Okay so I have had this one page bookmarked (yes before pinterest, which I need to transfer allllll of my bookmarks to, I know, yes I have been a part of it since it first opened, no I haven't started using it until now) Anywho [quit distracting me lol] I have wanted to make the Crayola canvas drip art thingy for forever!!!
(If you don't know what I'm talking about here is just one website that has it, fyi, one of my new fav blogs: http://naptimecraftmommy.blogspot.com/2011/07/melty-crayon-canvas-art.html)
So.....I did things a tiny bit different, this wasn't the first time I had seen this so looking at all of their outcomes I was 1. super nervous of failure and 2. determined to not make a huge mess.
Basically I took my canvas {Michaels had a sale where you would buy one get one free on these 2 packs of canvas' so I got a bunch in different sizes, this was the smallest of them **oh and bonus, found out during my second project with the kids today that they already came treated with gesso, SCORE!!!**} and my 64 pack of crayola crayons and put them out on the table and lined the crayons up to see how many would fit across.
In my case it was 35 so I separated all crayons into their perspective colors (all reds and pinks together, blues, greens, purples...so on and so forth) leaving out all the greys whites browns and blacks..Then I mathematically (lol) figured out how many of each and blah blah..Then I started trying to put them from darkest to lightest or whatever and said screw it and decided to just randomly put them down (in their color groups)
all glued down. Next you are supposed to take it outside and put it in the sun and let nature do it's thing, yeah well I'm not patient enough for that nonsense so I just went straight to the blow dryer step (with a twist)
and this is what I ended up with. It definitely helped having the attachment for my hair dryer and then kinda working the drips down with it. Here are some more angles..I am so proud (can't you tell) I definitely need to do another one though since I don't have much else hanging in the playroom it looks pretty tiny. BUT no worries, I will be doing lots more projects coming soon to jazz it up :)
So this was my little art project I did with the boys today, I did another one too but it's a father's day gift so that will have to wait :) I may not be the best blogger but it was fun doing this!