Crayon Art

Fun things to do with Crayons.  Crayola has so many ideas on their website, here are a few!

http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/your-head-in-the-clouds-craft/

  

Your Head in the Clouds

What fun it is for daydreamers to imagine that they see shapes in the clouds. With this activity, kids dream up favorite things to draw inside clouds.

1. First go outside and look at the clouds to see different shapes.
2. Draw a shimmery cloud on construction paper with the Crayola® Metallic Colored Pencils.
3. On the cardboard, draw a small outline of one of your favorite things, such as an ice-cream cone or a heart. Cut it out.
4. With a small piece of tape, form a loop with the sticky side out. Lightly attach the cardboard cutout inside your cloud.
5. Use Crayola Twistables Crayons to color all around the cutout of your favorite thing, making jagged edges that leave the shape inside.
6. Move the cutout to another area in your cloud and repeat the coloring. Continue until your cloud is full of colorful outlines of your favorite thing in the clouds!

 

Crayon Dot Painting

http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/crayon-dot-painting-craft/

Show budding artists how to paint with a technique called Pointillism. Look at paintings by Georges Seurat for inspiration.

1. Cover your table with newspaper. Draw a very light sketch of your subject on the paper with a Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencil.
2. Pour a small amount of Crayola Washable Kid's Paint onto each produce tray. You can mix colors on these trays to get a nice variety of colors, too.
3. Use the flat, circular end of a Crayola Crayon as your painting tool. Dip your crayon into paint, then firmly press the wet bottom on paper. The crayon will leave a round dot of paint. Use a different crayon bottom for each color you use so your colors will stay fresh and bright.
4. When finished, stand back, and you'll see that all of the dots blend together to make solid areas of color. No lines are needed because the dots give the impression of the picture. Hang up your work, and have a show for your friends and family!

Desk Organizer

http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/desk-organizer-craft/

Crayola® Crayon desk organizers are the perfect way to add color to an office. Kids enjoy making hand-crafted accessories and using or giving them as gifts.

1. With Crayola® Scissors, cut recycled cardboard rolls into at least three pieces, high enough to hold pens and scissors.
2. Cover your work surface with recycled newspaper.
3. Use Crayola® School Glue to attach the tubes together to create a sturdy structure. Let the tubes dry.
4. Glue Crayola® Crayons to the outside of your tube structure. Ask an adult to use a knife safely to cut any crayons for a better fit. You may need to glue a few crayons at a time and allow them to dry before turning the structure and gluing on more crayons.