Valentines

These are the Valentines we made for Samuel's class at school and a few of his church friends. For a while, we've been collecting broken crayons in a box to melt and remake into another shape. So with Valentines approaching, I thought this would be a great time to do it. I found the heart shaped tray at Target in the $1 spot - what could be better!We took the paper off all the crayons and put them into a ziplock bag to break them up into little pieces. Filled up the tray and put them in the microwave.We melted them on 1/2 power for about 6-8 minutes, stopping every couple minutes to check them. When they were pretty much melted, we let them sit until they began to firm up and then put them into the fridge until hard. Popped them out of the mold and here's what we got.Here's a tip though, you really do have to stop every couple minutes or the mold gets too hot. We had one on the second go around that burned through the bottom.  Also, I don't think you could use the mold more than 2 or 3 times for this. I threw it away when we were finished. But if you can get them for $1, it's worth it. 

Here's the finished Valentine. I used one of the crayons to write "Valentine, You Melt My Heart!" on the top. The bags are candy or jewelry bags and I used left over scrapbook paper folded like a bag of candy, just stapled on the top. On the back we wrote who it was to and From: Samuel. I think they're really cute and  Samuel had fun making them and seeing how each one turned out different. Oh - and really cheap!