I thought I remembered reading about a cool craft project that involved turning crayon stubs into "new" crayons, so the boys and I gave it a try recently. I didn't look up the instructions because I was confident that I had the basic idea down: gather up all the crayon stubs, put them in a bowl, microwave them a little bit at a time until they start to liquefy, stir them a little to get a neat marbled effect, pour into molds, and cool. I even decided to get fancy and sprinkle crayon shavings over the melty crayon mixture to get a rainbow effect.
Well, our crayon creations didn't turn out exactly how I had imagined they would:
Instead of beautiful, marbled crayons, we got crayonivore droppings!
Oh well! I guess our crapft (sorry, I had to, Mom!) became an art lesson after all -- red+green+yellow+orange+purple+blue really does make black!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! This is awesome, Kathy! The project may not have yielded what you'd intended, but it did yield a hilarious post :)
ReplyDeleteHaaha! This is awesome!!! I like the cra(p)ft. It's great!
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance can you give me the ok to repost this at craftfail? Much appreciated! heather@ craftfail.com. I would have emailed you, but I didn't find any contact info on your blog.
ReplyDeleteOne last comment to let you know I will post about this on Sept 20th - let me know before then if it's not okay! Thanks a bunch! heather
ReplyDeleteOh, so sorry that your crapft failed, but I like your results. They look like multi-colored piles of "stuff".
ReplyDeleteJust another opportunity to create something completely different from expected.
A wonderful memory for the crapft file.
So sorry, but you did start it.
I pray that everyone is well in your household.
I love the videos of the kids in the back yard. I really enjoyed being there at your home in Colorado.