Crayon Art

How many of you have seen these great melted crayon arts.  Well it's time for us to give it a try.

Supplies needed:

Canvas

1 box of crayons (depends on the size of your canvas) I recommend using crayola...melts much nicer and more vibrant colors

Blow dryer

Glue Gun

Parchment Paper or you will end up with the same mess I made

We decided to try this outside because it was our first try and not to mention soooo nice out.  The canvases we used were 9 inches by 12 inches. 

It's always best to have everything set up before starting your project.  These are the secrets to a successful project.  I realized we really needed parchment papers instead of paper towels after the crayons melted onto the table lol. 

The colors are your choice as soon as our projects were completed we came up with lots more ideas to try.  I will post those as we get them done.

As you can see by the photo we glued three crayons then a space. It only requires a think line of glue on the back of crayon. After we completed gluing, my daughter Kayleigh decided she wanted a heart for the melting to go around.  She accomplished that with using her hot glue gun.  Our other partner in crime Vanessa did bubbles.  However we learned that you need to leave spaces for the glue to run down, but it still turned out great.

Wait about 10 minutes to ensure your glue is nice and solid.  Then put your blow dryer on low and begin going over all the crayons.  It takes a few minutes for them to begin melting, so don't get impatient.  Once it gets going you decided how fast you want your dryer blowing.  We kept ours on low for quite a bit, but then went higher to move the direction of the melting crayon.  If its too high it makes a splatter, which Kayleigh has informed me she wants to try next because it looks much cooler :).

We had alot of fun doing this project and definitely will do it again.  If you would like to see more creations go to http://www.pinterest.com/ and type in search box crayon art.  You will see so many different variations to get your creative side take off.

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Next project will be some great washer necklaces.  Wait until you see how easy it is to make something so stylish....  "It's all the rage"