Crayon melting art (or how to stop poorly toddler meltdowns!)

It was meltdown central in our house this afternoon…so in a bid to help calm the situation I decided to get canvasses out that I found in our decluttering process & try out a crafty idea I had seen on Pinterest.

It was very messy, but lots of fun. Next time I think we need to find a better method of holding & melting the crayons but nevertheless we enjoyed our crafty time. We only had three canvasses the big boys (10 & 8) did one together, I helped the little ones (23m & 4 tomorrow!) with one each…

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Ready to create!

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Melting

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Blasting with the hairdryer!

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Drawing on the back too!

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He was very pleased with his creation!

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Cookies & crafting!

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The big boys art on their wall!

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Rocco’s painting (aged 23m)

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Albie’s art (aged 4 tomorrow!)

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Close up of Albie’s masterpiece!