Melting Crayon Art

I saw this on Pinterest and thought I have to try it, but also make it something unique. I went to Target and they had boxes of 24 Crayola Crayons for $.50, so you can't beat that price. I bought 10 boxes total. I went to Michael's and had a coupon for 40% and 15% off so I got to use both and it made my 5 pack of canvases only $10. I got 16x20 for the size. I drove home very excited about this project. 1st step I did was lay out my canvas and crayons and how I wanted the colors to line up. I changed my mind about a million times before I found the exact color order I loved:)

Next I wrote on my canvas with a black paint pen. If you don't have a good steady hand you might want to try another method of writing on there or just don't write at all. I love "Live, Laugh, Love" so that's what I wanted on my art.

Here comes the art part!!! After you line up your crayons in whatever order you want you will need to hot glue them onto the canvas, one by one, it takes some time, but it's worth it in the end. If you do add words or picture make sure to put painters tape or something over it to cover it if you don't want the crayon to get on that part.

You will want to find a way to prop up your canvas and put down newspaper around it (it splatters), I learned the splattering part the hard way-I did mine inside on carpet, whoops! Anyway I put mine up against an old door and used my heat gun to run across each crayon slowly till they started to drip/run down the canvas. I found it easiest to focus on one crayon color then move on to the next color. So here is the finished product. I didn't get any pictures of the in between stage of making it-SORRY:(

You will notice how my colors on each canvas blend in with the next canvas. I see a lot of people doing this with their kids. It seems like a cool project they would enjoy, but you would be best to use a hair dryer because of the heat gun getting to hot and that might take longer so kids might get bored, but it's worth a shot. I am off here for the night....Keep Calm and Craft On!