Tomorrow we're having a Preschool Valentine's Party and I wanted Jilly to have valentines to give to her friends. After some pinterest searching I realized I had everything necessary to make heart crayons: a silicone heart mold, lot of broken crayons, and an oven.
I separated my crayons by color, unwrapped them all (worst part of the whole process) and broke them into pieces .
I wanted my crayons to be two-toned, so I chose two colors to put in each mold.
When I was looking at different sites I found lots of variation in cooking times and temps. Baking them at 200 for 15 minutes is what worked best for me. Here they are right out of the oven:
I let mine cool overnight before popping them out, but I'm sure they'd be ready after 30 minutes or so.
Jilly sure thought they were fun- she couldn't keep her hands off of them!
Then I put them in ziploc bags and printed off this cute label.
I thought this was a perfect time for Jilly to practice writing her name and she blew me away (she does have a pretty easy name to write though.)
Word to the wise- After melting wax in them you won't be able to use your silicone molds for anything else again. I scrubbed and scrubbed mine but they are not coming clean. So... I'll be scouring Target for some more molds in the near future.
2 comments:
So cute!! And I can't believe Jilly can write her name. That's amazing!
When I grow up I want to be just like you Rachel. :). Seriously though, I wish we dd live next to each other. On top of all the cooking that I would be partaking of I would also love to participate in all your crafts.
Post a Comment