Melted Crayon Heart

This is fun project for all artists, and one that is suitable for beginners and kids. However, because this project involves the use of a hot glue gun and hot hair dryer, children doing this project should have an adult present.

This colorful crayon heart would look nice in a bedroom, nursery, game room or a place of business that caters to children. 

What you need to make a melted crayon heart:

• Crayons, broken into different sizes
• Canvas
• Hot glue gun
• Hair Dryer 

Directions for making a melted crayon heart:

• Break the crayons in half. It's ok if they are different sizes.
• Draw or trace a heart on the canvas.
• Line the crayons up along the outer part of the heart. This is just to see how many crayons you will need.  
• Once you figured out that number of crayons you need, peel the paper off all the crayons. This is a tedious task and took me about an hour to remove all the papers.
• With the hot glue gun, glue the crayons to the outer part of the heart on the canvas.
• Put down some newspaper or a drop cloth before you begin melting the crayons.  
• Use a hair dryer to melt the crayons. Use the dryer on the hottest setting but on the lowest blow setting. This is to prevent the wax from spraying all over. 

• The type of crayon you use does make a difference. For the best results use Crayola crayons.
• Use the hair dryer on the hottest setting but on the lowest blow setting. This will prevent the wax from spraying all over the place.
• You can use a white or black canvas.
• Wax can be a pain to remove from the floor and carpet so be sure to cover your work space with newspaper or drop cloth.
• Plan at least 2 hours to complete this project from start to finish.