Train Crayons!

Look! It's my first tutorial! I'm not one for giving away crap as gift bags at parties...loot bags? goodie bags? But a little something is nice....so this year, I had this grand idea! Crayons! But not only regular crayons - TRAIN CRAYONS!

Patrick loves trains so much...but as you can see, the first batch came out REALLY wonky...Yeah, I had this old pot...and I tried to melt it all down and make swirlie crayons...didn't work so hot!



Then I figured out an easier way! Here is what you need:

-Crayons for melting
-cupcake cups
-cupcake pan
-oven
-candy mold - shape of your choice!

First, heat your oven to 400 degrees. You are going to be melting your crayons in cupcake cups! I found that you should double up, the crayons do leak through!! Take the paper off your crayons and put them in cupcake cups in a cupcake pan....



Put it in the oven for about 10 minutes and watch for them to melt.



When they melt, pour them into your molds. I used train candy molds I found on Amazon.



They cool rather quickly, and then you can pop them out. It makes it really easy if you put your mold in the freezer for a few minutes to harden them up and make them pop easier.



I wanted them to be visible, so I bought treat bags from Michaels and put them in the bags with hand made labels on the top! I'll put these together with some coloring pages and send the kids on their way! Patrick will have fun setting them up to color too!!