Pony bead suncatchers

This one was relatively simple, but time consuming. Not much work involved, but a lot of waiting.
What you need:
Translucent pony beads
Metal pan (cupcake pans work best for little ones and their short attention spans)

Preheat your oven to 350. You WILL need to leave your house while they cook and then let it air out. Unless you open every window and have quite a few extra fans going, I would strongly advise against staying inside. I thought nothing of it, but went in to grab some clothes for fish and after about 5 minutes came outside lightheaded and nauseous. Or, you could do the cooking on a GAS grill. Charcoal results in some ash getting in the suncatchers. Which may show on a few of my pictures as this was our first try. Charcoal also heated unevenly which doesn't work well for this.
Enough of my tips.... Take your pan and place the beads in a single layer as close as possible to eachother. I set all of mine with the holes up, but placing them on their sides results in different shapes. Bake the beads until melted. Once totally liquefied, pull out and set somewhere to cool. Once cooled, they easily popped out. They left a slight mark where the tops were, but I checked it with my fingernail and it removed easily. Next, drill a hole in the suncatchers and hang them with kite string. I haven't completed this step yet. I have a bunch of small ones, but want to make one large one to hang them off of. However, I have to wait for a day when I can take runt outside for a few hours. Once it is completed we will hang it in the window in her room. It could also be used as windchimes. However, I hate windchimes. So, in her room they will stay :)

Fun and rainbows for the runt :)

This week, it was rainbow crayons! This craft was super easy. Although runt only had an interest in the final product, it was still enjoyable for me.
Things you need:
Old crayons (or if you're like me and have no old broken crayons,  dollar store crayons work fine)
A silicone chocolate mold or mini muffin tin

First, unwrap all of the crayons. This is tedious. Preheat oven to 200 (it takes a little longer for crayons to melt, but you are less likely to end up with clear wax on top). Break the crayons into quarter inch pieces and place them in a container to mix them together.
After your oven is ready, place crayon pieces all the way to the top of the mold. I used a silicone chocolate mold because it was decorative and oven safe. You can also stack them a little higher, just be sure that they don't hang out of the actual mold or the wax will not end up in the final product.
Place the mold in the oven for roughly 10 minutes. Be sure to watch the crayons. You need to pull them out as soon as they are melted. They will go from "mostly melted" to "so melted they're separating" in a matter of seconds. This does not harm the final product, it just makes them less attractive.
Once they are fully melted, remove them and place them on the counter to cool. I placed mine in the fridge to speed up the process. After fully cooling, remove and let your little one enjoy!