Pinterest Craft Creation #6- Melted Crayon Art

Over the weekend, I decided to try out a craft that I am pretty sure was meant particularly for children (unlike the Beer Bottle Glasses)- Melted Crayon Art.

There are many pictures and blogs dedicated to this online, but to save you time and energy, here's a good one for inspiration:
http://naptimecraftmommy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/melty-crayon-canvas-art.html

I've had some friends do this, but was always intrigued by the habits of people to merely line up the crayons in rainbow order, and melt them down. Beautiful, yes, but I wanted something a little different.

Like alllll my other crafts, I find, after starting, that I don't have what I need. I wanted to tape shapes, then peel the tape off later, but I had the wrong tape. Most blogs tell you to use a hot glue gun. I had only super glue. Good going, Sarah.

So the most important things you need- crayons, glue, poster board, and a hair dryer (or a hot sun, or like we used, a heat gun).

 If you want to get artistic like me, then add extra poster board, blue tack, and razors.

So the first thing I did was cut out stars, and stick them on the board. I stuck them on using blue tack (Plan ahead, blue tack isn't very useful in this project. You'll see).

I then cut up the crayons, and glue them haphazardly around the board. If you want to get nice little sections like I did with the black, microwave the crayon for 30 seconds- 1 minute, then slice.

Then came the fun part- the melting!  

 As you can see, having the stars was kind of pointless. The wax mostly went behind the stars (blue tack doesn't really make a impenetrable barrier). And any place where the blue crayon was below the black (closer to the stars than the black), it was covered by the black.

I peeled off the stars, and cut the shape out of the wax that had melted behind. Then, I painted the area white (to be honest, using white nail polish). I added shavings of the blue wax to the paints. No reason why, just thought it would look interesting.

I like my melted art! I think it is quite artsy, more so than just melting crayons down (no offense, that is a great activity for children). I think it is a bit of a rorschach test- I see people dancing in the stars.  What do you see?

Here is the one my friend completed! What do you see in this picture?

-Tips for Melted Crayon Art-

-Start melting on low
-Be sure to put lighter colors on top of darker colors.
-Careful with the poster board- if you bend it, the wax will break off
-if you try to mix lots of colors, you will eventually get brown. Melt one color, then wait till it dries before you melt another