Up In Smoke

This project was such a pleasure to prepare, and such a disaster in the end!

My children & I peeled our crayons and divided them into aluminum trays

so that we could melt the wax and then pour the melted crayon wax into molds to

form into fresh new crayons...well....it started out with good intentions, but ended

up in flames in my oven!

A word to the wise (that learn from others mistakes)...never,

I repeat

NEVER

set your oven to the broil setting to speed up crayon melting...

it will ignite the wax and blast it all over the inside of your oven.

I had to use the fire extinguisher to put that blaze out.

Luckily it worked, because our cable phone was not working at the time.

I had to evacuate the kids to the porch until the black smoke floated out the

windows, and the fire alarms were singing while I took my waxy mess out of my

blue oven.

What a lesson in safety that was....

maybe next time....