Melt My World

My first craft that I found on Pinterest (my DIY list) was melting crayons onto a canvas, which looked pretty awesome. I knew this was going to be the first one I did, and as I was going along I discovered a few things that might help a few of yall out. 

Here's what inspired me :)

 As I was getting my supplies for the project I got pretty lucky because school was starting and I got the crayons for 20 cents a box! And a package of 6 canvases for 8 dollars? I didn't this project awhile back and my memory sucks (hooray!) I already had a glue gun and I had a box that wasn't important so that if it got messed up it would be fine. 

When I got ready to start melting I realized that this was going to take a lot of work because the crayons were fitting a little snug inside the glue gun. TIP# 1: If you are very fond of your glue gun you might want to get a cheap one because as you see in the picture next to this it will look just like that. 

My first canvas just had little droplets on it to get used of how this was going to work. When I got to the second canvas I propped it up against a box and taped it to it and the desk. This helped with getting the angle right the wax would drip down, and so you have two hands to help the crayons go threw the gun. This goes with my next tip. TIP# 2: do NOT push too hard or the crayon wax will squirt OUT of the sides of the gun. It takes a few tries to figure out what the right pressure is for it.  TIP# 3: Wear something you can get dirty in. because sometimes it will reach out and get on your cute shirt......*sigh*

So as I "gracefully" and "cautiously" start getting the hang of this I did the Probiest thing ever!... I burned myself. At one point I thought I wasn’t getting the angle right so as I was repositioning I burned myself with the hot liquid wax. TIP# 4: DO NOT lift the nose or point of the glue gun up or the wax will start to pour out the side and back and burn you! After I did that I took a small break and then went back to it and everything went smoothly!

HOORAY!

 TADA! There it is! I’m very happy with this and I hope these small tips help yall out.