We track down one of Chicago's most collectible items-the cute, the nostalgic and, occasionally, the pricey, Mold-A-Rama figurines. If you’ve ever melted a crayon, you know the smell of a Mold-A-Rama ...

Rich Connolly dips the fine tip of a brush into a bottle cap filled with black paint. Very delicately he outlines the eyes on the molded chalk Santa Claus in front of him. That detail seems to bring ...

For the first time, Mold-A-Rama is selling existing and retired molded figurines helping to raise money for shuttered museums and zoos. Mold-A-Ramas from nine parks around the country, as well as ...

The St. Paul zoo’s four Mold-A-Rama machines, which make colorful plastic toys in the shape of a gorilla, sea lion, polar ...

Last year, Camelia Moss collected more than two tons of leftover candles and wax. Most of it is piled up in her home in North Plains, where she molds beeswax into nude figurines, Oregon Ducks helmets ...

As a child growing up in New Jersey, Rich Connolly couldn’t wait to see chocolate being made in kitchens during the holidays. “I would watch them pouring the chocolate into metal molds,” the Bethlehem ...

Many residents bought clay figurines in the past, especially during festivals or holidays, as they believed the items would bring good fortune, ward off evil spirits and prevent calamities. For ...

This story makes us smile, so we thought we'd re-post it for Flashback Friday. It originally ran in 2020.At the end of each school year, Bay View's Korinthia Klein and Ian Weisser sit down with their ...