Make Melted Crayon Art

by Scarlet Paolicchi

$20

45 Minutes

Easy

This step-by-step tutorial for how to make melted crayon art is great project for anyone looking to add some color to their walls. There are endless options with melted crayon art. You can stick with a color scheme of various shades of blue for example or choose from any image you would like and use as much color as you would like! Follow @FamilyFocusBlog on Pinterest for more fun ideas.

First, we are going to need to find or print out a silhouette of a shape. I chose my home state, Florida!
Cut out the silhouette. To keep it down while we add color you can place a piece of tape on the back of it or use a glue stick around the edges of the images.
Peel the wrapping off of the crayons and fire up the hairdryer.
You can use any colors. I got an 6 pack of crayons and used the colors provided.
Tips: Put the hairdryer on low so the wax doesn’t fly everywhere. To get the splattered look, lightly tap the crayon while the hairdryer is pointed in the desired direction.
Mix the wax to get different colors!
Tips: It is easy to mix the wax so you get a nice transition between colors. Keep the wax on the canvas hot and go back and forth between the two colored crayons.
Once you are done with the crayons, use the X-acto knife to lightly cut along the edges of the silhouette. This will help us pull up edges and pull off the picture.

If any wax seeped under the silhouette use an acrylic paint the same color as the canvas and go over the areas where wax should not be.

Remove the silhouette and touch up the edges!

You can see the original complete tutorial at http://familyfocusblog.com/make-crayon-melted-art/

I'd love to see what you make! Be sure to share your creations with us @familyfocusblog!

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Lyn Buerger on Aug 10, 2017

Thanks for the project idea. We all love our crayons....kinda the artist's first love. If you spray your stencil with spray glue and let it dry it will tack down and remove easily.

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