Considering Crayons

One of my fantastic patrons has recommended a program to me that I believe I'll use this summer. The Crayon Bin is a unique crayon recycling company that accepts donations of stubby crayons the world over. You can read more about how they handle donations on their website, but it seems like a fun way to encourage recycling.

I believe I'll fashion a fun crayon collection tube and encourage parents and kids to bring in their crayon remnants. For every pound of crayons that are collected we can receive a set of the Recolor the World crayons to give away as a prize. I think it would be fun to see how much we can collect through the summer.

I think every parent I know has a bag or two of crayons floating around that you aren't quite sure what to do with. It seems a shame to throw them out, but you can only shave and melt so many of them for crafts. I've had several parents ask me if they can give me a bag to save, but sadly I wind up just storing bags of forlorn crayons. I think a second life for them sounds like a nice idea.