We made crayons!

We finally did it!  After weeks of saying I was going to melt those crayons, it's done!  We had so much fun too, it was a great activity.

We start with our box of broken crayons.

Then peel all the paper off.

Use as eyebrows... wait that's not part of the plan!

Naked crayons!

Bye bye paper wrappers

We used a mini muffin tin to get a smaller size

 Ready for sorting! (feel like there needs to be a Harry Potter reference here but I'm too tired....)

 Sorted with like colors 

We baked them at 200* for about 10 minutes.  Some of the crayons didn't want to melt and some got too melty (is that a word?).  I think next time we will check them at 7 minutes.

 

We let them cool and dry completely.

 When I pressed down on the side they slid right out.   A couple stuck so I twisted them and they popped right out.

Enjoy!

Happy 8 months Penelope!

Eight months already... wow!  She's enjoying life and being a baby.  She is babbling away, saying Mama and Dada.  She's pulling herself up and can walk around holding on to sturdy objects.  She has started eating food like bananas and crackers.  She sticks everything in her mouth!  She's drooling like crazy, and spitting all the time as a result.  Lucy keeps telling her to stop spitting, that it's not nice- haha.

Darn those peas!

So you remember how peas were Lucy's fave when she was 7 months?  Well guess what, they are Penelope's fave too!  They both disliked peaches and liked peas at this age.  Oh so funny.