Melted Crayon Art

I have seen lots of things done with these melted crayons on Pinterest and I wanted to give it a try.  I fell in love with the pictures that looked like it was raining from the crayons and had to make one for myself.  Here is how it turned out.  I love the textures of the melted crayons.

To make this, I started out with a canvas that was size 7x9.  I used black vinyl to make the cuts, the couple is from the Sweethearts Cricut Cartridge and the umbrella is from the Forever Young Cartridge.  I then put a coat of Mod Podge over the image only to secure it down on the canvas.

Now, I was ready to get set up for the crayons.  I purchased one of the $3 glue guns at Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon for this, because you will not be able to use the glue gun for anything but crayons after this.  The crayons will splatter, so you want to cover up the area you will be working in.  I took two posterboards and secured them to the wall and floor in my area.  I also used blue painter's tape to cover up my image.  While my glue gun was heating up, I removed all of the wrappers from the crayons.

After the glue gun was heated up, I started running the crayons through it and making drips down the canvas.  I began with grey crayons and then used different shades of light and dark blues.

You can use as many or as few crayons as you want depending on what type of look you are wanting to achieve.  Once I was happy with how my canvas was covered, I removed the painter's tape and very carefully added some melted crayon in around the image.

Once it was all dry, I cleaned up my mess and was very happy with the results.  Here are a couple of pics to show you the textures better from the crayons.