Crayon Recycling

A 14-year-old Boise girl, Ida Fischer, is collecting used crayons — all colors, all brands — this month. She plans to melt them down, pour them into molds and make the new creations available to disadvantaged children.

"There's plenty of people out there with old crayons they don't want that are just sitting at home collecting dust," Fischer says. "Why not put those crayons to use?"