Unbreakable (I hope)

Dorian can't leave a crayon in 1 piece. I don't know if all kids have a phase like this, but I'm hoping this one doesn't last too much longer. This morning I sat him down with a pack of crayons and a coloring book; instead of coloring he decided to break every. single. one. My frustration gave me an idea: crayon pucks.

First you'll need a mini-muffin tin and 4-5 boxes of crayons (I got 24 packs for 25cents at Target). Start out by taking the paper off all the crayons. Next, break up each color into 1/2-1 inch pieces and put them into the muffin tin, while keeping the colors seperated.







Now put the tin in the oven at 225° until they are melted, about 7-10 minutes. Once melted take them out of the oven and let them cool. After the tin is no longer hot put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.









Finally, turn the tin upside down and the crayon pucks will pop out. Now your kids can't spend drawing time snapping crayons in half and you don't need to spend more money on thicker crayons.

Quickie Craft

So I just noticed that I never published this post. Posting it now...

My husband is a few thousand miles away so we're always thinking of ways to keep him in our son's thoughts. I saw popsicle stick puzzles online where a woman drew a jack'o'lantern on the sticks and gave them away. Since I have tons of pictures of Walter (hubby) and Dorian (oldest son) I decided to make a puzzle using one.
I took 5 popsicle sticks, glue, and a picture. I cut excess backround off the picture, laid out the sticks, rubbed a thin row of glue on them, and put the picture I chose on top. Once the picture was dry I used my rotary cutter to cut the sticks apart. Then...all done!