Colorful crayons: if you are like most kids, you've probably drawn a picture with crayons. Have you ever wondered how crayons are made? Look inside to find out!(Inside a Crayon Factory)

From: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin) | Date: November 5, 2004 | Copyright information

1 Mix

Crayon wax is melted in pots at the factory. Colored powder called pigment is mixed into the wax.

2 Mold

Colorful hot liquid wax is poured into crayon-shaped holes called molds. The liquid wax fills up the molds.

3 Cool

The crayon wax is left to cool. Then it is pushed out of the molds. Hard crayons come out!

4 Check

Workers check the hard crayons. Crayons that are not perfect are put aside to be melted in another batch.

5 Label

Perfect crayons are taken to a machine. It puts a label on each crayon. Finished crayons are sorted by ...

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