thoughts of crayons in the microwave

shared by Carla Rabuy Cox, her sister

I remember being at the kitchen table and all of a sudden I saw flames coming from the microwave. Cindy's kindergarten teacher had the students in her class do an art project where they would take old crayon shavings and put the shavings between wax paper. The teacher then took an iron and used it to melt the crayon shavings. The crayons would melt and blend together to create a beautiful, colorful design. The students would then cut the wax paper into a shape of a butterfly.

Being the ever inventive child that she was, Cindy decided why not try to do the same project at home, but use the microwave to melt the wax. Without telling anyone, Cindy put crayon pieces between two pieces of wax paper and put it in the microwave and hit start. Even at a young age, Cindy was always thinking outside of the box. Sometimes it worked and sometimes the box caught on fire.