Possible methods for copper (II) reduction to copper (I) How can I make $\ce{Cu2O}$ from copper?

I am seeing if electrolysis is a good route (in the context of kitchen style chemistry) to cuprous oxide, instead of the traditional heating copper and removing the cupric oxide, etc.

With Epsom salt electrolyte, it is very easy to make copper II hydroxide (cloudy ammonia soluble, according to the wiki). This can be heated to $\ce{CuO}$ easily enough, but I have no idea if this can be reduced.

Can $\ce{CuO}$ be reduced easily? Or is there a simple way to produce (from copper) a copper (I) salt, from which a precipitate of $\ce{Cu2O}$ may be formed? What reducing agents could be used?
There are several ways to make copper(I) oxide from copper:-


Heat it


$$\ce{4Cu + O2 -&gt;[\Delta] 2Cu2O}$$

Copper react with oxygen to produce copper(I) oxide. This reaction takes place at a temperature of over 200°C.


Heat it with nitrous or nitric  oxide


$$\ce{2Cu + N2O-&gt;[\Delta] Cu2O + N2}$$
$$\ce{4Cu + 2NO-&gt;[\Delta] 2Cu2O + N2}$$

Copper react with nitrous and nitric oxide to produce copper(I) oxide and nitrogen. Both reaction takes place at a temperature of 500-600°C.


Heat it with copper(II) oxide


$$\ce{Cu + CuO-&gt;[\Delta] Cu2O}$$

Copper react with copper oxide to produce copper(I) oxide. This reaction takes place at a temperature of 1000-1200°C.


If you made copper (II) oxide, just heat it


$$\ce{4CuO -&gt;[\Delta] 2Cu2O + O2}$$

The thermal decomposition of copper oxide to produce copper(I) oxide and oxygen. This reaction takes place at a temperature of 1026-1100°C.

Since you are doing this at home, method 2,3,4 cannot be used as it requires laboratory grade heater but method 1 can be used since it require 200°C which is achievable. 

But the best method(according to the comment) I would recommend is the Fehling's test. All you need is Fehling's solution and glucose which can be purchased from sigma-aldrich at affordable price.

$$\ce{RCHO + (2Cu^2+ + 5OH^{-})-&gt;Cu2O + RCOO^- + 3H2O}$$