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324 of 329 people found the following review helpful:
Time consuming "fun" for the creative kid
Note number one - you need to buy a light bulb for this product, it is not included!
We have children that love to draw with crayons. So, if you have any of these yourself then you probably also have a huge collection of half or broken pieces of crayons. When we saw this product we thought it would be a great way to get rid of all these pieces and have fun...
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70 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
A lot of time and effort
I like the design of this thing from a safety standpoint. Usability, and the fun of the finished product leave a bit to be desired.
1. The 20 minute timer is mechanical and can't be circumvented. Good for avoiding hot wax on the little fingers, frustrating beyond belief if (like me) you get the lightbulb seated wrong the first go-round.
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324 of 329 people found the following review helpful:
Time consuming "fun" for the creative kid, October 5, 2009
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This review is from: Crayola Crayon Maker (Toy)
Note number one - you need to buy a light bulb for this product, it is not included!
We have children that love to draw with crayons. So, if you have any of these yourself then you probably also have a huge collection of half or broken pieces of crayons. When we saw this product we thought it would be a great way to get rid of all these pieces and have fun doing it.
You put the equivalent of two full crayons into each side of the metal holder. Then you close the lid, turn the knob, and wait for about 20 minutes for the entire process to complete. Yes, that is a long time. No, I do not recommend just sitting there the whole time watching it. The kids don't really get to have too much fun here other then watching crayons melt (whippee), and turning a knob after ten minutes to pour the melted wax into the molds. Other then that most of the time is spent waiting where I would do other things while occasionally checking in on the melting progress. I will stress we didn't think the process would be that fun, and it isn't. The real fun comes after about 1/2 hour when the crayons have set and you pop them out of the mold. The new crayons are really cool looking with colored swirls, and they work just as well as a new one of of the box.
Clean up is not too bad, as you just wipe the melted wax from the metal tray and scrap away anything left. The molds you can wipe clean, not much sticks to it. Don't buy this product because you think watching the process is going to be entertaining, as you will quickly find it is quite boring. Buy this product if you have lots of broken crayon pieces and you want your kids to create their own cool looking crayons from the crayola rubble. The fun is in using these new crayon creations, not really the making of them.
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70 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
A lot of time and effort, November 16, 2009
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This review is from: Crayola Crayon Maker (Toy)
I like the design of this thing from a safety standpoint. Usability, and the fun of the finished product leave a bit to be desired.
1. The 20 minute timer is mechanical and can't be circumvented. Good for avoiding hot wax on the little fingers, frustrating beyond belief if (like me) you get the lightbulb seated wrong the first go-round.
2. Doesn't take a lot of crayons to make new ones. Why? Well, these are little stubbies. Technically, I guess we don't all neeeeeed long crayons, but the point for us at our house was to make new crayons that could infiltrate the existing collection.
3. Clean up is pretty easy if you do it right away.
All in all, I think it's a good idea. However, my daughter wanted to make gifts for her friends, and this is just entirely too time consuming for that purpose. And the resulting crayons are okay, but a lot of wax is wasted.
For the safety-conscious crayon melter, you could achieve some pretty decent results with a mini muffin tin in an Easy Bake oven at a reasonable, and more versatile, price point.
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55 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
Fun idea, mold did not last long, October 6, 2009
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The toy works as expected, but the mold that the melted crayon wax pours into warped after four uses so the wax runs out of the bottom of the mold on one side.
Users should also pick two colors to swirl. Any more than that results in a lot of brown as colors to melt together in the tray.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
good idea, but..., November 20, 2009
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The crayons that you create break WAY more readily than the crayons that you are recycling. I am a HUGE fan of reduce, reuse, recycle, but this thing created more frustration and we ultimately ended up throwing away most of the crayons that we made, because they broke with one use, and giving away the crayon maker.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
Don't waste your $$, December 2, 2009
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This is a complete waste of money. After two uses, the mold cracked and wax started spilling out the bottom. My daughter was really disappointed, so we ended up making home made crayon the old fashioned way in muffin tins in the oven. That result was much more fun! Don't waste your money on this, buy muffin tins instead!
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
Fun for the arts & crafts kid, November 19, 2009
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My daughter is always making things... potions, concoctions, art, you name it. This was by far her favorite birthday gift and has been using it nonstop since. I don't mind letting her break crayons to use this thing, crayons are cheap. I think the most important thing is to get all the wax out of the metal tray before it cools otherwise it's a pain. I haven't had any problems with the functionality.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
Fun but need patience and adult supervision, November 23, 2009
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This review is from: Crayola Crayon Maker (Toy)
Great educational toy to explain the melting point of solids and how certain products like crayons are made. Good use for your broken crayon pieces. But it takes a lot of adult assistance and patience to make useable crayons. You have to put in the exact amount of crayon - too little and it crumbles, too much and it spills into the other molds and messes up the colors. The molds have to be perfectly pushed shut or it will leak out. The melted wax has to be pored slowly or air bubbles will form in the crayons. You and your child have to wait for the light bulb to melt the wax before you can pore it in the molds. You have to wait for the unit to cool down before the cover will unlock (built in safety "feature" to prevent burning). After the cover will finally lift you can remove the molds, but you have to wait for them to completely cool or the crayons will not retain their shape (putting them in the freezer helps). By the time the cover lifts the remaining wax in the metal trays (of which there is a lot because not all of it will pore out) will be solid and you cannot easily wipe it out - it must be scraped out or it will taint the color of your next creation. All this said, my 6 year old loved it and would play with something else during the waiting times. We have made dozens of new crayons.
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84 of 103 people found the following review helpful:
Save your money, November 20, 2009
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Save your money. I read in "Cookie" magazine to take a silicon mini baking tray (mini muffins) or even a silicon ice cube tray. put the broken crayons in - heat for 5-8 minutes in a 400 degree oven. Let cool - pop out - and you have cute shaped new crayons!
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
Not worth all the trouble and MESS, November 23, 2009
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This product took a long time to deliver a TINY crayon and was extremely difficult to clean up to make any more crayons. The child and father would rather do more rewarding things than to take too much time to make a mess which is HARD to clean up!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Junk, December 7, 2009
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If you think about it you really do not have that many broken crayons. We ended up using good crayons (after the broken ones ran out) which kind of defeats the purpose. The crayons you make are terrible compared to the crayons you melted. They break easily. We sold ours at a yard sale for .50 cents and felt guilty at that price.
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