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And here is how mine turned out:
All in all not too bad. I do wish that the crayon would have run evenly down the canvas better but much better than those pictures of failed attempts at this where the crayons are duct taped to the top and there is just a mass of melted crayon everywhere. So here are some tips for making this work:
- COVER THE AREA WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO WORK!! I cannot stress this enough! The table I made this on is covered in blue drops. (luckily it my craft table so all's good- Just glad I didn't try this anywhere else.)
- You'll need about 45-50 crayons of the shade you want to make your picture. My canvas was 16in and I needed 45 crayons so you can figure from there.
- I hot glue all the crayons across the top and then propped it up so I could melt the crayons using my blow dryer.
- When you start melting the crayons you want to aim the blow dryer in the middle of the crayons. Too high or too low makes the crayons splatter. You can run the hot air over the tips of the crayons a few times to help melt them but once they start dripping aim the air up.
- I would recommend melting the crayons in small sections. The wax dries really fast and think that is why I got a big lump in the middle. Aim your blow dryer at the crayons and let the wax melt and run until the section runs down the canvas to your desired length and the move to a different section. That is what I did towards the end (aka the side without the silhouette) and I think the results are much better.
- Also I know that with the fact that you are running a blow dryer for an unknown amount of time it can get very hot where you are working but resist the urge to turn on a fan or open a window- IT WILL BLOW THE WAX in crazy ways!
- Last I simply found a silhouette I like on the internet, printed and cut it out. Then I colored over it with black marker to make sure the coloring was the same. Then I used spray glue to cover the area where I want it and pressed it into the glue.
Ta-da!!! Question? Comments? Let me know!
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