Crayon UFOs

It has came to my attention that Noah is getting to an age where he is bored out of his gourd playing with his toys all the time. So, I'm going to try to make an effort to try to come up with some crafts to keep him (and sister) entertained.

Up at work, we've been fasinated by the app called StumbleUpon. It looks like you can even get it on your computer if you don't have an Iphone. If you're not farmiliar with sumbleupon, it's pretty much a lot of web pages pertaining to the interest of your choice (such as crafts, humor, sports, etc) that you look through and you either like or dislike what you're looking at. The more web pages you like, the more it takes you to pages that will be more of what you're looking for.

I love crafts, so that's one of the main catagories that I look through and let me tell you, it's freaking awesome!!! It is mainly other peoples blogs that have craft project tutorials. I've came across quite a few things that I think are great, but the craft we did after nap time today was Crayon UFOs. It was so fun. Here's how we did it:

Things needed:
Crayons (old or new)
X-acto knife
mini muffin pans (that you don't mind getting crayoned up, lol)
flat cookie sheet
wax paper

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees

2. First begin by taking an x-acto knife right down the center of the crayon and remove the wrapping. My little assistant here handed me the crayons.

 3. Using the X-acto knife again, put the tip into the crayon and cup your hand over it as you gently press down (be careful because they will go flying across the room). The smaller the pieces the better.

4. Place the crayon pieces in each muffin cup. I found that it turned out better with at least three colors. Be creative!

5. Line the cookie sheet with the wax paper and put the muffin pans on top of the paper. Place the cookie sheet on the top rack of the oven.

6. Warm the crayons just enough to melt and not look like a crayon anymore (about 8 minutes).

7. Remove from the oven, but BE CAREFUL...the crayons will be really watery at first. Once out of the oven, use a toothpick to swirl the crayons, just enough to mix the different colors.

8. Clear a space in your freezer and place some wax paper down. Leave the pans in the freezer until crayons are hard in the middle and slightly pull away from the muffin pans.

9. Turn the muffin pan over and bang a few times and the crayons will pop out!!

10. Enjoy hours of fun!!!