Friday, April 15, 2011

Making crayons using crayons




Today I only had my grandsons for a short time, but I wanted Connor who is 5 to have some Activity to do with his Mimi.

Ollie is only one, so he watched!


So we made (re-made) crayons! I got these boxes of crayons for 23 cents a box, and since I have a very limited amount of old crayons I used these.

First Connor peeled off the paper.



Then we broke them in smaller pieces. I let Connor decide what colors to put in the silicone pan.



(I got the pan at Hobby Lobby for under $2.00 in the summer party area.)


AN ADULT NEEDS TO DO THE NEXT FEW STEPS!!! I then put the pan on a sturdy baking stone (any cookie sheet will do) and placed it into a pre- heated oven @350%. Then sat and watched as the wax melted.


DO NOT LEAVE THE KITCHEN WHEN YOU ARE MELTING WAX!!!!!



it took about 6 Minutes. CAREFULLY remove the HOT wax from the oven.


I let them get cool to the touch on top of the stove,


then put pan in frig till the crayons were fully hardened


(about 10 min). Then I let Connor pop



out his new crayons and start coloring.



He told me "I've never made these only in my dreams!!!"


then I melted yes... pun intended

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

MORE GIVE AWAY FUN!

Heres another Sweet give a way from PokkaDots over at ThetrendyMommyblog sign up for the snazzy zebra tote bag with momogram!! Tell a friend too

Monday, April 11, 2011

And the winner is.......

I'm happy to announce the lucky winner of my GIVE AWAY
over at The Trendy Mommy! And the winner is .........
Entry # 12 Emillie Rose! She chose the boys bug bib and burp set.

Thanks to every one who entered! I'll be sending you a code by E-mail
For free shipping on your next order at little peeps.