Tuesday, January 17, 2012

holiday + a box of crayons =

a fantastic new art project!

I figured that if we had the day off we should do something fun with it!  This project is super simple and the kids loved it!  All you need is a glue gun, a canvas, a box of 64 count crayons, and a hairdryer.  
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I separated the crayons into rainbow order and removed all the blacks, grays, white and browns.  I didn't have enough crayons to cover the entire top of the canvas so I added a few more of my favorite colors from a couple of other boxes of crayons we had lying around.  
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I hot glued the crayons to the top of the canvas. 
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The kids couldn't wait to help out!  We each took turns using the hairdryer (on high/hot) to melt the crayons...
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Here is the final result...
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I love it!  I love the colors...they make me so happy!  I love that the kids and I made it together and I can't wait to hang it up in our home.  Plus, one of the best parts...it only cost me $4.99!!  I had all the materials except for the box of crayons!  How great is that?!  

I have been trying to decide on a place in our house to put our desk and all of my art/craft stuff and I wanted something inspiring to hang above it... I think I just found it!


1 comment:

Comfypjs said...

You are becoming a very crafty critter!