DIY: Crayon melting

So this time I finally caved in and decided to give this a shot! 

Things needed : 

69 crayon box. (Any brand)

A canvas 

Glue gun with glue sticks 

Blow dryer!

Now the first step is to literally just align the colours above the canvas in the order you want them. 

 

And also draw in pencil if you want any drawing, I'm a bad bad drawer! So I just traced it out and cut out a stencil in the same pattern and outlined it onto the canvas :D

Step 2: 

HEAT THAT GLUE GUN!

Start to glue each glue stick into the canvas carefully and properly! This step took me the longest but honestly once you perfect it there's no need to ever go back and fix any loose ones.. 

A little tip: I only glued half the crayon(length wise) to the canvas and left the upper half hanging to the air .. I did this to make my canvas look longer and so that the crayons didn't take up a big portion.

Step 3:

LET THE FUN BEGIN

before commencing with this step I suggest you leave the canvas for a bit in the upright position to make sure all the crayons are sturdy enough.

now start !! OPEN YOUR BLOWDRYER to maximum heat and power and start to melt . Honestly it's easier done than said I promise! 

STEP 4:

Paint your drawing black! You can paint it before but I just did after idk why.

AND YOU'RE DONE. NOW HANG IT AND ENJOY.

DIY : Graphic Shirt. CRAZY MOFO.

I've seen so many shirts around that I really had wanted but could never find, so instead of actually going and printing on one for so much money, I decided to paint it ,It was so simple and SO MUCH FUN! here's how ! 

It's also a great say to spice up an old shirt :D

STEP 1: 

Choose the figure/writing you want and either print it out or trace it out ! 

Then using a cutter CAREFULLY ( and very slowly) cut it out so that you can have stencils made! 

 

Ps: you can just go ahead and buy the stencil you want to use , but I couldn't find any. 

STEP 2 : 

Place a cardboard in between the back and front of the shirt your using just to stabilise the shirt and so that the paint doesn't pass through. 

STEP 3: 

Take the stencil you've made and properly stick it on the shirt with tape.

STEP 4: 

Start painting! Use acrylic paint or fabric paint. I Did my research on both and everyone has said they're both great. I could find fabric paint , so I used acrylic for this one :) 

The method I painted was using Q tips.. I painted in the Center of the letter leaving out the borders for the end , I painted like I was colouring with a pencil colour but gently.

STEP 5:

Colour the borders .

I did this by dabbing on the Q tip , and not colouring . I held down the paper on the side I was painting so that no paint would go out of the letter , and I dabbed to make sure I was careful and on the line.

FINAL STEP: 

Then I waited till it dried out. About an hour or so.

After I was sure it was dry I carefully moved the paper and voila!

I suggest you just keep it another few hours before wearing it though! 

Get creative and enjoy this DIY :D