My son's last day of daycare is today! He will be staying home with me while I am on maternity leave with the new baby. His daycare told me they'd be throwing him a little going away party. I wanted to contribute as well as include his Valentine treats for his little friends. I borrowed the idea of melting crayons into heart shapes to make his Valentine's, but the directions weren't the best. Here are step by step instructions.
1. Use old beat up crayons or go out and buy new ones, if you must. Use quality crayons. Crayola turned out much better than the dollar store brand.
2. To peel the wrappers of the crayon, use the sharp edge of something, like a pair of scissors or a knife. I began by peeling them with my nails, which was way too time consuming and made my fingers raw. Wish I would have figured out or thought of this simple solution much earlier in the night.
3. Place broken bits into a silicon mold of any shape you desire. This one was purchased at Michael's.
4. Place in over. The original directions said 230 degrees for 15 minutes, but that didn't work for my oven. I melted them at 245 degrees and watched them closely. When they looked like the picture below, I removed them.
5. I then let them sit over night. I flipped the mold over and peeled it back. They came out of the mold much easier than I was expecting.
6. I used a little hot glue to hold them on the piece of paper. The glue didn't stick as well to the cheaper crayons.
7. Finished product!
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