We're gearing up for a little getaway weekend - a surprise for Jerry so I won't tell you where we're going yet - and so we're doing some fun Valentine crafting at home. Today I made the multicolored crayons from Martha Stewart in a fun Valentine's Day palette: red, pink, orange, and purple. I used a silicone heart-shaped muffin pan and they worked great. The only thing that wasn't quite perfect is that I noticed when I pulled them out of the oven that all or some of the wax had separated to the top. I haven't noticed that this has affected how well they work, but I may need to scrape the wax layer off so that Brynne doesn't get too frustrated trying to draw with plain wax! I used washable crayons (of course!), and I don't know if this makes a difference in the baking, but maybe I'll see if standard crayons do the same thing. Anyone else have this happen?
I forgot all about these, but thank you for reminding me. I've got to get on the good mom route and get everything ready for Valentine making this weekend, we may have to make some of these. I, as a mom, would much rather my kid get something like this from a pal than more candy.
Posted by: Blair | February 06, 2006 at 08:32 PM
Yes, the same thing happened to me when we did them a few months ago. I used an old bag of misc. broken crayons, so it was probably a mix of washable and not. Those are so cute in the heart shape!
Posted by: Emily | February 06, 2006 at 08:34 PM
Those are so cute! I've been wanting to do this project. Lily and I have a planned craft night tomorrow night to make Valentines, we may have to attmept this.
Posted by: beki | February 07, 2006 at 05:59 AM
those are the cutest! i have to say - the only time i ever baked crayons (i was trying to build a lake for a model on a set design) they caught fire in the oven. i thought the lake of fire might be interesting for the show, but a little too dangerous for the actors.
Posted by: jennifer | February 07, 2006 at 09:00 AM
I tried making some, too, but i used a cheaper brand of crayons. I thought that was the reason why they had a layer of wax on the top. I had to toss them out cause my daughter really wanted to use them, but couldn't get any color out of them. She would end up frustrated and would stop drawing because of that. Oh well! She's now back to her stick crayons.
Posted by: Ana | February 07, 2006 at 09:55 AM
Those are so fun! I'm going to have to try that.
Posted by: myra | February 07, 2006 at 10:53 AM
These look great! And a good thing to keep kids occupied for a while.
Posted by: nichola | February 07, 2006 at 07:00 PM
Yours came out so cute, this is such a great project :) Different brands of crayons definitely give different results; the only down side for me is having to get all the paper wrapping off ;)
Posted by: Cassi | February 07, 2006 at 10:37 PM
Our oldest son LOVED to sit and peel the paper off crayons sometime around the time when he was a bit over a year old. I think it was the first time as a mom that I had a half an hour straight of uninterrupted time! I think I abused it a bit, occasionally pulling out the box of crayons when I needed a little break!
Anyways, we used the regular Crayolas to make some like that in a mini muffin pan and they worked just fine.
One time my SIL and I tried to color candles with cheap crayons from the dollar store and the color wouldn't mix with the candle wax.
Yours turned so pretty!
Posted by: Siri | February 07, 2006 at 10:52 PM
I used Crayola crayons mixed with others, including glittery ones. Although the wax did separate slightly (less than 1mm thick) I thought that they worked out very well, for a first try!
Posted by: Susan | February 08, 2006 at 03:46 AM
what a wonderful idea!!!!!! they turned out so pretty!
Posted by: Account Deleted | February 09, 2006 at 02:06 PM
I hope the problem is solved, but either way they are very cute!
Posted by: Gina | February 14, 2006 at 09:25 PM
These are fabulous. Wish I was still teaching little people to give this a go!
Posted by: Kirsty | February 15, 2006 at 12:31 AM
I've tried this before but the colors always mixed up. Then I found out how to do the wax in layers for fun rainbows! Check out the full instructions and photos here
Posted by: sandra | April 17, 2008 at 01:37 PM