A Rainbow of Chaos

So I'm not the first and I'm far from the last person to make one of these melted crayon canvases that are all over Pinterest, but it's so fun, I just couldn't help myself!

If you've not seen one of these before, they're super easy to make. Take a blank canvas, any size you'd like, and hot glue crayons across the top. I knew I wanted to add this quote from Paul Cezanne, which is why I stuck with the crayons in rainbow order, but you could put your crayons in any order you'd like. Now that I've made one, I can think of so many other fun combinations to put the crayons in!

Once you've got your crayons glued down, add some heat! I used my embossing gun but a lot of the ones I've seen online were done with just a hairdryer. One person posted that it took them almost an hour with a hairdryer. With my embossing gun, I was done in about 10 minutes and that includes re-heating some splatters on my kitchen floor so I could wipe them up! (I did cover a big area with newspaper, but melted crayon wax has a bigger range of flight than I expected.) Obviously gravity plays a big role in this project and that's another reason I want to make more - no two will be alike!

After the wax had cooled and hardened (less than five minutes), I used a Sharpie to add the quote. I wanted it in black, but between me and the husband, finding a black Sharpie in my house that isn't half dried out is a miracle. I stumbled across a brand new violet one though, so that's I used.

I'm so happy with this. I plan on hanging it in my classroom, because let's face it, it totally belongs in an art room! I think I may have my students make some using all the broken crayons in my room too!