Melting Crayons for Art

This week my craft is something that I’ve been looking forward to doing for a while; I just needed all of the right supplies. And the best part was that it was as easy as it looks. To be quite honest I’m not completely sure what to call it, maybe just melted crayon art. Anyways all you need for this craft is a clean canvas, a box of crayons (and not just a small box, you need a lot of crayons), a hot glue gun and a blow dryer. You start by gluing the crayons onto the canvas. If you do this you should make sure that your crayons are secure as this could cause problems later down the line, as it did for me. I let it sit overnight so that the glue could dry properly and so that the crayons would stay in place. The next day I just took my glued on crayon canvas to the bathroom with the blow dryer, turned it on high, and let the wax do its business. As soon as the wax started to melt, it began to fly everywhere because of the dryer. I hadn’t even thought about this, so after I was finished I had to go and clean up the bathroom sink because I had gotten wax all over it. So I definitely recommend placing some paper towels around the surface on which you are melting the crayons, because if you don’t you will be there for a while scratching the wax off of the surface. And let me tell you that is no fun. After you melt the crayons you can move the dryer in various directions in order to create the paths you want. Once you are done with your masterpiece you just have to let it dry, which happens relatively quick. I have to say I’m pretty impressed with this week’s craft and I’ll probably try to pawn it off on someone. Anyways everyone should try this craft because not only is it really fun to melt the crayons, but you end up with a really awesome piece of art!