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Melty Crayon Art & a 1500 Surpise :)

I know you’ve seen it all over Pinterest: melty crayon art.
I decided to give it a try today, and here’s how it turned out:
I’m pretty excited about the final product!  I will quickly run through what I did.  First, gather your supplies:
{If you want to add words to your art, follow the next few steps.  If not, skip.}
Once I had my supplies, I typed my words using “word art” in a Word document.  Then I flipped the words horizontally so they printed as a mirror image:
Then I flipped the printed paper over so the words were facing the right way, with the ink side down, and I taped it to the canvas:
Next, I rolled up a paper towel, wet it, and pressed it down on the words:
I made sure to press enough to soak through the paper so that the ink would transfer onto the canvas:
I get impatient, so I didn’t wait as long as I should have, and the ink was very, very light.  But it was good enough for me 🙂  I let the canvas dry used a blow dryer to dry the canvas and then grabbed a black paint pen {a regular Sharpie would work, too} to go over the letters:
After finishing the letters, I gathered my crayons and used hot glue to attach them to the canvas, Crayola symbol face up:
To prevent the words from getting messed up, I covered them with painter’s tape.  Then I set up my work station {aka the floor} by covering it with newspaper, both against the wall and on the floor because the melty crayons will splatter:
Finally, I turned the blow dryer on and got to melting!  The crayons took no time at all to melt.  If you want a drippy look, it seriously takes like five minutes.  I went for a blended look {which does take longer} because the painter’s tape didn’t work as well as I wanted.  I ended up ripping it off and letting the entire canvas fill with wax.

When I had the wax blended the way I wanted, I grabbed paper towels and began to “scrub” the wax.  It gave the piece a “weathered” look AND it allowed the letters to show through the wax.  I went over the letters a second time with paint pen and added some details too:
And that’s that!!  I linked this post up with Tara over at 4th Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It linky party!  I hope to keep up with this… at least every other week 🙂
I also linked up with Miss Nelson‘s linky for a chance to win an Erin Condren gift certificate!!
If you made it all the way to the end of this post, I have a little surprise for you!  I hit 1500 followers last night {WOOT!!} and I wanted to offer a little something to my fabulous friends.  Leave a comment on this post with your email address, and I’ll use random number to pick a winner… The winner can choose any item from my TpT shop! 🙂  This mini giveaway will end tomorrow at 3pm Eastern.  Good luck!!
Congrats to Jennifer from First Grade Blue Skies!

Just 500 followers away from a big 2000 follower giveaway. 😉

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  9. Congrats, on 1,500 followers! I love our crayon art! I like how our put the words at the bottom.

    Rie
    Hip, Hop Hurray! Tales of the Reading Rascals!

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  24. That is such a cute idea! Love art like this..you have inspired me this summer! I'm sure my 4 year old will have a blast melting crayons, and I can make some neat art for my classroom! 🙂

    kachinan@hotmail.com

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  36. Your crayon art makes me want to get started on a summer classroom project now! I love the feeling of seeing a finished product after I've put in so much time and effort 🙂

    thenewteachernoggin.blogspot.com
    t3ach3r.king@gmail.com

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  37. I have wanted to do the crayon art for a long time. Maybe I will get the gumption up and go to Michael's and buy the canvas and then hit Walmart to get some new crayons. Maybe I will make a couple – one for me, one for my daughter and one for her new teacher. We'll see how it goes!

    Kristen
    socalteacherstuff.blogspot.com

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  41. Love seeing all the ways the melted crayon project turns out! Nicely done! I will have to make one of these eventually!

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  74. I have just recently found your blog. I love it! I love sharing all your creative ideas with my kiddos! Congratulations on all the followers!

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  86. I got a picture done with the melted crayons from a student for Christmas this year. Wondered how it was done. Nice job thanks for the directions.
    Sherry

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  98. I've seen the melty crayon all over pinterest, but I love the word detail and that it's blended- talk about precious!?! Congrats on the 1500 girl- so excited for you 🙂

    Kimberly
    The Learning Tree

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  110. Thanks for the detailed tutorial on this awesome artwork! I'm doing this one for sure! And thanks for the giveaway! Hope I win!
    grace2u {at} rogers {dot} com

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