Melted Crayon Cards

At the beginning of every school year I have to get my kids new art class supplies which means I get to keep their half-used watercolors, crayons and more for my own projects. Last year crayons are always broken and there are pieces too small to draw with. This year me and my eldest daughter used them to make cards for her friends.

By the way, if you like making cards, you might like my tutorial on the Scratch-off card or this 3-D flower card.

• heavy weight paper
• pieces of crayon
• a little stick glue
• hair dryer
• optional: pen, rhinestones, anything else for decoration

Each card will have a corner to write a short message into, the rest of the card can be as covered in crayon and decoration as you wish.

So the first thing you need to do is to cut out the shape of the stencils for the corners. Trace any shape you like in a corner of one sheet (trace the shape and cut it out). I find that simple shapes work best.

Place the stencil in one corner of another sheet that will be your card (but don't glue it on).

Place the crayons around the stencil, apply just a little glue on the bottom of each crayon so the pieces don't go rolling off the paper when you switch on the hair dryer. Remove the stencil but keep it for later.

Point the hair dryer in the direction you want the color from the crayons to go and switch it on the highest heat. The crayons should start melting in a few seconds. Move the hair dryer around the paper to make the crayons cover the area you want.

Let it dry completely.

Add any decoration you want - draw little ornaments with a pen, glue on some rhinestones, add glitter...

Write your message on the stencil and glue it in the corner.

And that's it, now you have cards to give to your loved ones!