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Crayon A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other material. What are crayons made of? There are two main things used to create a crayon: Wax and color! To make a crayon, the crayon factory heats up a bunch of wax in a big tank and adds in the dye (pigment) that will give the crayon its color. When the wax is really hot like this it becomes liquid-like, so the machines can pour the hot liquid wax into small molds that are in the shape of your crayons! Once the hot wax has been poured into its molds it cools down and hardens into crayons! The factory then labels the crayons, packs them into a box, and ships them to a store where you can __________ the crayons and bring them home. Most crayons are made from paraffin wax (instead of other waxes, like beeswax). Paraffin wax comes from plants, which make wax on their leaves and stems naturally, and leave it behind when they die and decompose. The paraffin wax is then useful to us for crayons, candles, and more!