Washington Redskins Melted Crayon Art

I started this project because:

• Our bedroom walls are bare and white.
• My husband is a huge NFL fan.
• Our bedroom is already covered in maroon and Redskins items.
• I've wanted to melt crayons since the very first time I saw the idea.

 

The very first thing I did was go through my existing crayon box to figure out which crayon colors I'd need. As a test, I melted down two colors with a hair dryer to be sure they were correct. I found that the two colors that matched the Redskins team colors were Maroon and Dandelion.

 

Then, I went on over to the Crayola Webstore, and ordered a custom box of crayons. With the custom box, you get 64 crayons in four color choices. All I had to do was wait for them to be delivered. (I hate waiting!)

Guillermo always helps me out with crafting.

I decided to use the same technique that Jenna used. (I found her post, of course, through the amazing Pinterest.) I used a small 8x8 canvas that I picked up at JoAnn's. I wasn't sure exactly how many crayons I'd need, since I did use a smaller canvas, and fewer colors, than I've seen for melted crayon art projects. I only ended up using two of each color. (I wanted to share this information, in case anyone else uses a small canvas and only two colors.)

At first, I wanted to keep the sides of my canvas as above, but once I hung it up on the wall, it just didn't look right. I went back and filled in all white spaces on the sides and ended with the canvas shown in the photo at the top of this post. This was an incredibly fun, easy, and almost quick project. After this one, I bought another canvas to melt more crayons - I just haven't decided which technique/colors I want to try next!

Thanks for looking,