Cupcake Crayons

Here are some "Cupcake Crayons" that I made. I cased this idea from Emily over at Stamping and Stuff. I work part-time in the daycare at our local YMCA. We go through crayons like you wouldn't believe! We can put brand new ones out and within a few hours, they are already in pieces. One day when I was surfing Emily's blog, I saw this idea and thought this would be a perfect way reuse the crayon pieces.

Emily mentioned to use only Crayola crayons because they melted better, but I used a mixture, as we had MANY different kinds of crayons, depending on what people donate to us. I preheated the oven to 250 degrees and baked them for 9 minutes. I first checked them at 5 minutes, but since there were different kinds of crayons, there were different melting times, so I did it for another 4 minutes. Emily suggests putting them in the freezer, but since my freezers are jammed packed, I decided to just let them cool on the counter overnight. I loosened them, turned the pan over and "popped" them out.

Emerson loves this idea! Unfortunately, she has the crayons where you twist them up, hence no broken crayons! Which is great for Mommy, but doesn't work for this idea. I suppose she'll have to get some regular crayons in her stocking from Santa ;)