Melted Crayons

HERE , I was reminded of what fun I had melting crayons as a kid. Covering your griddle in foil allows you to use the griddle you have then dunking the paper in the wax instead of drawing on the paper over the griddle allows for multiple children to do this easily.

Supplies:

griddle

foil

crayons

wooden skewers or old kitchen utensil

paper

Instructions:

1. Cover griddle in foil and heat to 200-250 degrees.

2. Unwrap crayons

3. Put crayons on griddle and allow to melt. You can push them with the skewer.

4. Lay paper on melted crayons

5. Push paper down with skewer then lift edge of paper then lift with fingers

6. Layout to let cool

Tips:

*Smaller sheets of paper work the best (1/4th of sheet of paper or smaller)

*Thicker paper is necessary because of the weight of the wax. (Copier paper won't work.)

* Turned the temperature up on the griddle is fun but it will start to smoke and smell.

* Eventually everything turns brown/black but it takes a lot of crayons and mixing for this to happen.

* This method is better than laying the paper and drawing on it. It is easy/faster to take turns and the images look more 'artsy.'

* Wax cools quickly and scraps up easily.

* My two year old did not burn herself on the griddle. I simply went over the rules and stood by her. After a few examples, she could do it all herself even put on and lift off the paper.