Crayon Rain

I tend to have ideas/plans for projects for days (or in the this case months), sometimes even already owning all the supplies, before I actually sit down and complete them. I've had all I needed for this project since July. Over the summer I taught an Arts and Crafts {I nicknamed Pinterest Camp} class for elementary school students and I had them make the original melted crayon canvas. I was so lucky to score a Bed, Bath, & Beyond bag full of crayons from the first grade team at my school, so I was set for many, many projects.

I knew I wanted to do the melted crayon project and take it to the next level. After some research, and pinning, I found many projects who used it as "rain." So, out of my bag-o-crayons I pulled out only the blues and grays and began my project. This project literally takes less than an hour.

1. All you need is a canva in whatever size
    you want, crayons, hot glue gun, hairdryer      
    and a picture.

 2.  I used a picture of Brandon and I that
      could be cut and drawn to hold an
      umbrella and print it to the size you
      want. 

 3. Cut the picture out.

4. Trace the picture onto the canvas and add
     an umbrella.

5. Use an extra fine point sharpie to line the 
    picture and a Vellum Writer pen from
    Michaels to fill it in.

6. I used a smaller canvas, so I broke the
     crayons in smaller pieces and hot glued
     them to the top.

7. Using painters tape (which didn't work
     great) I taped a notecard over the top of
     the picture to keep off the wax.

8. As you melt it, the crayons splatter, so
     cover your silhouette with tape to
     protect it. 

9. Take your time and use a lower setting, it melts fast!

The finished product! If you noticed it's going a different direction. My first one fell into the "pinterest fail" category, the tape did not do a great job of protecting the silhouette on it's own and it melted onto the picture, so my second time around I was very careful about not allowing the wax to drip onto the tape, and because it's a smaller canvas I decided to turn it so the crayons had more room to melt.