Thursday, April 29, 2010

My Own Little Science Experiment

I just discovered a really cool recipe for turning Crayola crayons into paint. Step by step directions are below.

Step 1: Allow your 15 month old baby to toddle around the house while you check e-mail.
Step 2: Make sure that the crayon box is within her reach.
Step 3: Listen for the ominous lull in playtime noise in the other room.
(NOTE: It is important to wait for the lull. If you go in too soon, you will just find a baby holding a crayon and you will not have the paint you are desiring.)
Step 4: Once you have heard the lull, go check on said baby.
Step 5: You should see that the baby now has a mouth clamped tightly around a crayon which creates the perfect saliva-to-blue crayon ratio.
Step 6: Pry your child's mouth open. This act will cause the now dissolved crayon to pour freely into your hand and onto the floor and baby.
Step 7: Enjoy your new paint!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I practice that technique all the time. Somehow, she doesn't make paint for me, she is more interesting in freeing the water so cruelly trapped in a dog bowl. What an environmentalist she must be.
-Daddy

momimi said...

Now, if we could just get her to make brushes!