You may have seen the do-it-yourself art projects involving a box of crayons and a fantastically colored canvas. Assembling such a display is actually rather easy, and there are a number of personalized options you may also choose to include. Whether you simply want to add color to your room or give a creative gift, making melted crayon art is simple, relatively inexpensive, and rewarding. In the event of someone disliking so much color, you can even use blacks and grey instead.
Procedure
Making melted crayon art is simple; merely hot glue the desired crayons along the top perimeter of any white canvas, allow the glue to dry, and use a hair dryer to melt the wax. Positioning the hair dryer directly behind the crayons and aiming forward will create more uniform lines, while additional designs such as waves may be created by wiggling the hair dryer accordingly. The most expensive part of this art project will probably be the canvas, though a hair dryer may be easily borrowed from a friend. If you don’t want to line the crayons along the top of your canvas or have already done so in a previous art project, you can always position them elsewhere.
Selected Colors
While many melted crayon art projects use all of the colors found in a typical 64 box, you may choose to limit your color selection. One option is to only choose similar shades, whether do to preference or for a particular event. For example, choosing shades of pink and purple may make for a sweet baby girl shower gift, while blue may be more ideal for a baby shower honoring a new son. You may also wish to select crayons reflective of personal preference, or preferences of a friend. In any of these instances, you may wish to buy two or three boxes of crayons if you still wish to create a larger art project, or simply use one box if you don’t mind crafting a smaller piece.
Mismatched Colors
Conversely, you may select crayons which do not belong to the same hue but reflect an idea or desired effect. For example, colors of a specific flag may be used in order to create a funky and prideful art project. Holidays are also a good excuse to make a melted canvas; black and orange crayons may be used to celebrate Halloween, or you may wish to simulate the look of a slightly melted candy cane with white and red crayons. Melted crayon art is also a fun project for children; picking a child’s favorite colors is a great way to help celebrate a birthday or achievement.
Additional Options
Your canvas needn’t end with melting crayons. You may also wish to carefully scrap away portions of melted crayon wax with a utensil to spell out words or draw symbols. Popular options include writing someone’s name, though more advanced artists may try drawing someone’s portrait in the wax itself. Additionally, you may always hot glue other objects to the canvas itself, such as bubble letters, pictures, or movie tickets.
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