Heart Crayons

It was time to clean out our container of crayons. All of the little broken pieces were driving me crazy, and my kids were tired of their crayons not being very sharp.

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So we sifted through and picked out all of the duds – collecting them in a Ziploc® bag – and replacing them with a fresh batch of our favorite Crayolas!

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I gathered together a few different things around the house:

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Next, we started peeling. It took some time, but working as a team seemed to be the best approach.

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Next, we sprayed the silicone trays with the coconut oil spray.

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Then, we began breaking the larger pieces of crayon into sizes that would fit into our molds.

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We began filling up the spaces in our molds, then into the oven they went!

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Our oven was preheated to 275° degrees, and we baked our crayons for approximately 15-20 minutes. After 15-20 minutes, our crayons had melted into these beautiful swirls of color.

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