I love crayon art! Love to watch the colors melt and blend together. So easy and creative.
What you need:
- Blank Canvas
- Crayons (old ones will do)
- Blow Dryer
- Glue Gun
Make sure you have enough colors to fill the top of the canvas. Before glueing the colors to your canvas, arrange them and play with the array of colors until you end up with the right combination of colors.
If you are using old colors, peel the paper a bit (or as much as you like) to expose the crayon (waxy part). Work with one color at a time. Start by placing some hot glue on the back of one crayon and place at one of the top corners. Work all your crayons this way until you fill up the top part of your canvas.
* Optional: If you would like your canvas to have a saying, use removable word stickers to form the words. I used thick masking tape to make out my words. I cut them out with an X-acto knife and glued them on to the canvas.
Next step is to heat the crayons with your blow dryer. Work your dryer gently so you can keep a steady drip going down. You don’t want your colors to all mix up.
Once you achieve the preferred drip, let dry for 5 minutes to make sure your fingertips aren’t part of the artwork. Peel wording stickers off by cautiously peeling them.
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Love it – this is amazing
What a wonderfully simple yet beautiful idea. I will have to try it with my kids!
This is terrific! I’ve been saving crayons for eons – wanting to do some sort of encaustic process – this is easier and it’s pure fun!
Try the halloween crayons too! They were so much fun to do with the kids and you can always bake more for friends.
Can’t wait to try this, it looks like so much fun. What a terrific way to learn about colors, too. Thank you for the inspiration. Love your creative spirit.
Thanks so much! I’m working on another crayon craft on canvas. Should have it up on my site real soon.
Love the idea putting words on the canvas, thanks!
awwwweeessooooommmmeeeee.
Thx so much!
wait how do you get the words to show up im confussed
Hi Madison,
I used removable letter stickers before melting the crayons first. Once the melted crayons got cold but not totally hard, just peel stickers off. Have fun!!!
Yours looks great! Mine turned out good, but the wax bled under the tape! Maybe the canvas was too thick-grained!? I spent so much time perfecting these little masking tape hearts and it ended up bleeding right under them.. ugh!
I’m sure yours is just as cute even with the minor glitch you had. Next time just press hard on the tape and maybe even add a dab of glue to the tape??? I’ve never tried it but hey it may just work. I’ve got a new one that I’ll post some time this weekend which is a mix of crayons and collage. Maybe you can add to your canvas a collage of pictures?
Hey I have been wanting to try this craft and have many ideas on what I am going to make… I am looking at canvases and was wondering what type of canvas you use. I was also wondering what size is good for this. Thanks
Hi Tiffany!
Don’t splurge on the canvas. Any will do. Splurge on the crayons instead. I find the Crayola brand to be the best. The other crayons tend to be very runny and the colors are a bit opaque when melted. Canvas size is up to you. Look for sales at Toys r Us when they have crayon boxes for 25 cents and no quantity limit. I usually stock up during these sales. Let me know if you have any other questions & thanks for stopping by!!!
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