The crayon project

I read about this great project to turn old broken crayons into new big disc crayons. I really wanted to try it, but Lucas doesn't use crayons (I have no idea why, he just won't..), so we don't have any old broken crayons :) So we went out to the local thrift store and bought a big sack of broken crayons. We peeled off the labels, sorted the crayons by color (which was great for reinforcing Lucas's color recognition and matching skills), broke them up into little pieces (because what boy wouldn't love that???) and filled muffin cups with the pieces, then baked them for a LONG time. And then let them cool for an even longer time.

Lucas hasn't gotten to use them yet (nap time came along before the crayons were cool enough for him to handle). Even if he doesn't like the new crayons, I'm totally calling this project a success. He LOVED the whole process! And it's all about the process for little ones :) I think he's going to be so entertained that there is actually an end result to this particular project. (usually we do things just because they're fun and don't worry too much about the results) While our crayons were cooling we went out and bought two more bags full of broken crayons from the local thrift store. At a whopping 25 cents a bag for the crayons, this is a super cheap project that kept Lucas busy for a LONG time - too good to be true!!!