Melting Art

I came across crayon art on Pinterest. I thought it was a unique concept, however I also thought they could look a little kiddish and well...we don't have kids. (Unless you count the monster below.)

After more searching, I saw a couple different versions where people created flowers by flipping the crayons upside down. I think the original idea came from etsy...if you're not into making crafts but like the idea just search "crayon art" on etsy for a range of options. The screenshot below was my inspiration for my second Pinterest project.

When we were at Michael's over the weekend, we picked up some more crafts. Justin found flowers made of a wicker-type string. I also picked up the biggest box of crayons I could find. Justin and I both used 40% off coupons on the flowers and crayons! We also needed a 5-pack of canvases (only $14); I figured I could find some more things to make on the other four.

First I pulled out all the green shaded crayons but soon found myself with a dilemma. There were not enough green crayons to fit across the bottom and I wanted to make it that night. My choices were to use green, brown, and yellow hues or use other colors that weren't real stem colors of flowers. I debated and decided to give the other colors a try. I figured if it didn't look good with the flowers, then I could take the art to school. I chose 3 colors: green, blue, and pink because I had 3 flowers. With the flowers being brown, I thought the contrast could work. I used a glue gun to align all the crayons and decided to hide the Crayola logo.

Then I covered a corner of the room with newspaper and put the crayons on the top, so gravity could help. Hot wax can and will fly if you're not careful.

I used a hair dryer, several sites suggested using it or a heat gun. I held the dryer over different sections until the wax started to drip. The hair dryer made it a little difficult to control the drips near the crayons; it seemed to blow lots of the colors together and I had trouble making defined lines. If I wanted a certain drip line to continue further, I simply held the dryer near the section until it began to move more.

I kept going, so there wouldn't be as much white space.

If you know me, you know I love chewy candy and I found these brand new Sour Patch Kids Berries at HEB. From reading the label and research online, I concluded they were GF. I snacked on some while I worked on my project and thought they matched my art well.

These were so delicious. I'm not sure of the exact flavors but know for sure there was a blue raspberry. I'm thinking maybe strawberry, cherry, and blackberry...but don't quote me.

I placed the flowers before I glued them to decide if I liked the final product. Although it didn't turn out as originally planned, I was happy with the results.

It hangs on the stairwell.

I think it fits perfectly with the other pictures, which by the way were mostly created by family members. The bottom left abstract piece was painted by Justin's grandmother. The flower picture above that was a wedding gift from a second cousin who also created it. The middle picture of two flowers was taken on our second anniversary of passion flowers in Fredericksburg and made into canvas art thanks to a Groupon. The "I will always love you" sign was bought on etsy for our third anniversary because it quotes our song. I think the wall is unique to us and we have a couple more ideas to expand it.

I'm trying to be a little more creative with my camera shots.

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