When the molds are full of the
colorful mixture, they are placed
in cold water. This makes the
wax cool and harden. After the
crayons are cool, the machine
pushes them out.
Any extra wax that didn’t fit
into the molds is scraped off.
It is melted and reused.
DID YOU KNOW?
Prominent crayon
manufacturer
Crayola
makes more than 3 billion
crayons a year. If you lined
them end to end, they could
circle Earth six times!
