One of the great blessings of working from home is that I make my own schedule. That allows me to spend lots of time with this cutie!
She is always asking me if she can help make stuff too! Today was her day!
Her older sister had made these owl shaped crayons for a few close friends as part of a Valentine’s gift. And Audrey was very jealous that she didn’t get to help. So this morning on our way home from taking the big kids to school I ran into the dollar store and picked up some crayons.
She was so excited to do crafts with Mommy!
And determined to peel the paper off the crayons all by herself.
And break the crayons into pieces!
I had planned to make solid colors but that quickly changed.
The wait for the crayons to melt while in the oven was tortuous.
But the wait for them to cool was worse.
So bad in fact that Audrey rummaged through the cabinet to find a mini muffin pan. She decided she wanted circle crayons too!
The finished result was a lot of crayons!
But the process was great! We spent time talking, just the two of us (with no older sibling interruptions). And we talked about colors.
Audrey says this one looks like a planet.
I think this one looks like a piece of chocolate.
And these look like tie-dye!
If you want to make your own shaped crayons at home it is super easy.
Materials:
Crayons (you can either buy a pack at the dollar store or use up those broken pieces you already have laying around the house)
A non-stick muffin pan to melt the crayons
An oven
Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 F.
Peel paper from crayons.
Break into pieces and place in the muffin pan.
Place pan in preheated oven.
Set timer for 20 minutes. (It may take a few minutes more or less depending on your oven.)
Let crayons cool completely. (about 30 minutes is usually enough)
Flip over pan and crayons should fall out.
Audrey says coloring is fun, but it is even better when you make them yourself!
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