Did you know that in an emergency, a crayon will stay lit as a match for up to 30 minutes?
I was so excited when I learned how to make crayon candles and immediately decided to try them at my recent emergency of a candle-less birthday cake (you know my love for finding creative birthday candle ideas).
While the crayons will be perfect for a big winter storm, maybe not so great for a cake… but I love the idea so much I’m trying it out in crayon pencil form.
Crayons will stay lit for up to 30 minutes because of the wax properties; removing the paper first helps the process. Colored pencils that are crayon (wax) based will also do the same.
And, I am excited about how these colored pencil crayon candles turned out.
Festive and fun for a birthday emergency.
They worked better than the crayons because the wax didn’t melt all over (fatal flaw of a crayon), and the crayon pencils still had enough wax properties in their tips to light for a couple of minutes.
Here is a set of similar set of rainbow pencils, or these pretty wood pencils would also make great candles.
Don’t get me wrong, these will not keep your house bright for a winter storm – but they’ll stay lit long enough to sing a couple rounds of “happy birthday!”
Perfect for when you forget to buy the candles, or for a little one’s bright rainbow art party.