Rainbow Art: Melted Crayon Heart on Canvas

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We’ve been searching for some fun ways to practice color skills with the kids — something that we could also repurpose as a fun art piece to decorate the playroom. Since there’s always a plethora of crayons around the house, I thought it would be even more exciting for the kids if we let them see how the crayon wax interacted with heat for a fun little science-like experiment (with mommy’s supervision of course!). We’ve seen so many amazing melted crayon pieces over the past few months, so knew we had to at least give it a shot!

Melted crayons can create some beautiful pieces and there’s so many ways to get creative with colors. I opted for a melted crayon heart using a rainbow of colors for a more vibrant, colorful look!

melted crayon heart art

Materials

Canvas (24×36 works well)
Crayons (40-64)
Blow dryer
Trash bag
Hot glue

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Step 1. Before starting, you’ll want to cover up the floor and work space where the melted crayon could splatter. I used trash bags.

Now to get the crayons and heart centered, sketch out a heart pattern. I traced a paper heart onto the canvas and then gathered my crayons.

Step 2. Arrange the crayons around the heart to determine the exact placement they’ll need to be glued to. I used about 40 crayons. This part was a little trickier than it looked, since the spacing took some time to get right.

Step 3. Hot glue each crayon to the canvas along the outline of the heart you drew.

Step 4. This is where the magic happens. Grab a blow dryer and set it on high heat. Apply the air to the crayons working from the middle down to the tip. It may take some experimenting, but after a few minutes the crayons will start melting.

We melted the crayons at various angles to get an array of splatters. Once you get it started, let the kids take turns applying the heat. Watch their reaction to the melting!

Note: This step will take some patience. You’ll need about 1 hour of uninterrupted time to complete the entire project. I had to spread out the melting over a couple of days since I only had so much time.

melted crayon

The end result will be a beautiful melted crayon masterpiece you can share with a loved one or use to decorate your home.

melted crayon heart

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Ana @ Mommy's Bundle

Ana, a mom to three rambunctious little boys, has supported thousands of women throughout their pregnancy and motherhood journey since 2012 as a prenatal and postpartum educator at MommysBundle.com.

Comments

Suzannah Kolbeck says

January 31, 2015 at 4:32 pm

Love this! My kid went on a spree of these and made some really beautiful ones, but I like the idea of the different shapes (her’s were lined up across the top and melting down over various things).

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Amanda @artsy_momma says

February 1, 2015 at 9:02 pm

This turned out AWESOME! Shared it on FB 🙂
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- Ana says
  
  February 2, 2015 at 4:14 pm
  
  Thanks so much :)!!
  
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joanna says

February 2, 2015 at 4:00 pm

I tried to do something like this and I just can’t seem to figure it out. Yours looks so good!:)
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ashley says

February 2, 2015 at 4:06 pm

what?!?! that looks awesome! Haydan would LOVE this.

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Lauren says

February 2, 2015 at 4:20 pm

For some reason when I see these I think of all the pinterest ‘fail’ versions.. since I KNOW that is how mine would turn out!! haha!
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Samantha says

February 2, 2015 at 4:41 pm

I love melted crayon art. I’ve wanted to try it for a long time but never got around to you. I think this is going to be my next project. You did a great job, it’s so pretty!
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Melissa says

February 2, 2015 at 6:31 pm

This is so creative, I have never seen anything like it.
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Amee says

February 2, 2015 at 7:50 pm

I have done this with my kids just not with a heart design. Love it!
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sara says

February 3, 2015 at 3:46 am

Mind blown. This is gorgeous. I can neither confirm nor deny possibly stealing this idea in the future….
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Carole says

February 3, 2015 at 3:11 pm

I love, love, love this! You make it look so easy! Stopping by from Skip the Housework linky party and sharing on Pinterest, Google+, Facebook and Twitter.
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Alyssa says

February 3, 2015 at 5:14 pm

The I have been wanting to do this for a long time. Looks great.

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Cecilia says

February 4, 2015 at 8:47 pm

Hi Ann, thanks for this post. Colors are so important and wonderful. As being a Synesthet – I see colors when I hear words and numbers – my life is made of colors. I always think everybody should live in colors like I do. Thanks for sharing these thoughts.

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Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods says

February 6, 2015 at 6:10 pm

This art project would have been perfect for our “We Heart Art’ Valentines Party! Great job with the tutorial!

Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing on Show Me Saturday. Hope to see you again this weekend!
~ Ashley
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Emma says

September 2, 2016 at 7:26 pm

This is beautiful! I’ve given melted crayon art a try before but I’m afraid I don’t have the patience, lol! Guess I’ll just have to admire your awesome masterpiece then! 😉

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