Crayola Lightning Storm!

Today we'll take a break from all of this running and healthy eating talk that normally fills the pages of this blog. Because when I visited my sister a couple of weeks ago, we did this fun craft project and I wanted to share it with you!

All it takes is crayons, a canvas, a hair dryer and a hot glue gun and a few minutes and in the end you get this beautiful work of art that maybe, kind of, looks like a Crayola lightning storm!

So here's how you do it:

Step 1: Line up your crayons in color order. We both chose to stick with the classic Roy G. Biv line up. We had three boxes of basic colors. Mandy chose to triple up each color while I chose to repeat the rainbow three times.  Both worked, but for the record, I like hers better.   

Browns, blacks, grays, whites and peaches were discarded. (Mandy: "Oh, we're taking out all of the people!" Sad.)

Step 2: Hot glue them to the canvas.Mandy hot glued each crayon individually, but I glued them all together like a raft and then glued them down to the canvas. Both ways worked.

Step 3: Stand the canvas up, turn your blow dryer on high heat and melt away. We discovered it was best to stay focused on one small area of crayons, until that spot got good and melty/drippy.  Then bring the heat from the blow dryer down a bit and focus it on the drips instead of on the crayons.  That helps expand the drippage down the full length of the canvas. Then move on to the next area of crayons and repeat.  Turning the hair dryer at different angles helps get the tiny flecks of color.  

Warning: Wax will fly and may end up in places other than your inteneded canvas, so it might be wise to do this outside or on wood floors where you can easily scrape the wax off.

Step 4: Enjoy your finished artwork by taking goofy pictures and then hanging your colorful artwork in prominent places in your very grown up and adult-like homes! (Both of ours are in our respective living rooms.)

Let me know if you decided to make a Crayola lightning storm yourself!















P.S. The inspiration for this project came from this post found on Pinterest. Click on the pic below to see original pin and then the original tutorial.

Source: megduerksen.typepad.com via Ann on Pinterest