Education of Photography

Crayola Crayon Maker
The Crayola Crayon Maker lets you be the mad scientist of color, turning your crayon pieces into new color-swirled creations. By melting down different crayons in the Crayon Maker, kids get to make completely original crayons with mixed color combinations. Creating their own drawing utensils becomes a new step in the artistic process. Recommended for ages eight and up, the Crayon Maker lets kids get even more creative and more invested in their own masterpieces!

SAVE YOUR MONEY, TIME, AND RESPIRATORY HEALTH!!!!!!!
Beware to anyone with athsma! The highly unpleasant fumes that are emitted when crayons are melted are overpowering, acrid, and undoubtedly full of toxins. What kind of chemicals are in crayons that they off-gas so badly when melted, one has to wonder. This machine stinks up your whole house. The crayons that are produced by this machine barely 2 inches long, not full-sized like you would expect, so they are just as difficult to use as the broken crayons you would be attempting to recycle in the first place. The lever mechanism for tipping the melted wax into the mold is faulty, causing the tray to tilt and fall to one side, impeding the proper pouring of the wax. I usually have to use a skewer or other long pointy tool to reach through the vent in the locking top to realign the tray so the crayon wax will pour properly. Crayola devoted more resources to the safety features of this toy than the actual functionality. It doesn't work very well but the locking mechanism on the cover completely keeps the kids from burning themselves before the timer runs out. Which means you can't get to your newly minted crayons for almost 20 minutes. This toy requires a special chandelier lightbulb, so if you don't have any of these handy, you will have to make a special trip to the store just to get one before your kid can play with it. If you are kid thinking this is a fun toy, it really is not. It's more of a hassle than fun. I have kept ours because my son loves it but everytime I let him use it it stinks the house up horribly. It is going in the dumpster today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Get some Crayola modeling compound instead-that stuff is great!]



Crayola Crayon Maker with Story Studio
Crayola Crayon Maker can melt your favorite crayons down and re-form them into one-of-a-kind designer crayons. Simply place crayon bits into the melting tray, pour the melted wax into molds and let them harden into brand-new crayon combinations. The locking see-through dome lets you watch the process in complete safety -- from melting through molding. The melting tray is coated for easy clean-up. The dual-ended crayon holder eliminates the need for crayon wrappers. The Crayola Crayon Maker takes one clear 60-watt candelabra bulb.

Product Dimensions (inches): 8.4 (L) x 9.4 (W) x 9 (H)
Age: 8 years and up

nice idea, but small on crayons
This toy is sitting in my upstairs attic. We played with it once. The smell was not pleasant, but I did not expect melting crayons to smell great. Biggest complaint was that the newly made crayons are two small half pieces held together with a plastic connector. The kids were ages 5 and 7. We thought using old crayons to make new "crazy crayons" would be great. When we tried to use the crayons the connector didn't keep it together and the crayola crayons worked much better as the original. The re-crayons were not coloring as well, no crazy colors like we expected. I was sadly disappointed. I love crayola, but buy your own molds and melt them down in bigger batches.



Crayola Crayon Maker with BONUS 71 Extra Pieces! also Includes Story Studio
The Crayola Crayon Maker lets you turn crayons pieces into new crayons. Mix different color pieces into the melting tray, melt them down and pour into mold to harden into new swirled crayons. Now Color and Draw with Multi-Colored Effects! How Fun!