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Crayon Truffula Trees

an easy to make truffula tree and activity
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time10 minutes
baking20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Yield: 12
Author: Melissa Haines
Cost: $10

Materials

Crayons

  • 1 box Unwrapped crayons typically truffula tree colors are orange, yellow, pink, and purple
  • Minu muffin wrappers
  • Mini muffin tins for 12 mini muffins
  • Paper straws

Grass Hill

  • Foam Half-Round shapes I bought small 2-inch wide foam dome shapes
  • Glue I like to use tacky glue that dries quickly.
  • Green Moss to cover the foam hill
  • Toothpicks You'll need this to act as a base for the straw.

Instructions

  • Heat your oven to 250 degrees.
  • Place cupcake wrappers inside the cupcake tin.
  • Double them up because the wax does tend to leak through the paper
  • If you want to keep your trees all one color, put all your pink shades in one wrapper, blue shades in another, and so on.
  • Place the cupcake tin into the oven for about 20 minutes.
  • The crayons should be melted by then.
  • Carefully pull the melted crayons out and set them somewhere to cool off.
  • When crayons are starting to solidify but are still somewhat liquid, it's time to place your paper straw base into the wax.
  • You will probably see some solid pieces floating around in the crayon. They will be a lighter shade
  • Tear off and pull down a little piece of the cupcake wrapper to place the paper straw.
  • If the crayon starts to spill out, then it is not dry enough. Carefully place the wrapper back up and wait a little longer .
  • Push the edge of the paper straw down into the melted crayon so it is formed around the straw.
  • Now, let the crayon completely harden before taking the rest of the cupcake wrapper

Grass Hill

  • Glue the moss around the foam hill
  • Place a toothpick into the center to slide the crayon over