Valentine's Day Goodies
When we were snowed in, we took full advantage of getting our Valentines ready. I looked online for different projects to keep us busy. I gathered many crayon creation ideas and conglomerated them all together into my own. This is TRULY a project that your kids can do all by themselves. I helped by opening/closing the oven door and that is it!
Preheat your oven to 250. Submerge Crayons in hot water for about 5 min. Be sure to use regular crayons and not washable. You will notice that the wrappers will start to fall off easily. Take each crayon and break into small pieces and mix in large container.
Select a muffin tin. We had this rose shaped one. All those cute muffin tins will finally come in handy you have been storing! I think those flexible silicone muffin looking forms would be perfect as they may be easier to get out in the end. Spray with baking spray. The flour based spray for baking we found worked better than your regular cooking spray. Place your crayon pieces in each muffin tin. Make sure to not repeat a color twice and to try to put contrasting colors together. Put in oven for about 8 minutes until just melted. Remove from oven and let sit until hardened about 30 minutes. Stab backside with a fork and wiggle to loosen your crayon.
We packaged in clear plastic wrappers, tied with a bow and a Valentine's message. Cash LOVES to break crayons. So I was surprised when we began that he was not happy. I later found out that he likes broken ones and really didn't want to give them away. Once he saw our first finished product he began to fully participate & enjoy!
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