Melting Crayon Art

Melting crayon art is an easy art project that doesn't require a lot of supplies or skills. Go ahead, give it a try! Bring out your inner artist and create a colorful masterpiece of your own.

Supplies Needed to Make Melting Crayon Art:

• Canvas
• Crayons 
• Glue or hot glue gun
• Hair dryer or heat gun

Directions for Making Melting Crayon Art:

1. Prepare your work space. Put down some plastic or newspaper.
2. Lay your canvas flat and glue the crayons in a row at the top of the canvas. Omit the black and brown crayons for this project.
3. Prop your canvas upright against something, like the wall, so the wax will run downward on the canvas when you melt it. 
4. Put your hair dryer on the hottest setting but the lowest blowing setting so the melted wax doesn't blow all over the place.
5. Hold the hair dryer in a downward position over the crayons so the wax runs down the canvas when melting. 

*Helpful tips are posted below.

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Be creative with your melting crayon art. You can incorporate other items into your art, such as plastic flowers, foam shapes, cutouts, twigs, seashells, glitter and more. The ideas are endless!

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• Be sure to put a plastic bag or some newspapers under the canvas before you start melting the crayons. Melted wax is not easy to remove from floors and carpets. 
• Crayola brand crayons work the best. There is a big difference in the way Crayola and cheap off brand name crayons melt. Crayola will give you the best results.  
• You can use a hair dryer but a heat gun works best. It gets hotter than a hair dryer and melts the crayons faster.
• If you use a hair dryer instead of a heat gun, use it on the hottest setting but on the lowest blowing setting so it won't blow the wax all over. 
• Maneuver the hair dryer in the direction you want the wax to flow. 
• In some tutorials it has been suggested to tape the crayons to the canvas instead of gluing them. Don't do that. Glue works best.

Melting crayon art is bright, bold and colorful. It livens up any room you hang it in. Now that you've made your melting crayon art, where are you going to hang it? Here are a few suggestions....

• Baby's nursery
• Child or teenagers bedroom
• Home
• Office
• Playroom
• Place of business
• Place of business that caters to children, such as a clothing store for children
• Classroom

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