Crayola Canvas

I saw this on Pinterest and LOVED it!  I don't have kids but I still wanted to make one.  I bought two boxes of 64 Crayola crayons.  I wanted to just do blue and purple crayons but I would of had to buy 4 boxes total to get enough to fit across the canvas.  Here's how I made mine.

What you need:

1. Canvas (mine is 16x20)

2. Crayons (I have about 56-58)

3. Hot glue gun with a few extra glue sticks

4. Blow dryer

5. Cardboard or lots of newspaper (it will splatter)

6. Vinyl word(s) (optional)

How to:

Carefully begin by taking one crayon and putting a strip of hot glue on the back of a crayon so that the logo (ie: crayola) is showing.  Note: If you are right handed, begin left to right.  If left handed, begin right to left.  

•  Continue to do this all the way to the end.  If you want yours to look better than mine, keep it straight and lined up nicely at the top.  
• I waited a day before blow drying it because it was too late at night to make a lot of noise.  But if you do this during normal hours, I would wait 15-20 min. to let the hot glue set on the canvas.  
• I used cardboard under the canvas and a piece on the side I was blow drying because it does splatter!  
• Begin to blow dry it.  It doesn't matter where you start.  Keep the blow dryer close to the crayons.  Works best if you blow dry the crayon from the middle.  
• Once you like how it looks, stop blow drying.  It does dry fast.  
• I thought it needed a little something extra so I went to my local craft store, Craft Warehouse, and found a vinyl that said "Shine Bright" which seemed appropriate for it lol.

• I found that putting vinyl on a canvas is harder than I expected.  Patience is a virtue I hear ;)  

You are your own creator.   Hope you love it!