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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. 😉

Comments

  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!

  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

  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!

  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

  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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