Doing a take away gift for the upcoming wedding and it works great. I know you can use all purpose glue sticks with crayons but I would use the white with some food coloring over that. Quick note on use, I think that i found the melting temp of 170 or so fahrenheit and I used an electric griddle with a pot of water and soup can. I would suggest picking a griddle up from thrift store before using the stove and put down some news print or anything that you can just throw away because you will make some of a mess. another cool thing is that we used a brass stamp and if you would like to do the same, go short on the first layer and then stamp the second layer with a ice cold die, keep a bowl of ice water to cool it between bottles.