Easter Bunny Crayons

      I am filling a bunch of Easter eggs for a hunt at my college next month. Its kinda hard to find something to put in an Easter eggs for college students. You need to find something they would actually want while also not spending a fortune. Candy is something people want, but its not healthy so I only filled about half this way. Condoms are a very popular option but are kinda tacky and not every college student is sexually active and therefore have no need. So I racked my brain for a couple of weeks and searched pinterest when I came across this pin from TipToeThrough.

     College students are a little old for crayons but we still do secretly like them. Now I've only got a few eggs left to fill, I'll probably finish those off with sun screen wipes and maybe a couple condoms, because it is college.

     I found the silicone baking mold at Walmart for $3 and the 64 pack was on sale for $2. I did some research and the silicone ice cube trays from Ikea can also be used. I was worried that the cheaper crayons would be too oily for this, because they are not good for crayon melt art, but they turned out just fine. Which means I could make another 24 crayons for just $2.

     I like to set out all the crayons to see all the colors that I have to work with and to make it easier to grab groups of similar colors, but this is totally just my preference. You then have to peal and then cut/break all the crayons into smaller pieces. I found that the smaller the pieces the better.

      This is what they looked like all filled up. I started with mostly red then orange and then through the rest of the rainbow throwing in some extra pink in at the end, but you can do it however you want =) You place this in the oven at 230 degrees for about 20 minutes, check on them around 10 and 15 because they look best when not over melted.

Here is a video of how easy it is to remove them, if they are completely dry and a video watching the color change as they dry. They should be cool to the touch, if not they will crack. One of mine did crack coming out and I actually just remelted it in the microwave. Put it in for 5 minutes and then it dried much faster then any of the others. 

Finished Set =)

Making a Crayon Melt with Alfredo

Alfredo and I made a fish bone crayon melt together :) 

Post again later =)

Airplane Crayon Melt Art for Alfredo

           I have a new wonderful boyfriend, who treats me very well and is very handsome and sweet =) . His name is Alfredo and he loves airplanes and was a pilot in his home country. So he inspired this crayon melt of a classic airplane. He gave me a list of his favorite planes and after a couple days of Googling I found the perfect silhouette. (even though I now know it is not one from his list) It is a Piper PA-28 Cherokee and he likes it very much. He is having it framed which is super flattering.

          One of the things I did not like is the way that the white poster board reacted to the oil of the crayons. It made the board damp looking and 3 weeks later it has still not faded. Some people liked the effect that it gave, but I'm not sold. I think I will have to seal the white poster board next time to avoid the discoloration.

He also insists on carrying everything =) my books, my backpack, my shopping bags. He opens doors and pulls out chairs and holds my hand and is just the best. 

Gushing over =P post again soon  

Another Crayon Melt Art (Golden Snitch)

Golden Stitch "I Open at the Close"

           1. Pick the crayons that you wish to use. I snap mine in half to get more width out of the crayons. They are so long that you don't need a whole crayon worth of wax to melt down the board.

          2. Get a hot glue gun and glue the crayons along the top of the board. You can peel the wrapper off if you want, but I like to leave mine on. Make sure you have glue sticks near by because you will use up glue quickly. 

           3. Print a picture that is simple, like a silhouette and and cute painter's tape into the shape you want. The simpler the shape the easier it is to cut and remove later.

           4. Place the painter's tape on the board where you would like the negative image to be.

           5. Put paper up in the location where you would like to melt the crayons. I've found that the melting is not too messy, but the paper makes it a lot more worry feel. at the end you can just pick up all the paper and throw the mess away.

          6. A picture of it sitting right before I melt it.

          7. Melt the crayons. This can take 30 mins to an hour with a blowdryer and is messier or about 20 mins with a heat gun. If you hold it too close the crayons will splatter. so hold about 6-8 inches away and be patient. you want to full cover your negative image and make sure to go a bit below it to make your negative image clear. 

           **If you are using a heat gun avoid heating the tape too much or it will melt and become hard to remove.** 

          8. Then while the crayons are still kinda soft but not liquid, remove the tape. a pair of tweezers may help with this step. 

Above is the finished product =) 

Tardis Crayon Melt Art

This was actually kinda fun :) It took hours to melt the crayons, but it's interesting so it doesn't get boring like you think it might.

I got a Tardis blue presentation board, because they didn't have any foam boards of the right color. I then set out the crayons I wanted to used from a box of old ones we had sitting around the house. Then I set them in the order I wanted at the top to make sure I had enough. 

After this you simply pick up each crayon, apply hot glue, and stick it to the board. To get the Tardis (but this would work with any basic shape) I made a square of painters tape. One layer of tape perpendicular to the other. I then used a picture I got off google and an exacto knife to cut the tape into a tardis shape. 

Then simply attach the shape anywhere you want it on the board and begin melting crayons.
I found that the completely unwrapped crayons melted the fastest, but also fell off toward the end.

While the crayons are still soft, peel the tape off, and TADAA!!! I hope you have fun =) I got the basic idea of the technique here 

This is mine =)