the paper directly off the crayons, but sometimes the paper is stuck on well, and removing it can take a lot of time and effort.

Our favorite method is to soak the crayons in hot water for about 15 minutes, then remove them and peel the paper off.

Note: Hot water can be dangerous for young kids, so supervise the entire time so they do not touch it.

Two photos: (1) A yellow crayon has the paper peeled off and is held over the silicone alphabet mold (2) the yellow crayon is broken into four pieces.

PART 2: Fill molds & bake

Break your crayons into small pieces and fill the alphabet molds.

You can break your crayons with your fingers (excellent fine motor practice for your kids!), or you can break them by hitting them with something hard (ex: crayons in a plastic bag then hit with a rolling pin like we did).

Push the crayon pieces down as best as you can. Slightly overfill your molds because the crayons will melt down and fill the gaps between crayon pieces.

I like putting my crayon-filled mold on a baking dish so that it stays flat and doesn’t spill when I put it in and take it out of the oven.

Bake at 250 degrees for 8-20 minutes. The fuller the molds, the longer it will take. I bake for eight minutes, then check back every two minutes until everything melts.

Remove from oven and let cool completely.

Once cooled and solid, remove from the mold and color away!