First blog post, better be a good one!  


Being an elementary school teacher, I was instantly drawn to the idea of melted crayon art.  For the life of me I can't find the blog that this picture belongs to (if you know, don't hesitate to let me know.  I'd love to give credit where credit is due!) but this was the picture that inspired my first piece of melted crayon art.

Materials:

• crayons (I used two of the 64 count Crayola boxes)
• canvas(es) (Again, I used two)
• hot glue gun
• hair dryer or heat gun (I used a hair dryer, but I've heard a heat gun works wonders)
• paint (optional, for if you want to include images)

The first thing I did was find two pictures that I wanted to paint onto my canvases.  

Up Close

The Ballerina

The Little Girl Dreaming of becoming a Ballerina

Then came the excruciatingly tedious chore of peeling off the crayon labels.  I've seen some art pieces that have left the labels on.  I might just have to do that next time.

After what seemed like hours, I used a hot glue gun to put the crayons on the canvases. You can't put down a lot of glue. It won't last and you may need to hold down some of the crayons.

Then, it was time for some melting magic!  I will say that a power outage does not help with this process.  I do have some wax lumps from when I'd first started when the power went out.

And then the power went out

I don't think I've fully finished the piece because I'd like to go back in and cut away the wax that dripped on the painting.  I'll heat up an X-acto knife and then try to trim away from the dancers.  Then I'll go back in and repaint the ballerinas.

Not quite the finished product

So there you have my first (and only, thus far) melted crayon project.  I've also informed my husband that we must now have a little girl so we can hang this in her room.  If not, it'll end up going to my niece, along with some other fun projects I've done that I will share with you in blogs to come.


What creative, crafty projects have you done with melted crayons?