We were planning on making this craft for a while now and today is the day! I got a silicon muffin pan from the dollar section at Target ($2.50) and Red went through her crayon box to find little stubs and pieces. They went into the muffin pan and from there into the preheated oven until they melted.
Since some of us couldn't wait for the hearts to cool, I put the muffin pan into the freezer. They were ready quickly and Red took them out of the form, admiring (and then drawing with) each one. Fun!
If you don't care for hearts you could also make them into little crayon cakes.
This might be a nice Valentine's project for my class to share with their buddies. It is very quick and the results are just way cute!
