After a stressful night of dealing with one of Jared's cardiac conditions we all needed a nice quiet day. Thankfully our friend Christina was coming over. Christina is one of those people that brings sunshine with her where ever she goes. You always feel better after she leaves. Yesterday she brought with her the supplies to do this really neat art project.
Here's what you need.
- Elmer's Glue
- Elmer's Poster Board (or you could use canvas but this was cheaper)
- Lots of Crayons (we used 85 on our project)
- Hair Dryer (one you don't care if it gets some crayon splatter on)
STEP ONE:
Glue the crayons on the top of the board, close together, tip facing down. We dumped all the crayons out on the table and took turns choosing a crayon and gluing it on, so that it was truly a team effort/creation. The process is so simple and mistake proof that Titus had no trouble participating.
STEP TWO:
Give the glue about 30 minutes to dry completely.
STEP THREE:
Lift the board on end and start melting the crayons with the hair dryer. We found you needed to be pretty close to melt the crayons. We also learned if you heat them from the bottom they create more of splatter look and if you heat them from the top they drip down. As you can see, we did a variety of heating angles. I was worried the hair dryer would melt the glue and the crayons would fall off, but though we saw the glue come down in some areas, we didn't have a single crayon fall.
The end result was absolutely beautiful! I could see someone selling these easily, it's so fun and colorful. Next time, Chris suggested we put glue randomly all over the board and then press into it broken pieces of crayon. Then use the hair dryer with the board flat to melt the random pieces in different spray patterns.
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