melted crayons: good or bad news?
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My husband called to see how our day was going. I told him the boys melted crayons. He asked, “Is that a good thing?”
Melted crayon art first took my breath away about a year ago, but Child Central Station’s adaption of the art finally pushed me to give it a go with N&M.
We peeled away the paper crayon lining.
We placed something heavy on top of the crayons and turned our hair dryers on.
We watched what happened.
The crayons started to melt. It was exciting.
The crazy combination of melting crayons and force from the hair dryer created something fascinating before our very eyes.
N & M added more colours. Art was in progress.
They asked for more paper. They continued creating.
Lesson learnt: melted crayons can be a good thing, a very beautiful good thing.
N & M: 3 y.o.
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I’m so excited to see that our crayon art inspired you! We continue to use the blow dryer as a paint brush on a daily basis! My children just cannot get enough!
Amy, I completely understand how addictive the blow dryer can be! I’m sure we’ll do this again too.
Cool. I had seen a post where someone melted crayons outside on a super hot day but now that we’ve cooled off for fall, I thought we’d have to wait until next summer to do this. The blowdryer is a great idea!
Hi Jackie. Wow, for crayons to melt outside, it must’ve been a super hot day! The blow dryer is so much fun. Our home sounded like the hair dresser’s while we were doing it. Enjoy and thanks for popping by.
This is so cool! Thanks for the inspiration….love your blog. I’m forwarding this award on to you: http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2011/10/i-got-award.html
Melted crayons are always a good thing in my book! I love how yours turned out
Thanks for linking to Flutter By Fridays last week, hope to see you again this week
Aleacia @ I’m Bloggin’
Melted crayons are so much fun. N’s been asking to do them all week.
My six year old has been begging me to do some melted crayon art with her and I have been very afraid. This post has reassured me that it will all be ok and I should go ahead. Looks like it was fun and the results are beautiful, something to be proud of!
Oh yes, it’s definitely worth a go. Just lay out some sort of protective mat on the work area though because the crayon can splatter a bit.