{"id":418,"date":"2009-05-15T06:33:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T06:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/398dot2.figcan7-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2017-01-06T06:44:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T06:44:59","slug":"crayon-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/?p=418","title":{"rendered":"Crayon Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-421\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons.jpg?resize=320%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons.jpg?resize=250%2C350&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons.jpg?resize=129%2C180&amp;ssl=1 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whenever we have lots of crayons stubs that are too small to use, we gather them up and make <strong>crayon cakes<\/strong>.\u00a0 The kids love to do this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you\u2019ll need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>crayons (I use broken ones, but you could use new ones)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>glitter (optional)<\/li>\n<li>muffin tin (one that you don\u2019t mind getting a little crayon on. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t have a muffin tin todevote to crayon making, you can line your regular muffin tin with foil cups.)<\/li>\n<li>exacto knife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?resize=500%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?resize=250%2C179&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?resize=252%2C180&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?resize=420%2C300&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?resize=210%2C150&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-1.jpg?resize=400%2C285&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Peel off any paper from thecrayons (I use an exacto knife) and break them into 1\/2\u2033 to 1\u2033 pieces. This is a great sorting activity for children.\u00a0 They can sort the crayons by color and size.\u00a0 They can even mix the primary colors that will melt to make new colors.<\/p>\n<p>Preheat your oven to 265 degrees F.\u00a0 After allowing the kids to experiment with color and size, arrange two to three like colors in each slot.\u00a0\u00a0 If you want to add glitter, pour it over the top of each slot full of crayon.\u00a0 Bake for 6-8 minutes (don\u2019t over bake &#8211; you want them just melted so you can\u2019t distinguish the crayon shape anymore). Let them cool completely and then they should pop right out<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> Variation: use a shaped silicone muffin tin that\u2019s been lined with tin foil.<\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Variation:\u00a0 instead of using a muffin tin, use a small paper cups, and microwave them on high for\u00a0 4 &#8211; 6 minutes.\u00a0 Pour the melted wax into candy molds, and freezer for 30 minutes. Once the wax has hardened, your new crayons will pop out of the molds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?resize=500%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?resize=250%2C179&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?resize=252%2C180&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?resize=420%2C300&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?resize=210%2C150&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/398dot2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/398dot2-Crayons-3.jpg?resize=400%2C285&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They also make great party favors, back to school gifts or gift toppers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever we have lots of crayons stubs that are too small to use, we gather them up and make crayon cakes.\u00a0 The kids love to do this. What you\u2019ll need: crayons (I use broken ones, but you could use new ones) glitter (optional) muffin tin (one that you don\u2019t mind getting a little crayon on.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[15,13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kidskorner","category-my-little-tribe-2","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5OzjB-6K","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/398dot2.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}