Q&A for How to Make Melted Crayon Art

It takes a very short amount of time. If you hold the dryer near the crayon at full blast it will start dripping in about 20 to 40 seconds depending on the crayon and strength of the blow dryer.

Create the shape you want to stay blank by using painters' tape to block out the image. For example use the tape to make a heart outline, fill it in with tape then begin the crayon melting fun. Afterwards, take off the tape and you will have a blank area in the shape of your image.

No, you don't have to use a canvas. You can use a paper just as easily, but a canvas stays up better.

It should dry in 1 to 2 hours.

You could probably use liquid glue (a glue stick wouldn't hold the crayon) but if you do use it, it would take a lot longer because the glue would have to dry. With a glue gun it hardens very quickly.

You could use stencils to trace letters on adhesive paper or use large, letter-shaped stickers to block out words. Do the project, then peel the letters off when everything is dry.

All you have to do is cut the letters out of tape, and tape them on before you melt the crayons and put them on the canvas. Then, peel them off after the crayons have dried.

Yes, you can use wood. Crayons are mainly wax and wax will stick to most anything.

Most of these will be any craft store (crayons, glue gun, canvas) but the hair dryer you can find at home stores or pharmacies.

Put a stencil of the person at the bottom of the canvas. When the crayon art is dry, remove the stencil and color it in.

To make silhouettes, cut them out of tape and tape them onto your canvas where you want the image before you melt the crayons. After they melt and dry, take the tape off.

The dryer should face the same direction as the crayons. Don't blow sideways.

Yes, it is easy to remove crayons with soap and warm water.

You don't have to take the crayons off, only if you want to take them off, you can, but it's your choice.

The hot wax is likely to melt through paper, so it's better to use a relatively thick and robust canvas.

It depends on what you consider to "cool and professional", for without knowing what standard you're aiming at, it's hard to give any advice. It is recommended that you use the article's instructions to assist you.

It does splatter, depending on how far away you hold the blow dryer. Lay out enough newspaper or other protective surfaces around the area you are doing the project.

A glue gun is recommended because it would hold the crayons in place better, but most other glues will work too.

You can use cardboard or any other material that won't melt under the heat of a blow-dryer.

You run the risk of having the tape melt during process, allowing the melting crayon to fall off and ruin what you've started.

Canvas would be better than paper. Paper is too thin, and the melted liquid might leak out.

Try a curler or straightener. Put it on high and hold it close, but don't let it touch.

All crayons should work equally well for this project.

It's not going to work as well. The hot glue gun is best for the crayons.

If you don't want the wax on them, put them on using Mod Podge to get them to stay clear, then use painter's tape to keep them covered until you're done melting. Test it first though, and be careful with the Mod Podge. If you don't mind the wax on them, just Mod Podge them down, then melt the wax as normal.

The pigment from the crayon could stain the canvas, but if you hang the painting somewhere it will be hot (like outside), you run the risk of having the crayon continue to melt and change the look of the piece, which you might not want.

Masking or painter's tape is the best option for this project. You could use any sort of tape, though, as long as it can adhere to your canvas and won't let the crayon seep through.

Yes, you can use thick cardboard.

Use paper and/or masking tape to block off the areas of the canvas you don't want crayon on.

Crayons are made of wax; on a hot day the wax could melt away, or on a cold day it could freeze enough for you to scrape it off.