This was one of those projects that I have been meaning to do but just haven't gotten to it. Wallah! Melting crayons...recycling crayons...making an unnecessary mess...call it what you will. My children started out interested. That is, until I sat down with a bucket of crayons and started peeling wrappers off the crayon nubs. They went back to watching Toy Story 2. They came back. They always do. ...As soon as I opened the oven and put the crayons in. I turned on the interior light and they stood there and watched for a good 2 minutes...until they saw that nothing was happening. I put the crayons in at 200 degrees. I checked on them every ten minutes or so...
I was hypothesizing that they'd be done within fifteen minutes. Boy, was I wrong. Here they are at fifteen minutes...
And here they are after 45 minutes! They finally melted...phew. They were really very pretty with all the different shades swirling around one another. All in their monochromatic loveliness. *sigh*
And here is the finished product. The only silicone mold I had was hearts. My oldest is weirded out that they're hearts. He wants skulls, of course. I think they're pretty. They've already been bitten, tossed across the room and slammed into the table. They're still beautiful. 
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I forgot to mention that Foursquare Schoolhouse inspired my activity and post... thanks, foursquare!
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