i heart. . .

...new uses for old things i would have otherwise thrown away. eden and i (and pop-pop, too!) made these wonderful little crayon hearts out of her old worn out crayons. i got the idea here. i saw these silicon heart molds - i guess they were for mini muffins - in the target dollar section. i figured i would make some muffins for valentine's day but on the label it mentioned "cannot withstand high temps for too long!" wow, i wonder how many people missed that message and why on earth.... so i threw it back in the bin. but then i came across this great idea and went back to buy the molds. (you could use regular muffin tins or even cookie cutters but i realized after that cleaning the molds to where you'd be able to bake in them again is pretty labor intensive - use an old muffin tin or just dedicate one to use for crafts only) it's really simple though. you just peel and cut up your old crayons into smaller pieces, then spray the mold or muffin tin with baking spray, fill them up with the crayon pieces (get creative!), bake at about 275 degrees for 7 mins. and viola! swirly heart crayons. so fun! and oh yeah important, cool completely before popping them out of molds. eden is going to give one to each of her classmates with a little note for her class valentine exchange.