How to Melt Crayons

 

 

Recycle crayons - How to Melt Crayons

 

Having an enthusiastic artist in the house, we use a lot of crayons, which means we are left with a lot of broken or stubby pieces of crayons. Instead of throwing them away I love to recycle crayons by melting them. It has turned into one of those things I do every few months. You can melt crayons into different shapes using Silicone Molds. If you were having a party and the theme was Lego for instance, you could melt the crayons into Lego molds and put them in the party bag or melt them into hearts and give them to your child’s friends for Valentine’s Day or use a spooky pumpkin mold and hand them out on Halloween instead of candy. There are endless options you can do with your little one when you melt crayons.

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How to Declutter your Wardrobe

 

 

 

How to Declutter your wardrobe MamasCoffeeBreak

 

I don’t know about you guys, but when it comes to clothes, I have too many and when it comes to picking out clothes to wear, I never have any! Figures!! We have all been there, holding on to clothes that we never have worn or no longer wear hoping or thinking one day we will wear it. So with the sun out, spring cleaning is in full swing in the house. There are so many areas of the house I want to tackle and clean but the first one on the agenda is the closet. Like I said before too many clothes is the problem here. I removed everything from the wardrobe, giving it a thorough clean inside and out. Before I put the clothes back in, I went through them and donated and tossed some items.

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The Easiest Chocolate Birthday Cake

 

 

Easiest Chocolate Birthday Cake

 

Having a 6 year old in the house means every birthday needs a cake I have learned. It was my birthday over the weekend and I was looking forward to a relaxing quiet weekend, when my son asked me could he help me bake the birthday cake. My relaxing weekend is gone, I thought. Don’t get me wrong, everybody’s birthday I get out the baking dishes and bake each cake from scratch spending hours decorating it; but I really didn’t want to do that for my birthday!

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