Rainbow Love

Looking to wow your kiddo with some hands on process art? Watch the delight on their face as they melt crayons onto the canvas using a hair dryer!

Melted crayon heart art!

What you need:

- Canvas

- 3 x 24 packs of Crayola crayons
- A4 piece of card / paper
- masking tape

- strong craft adhesive (we used E6000)

- hair dryer

- something to cover the floor (we used rubbish bags and poster card)

How it works:

The first stage was to draw a heart shape on card and tape it to the centre of the canvas- this works as a template for the crayon placement.

Planning the placement of the crayons.

The next stage was to glue down each crayon. This was pretty time consuming and I would definitely recommend doing this in advance of any kids seeing the project! It was hard enough placing them accurately without excited little hands about! I used E6000 Permanent Craft Adhesive and it was perfect for the job.

Gluing down the crayons.

Once the crayons are all glued down, remove the heart template and let the glue dry for at least an hour.

Now you are all set to bring out the hair dryer and invite the excited little ones to get to work. Before letting them lose, be sure to cover your floor with a protective layer! I put down some bin bags and a large piece of poster card to catch and drips and splatters.

Turn the hair dryer onto the hottest mode and hold it close the the crayon tips. As you do this tilt the canvas to create the wax streaks in the desired direction. Be careful as there are a few stray splatters!

Melted wax streaks from the hot air.

My son was amazed as he saw the wax starting to melt and create 'colourful rivers'.

My son working on the masterpiece.

We took it in turns to do colour blocks all the way around the heart shape of crayons. The sections dried pretty quickly as we rotated the canvas.

Such beautiful colours!

The end result is such a beautiful piece of art. Bright bold colours and fun splatters make it a unique masterpiece!

Very proud of his masterpiece!

I cannot recommend this project highly enough as an awesome STEAM activity for kids!