My version of the melted crayon painting

I'm sure many of you have seen several versions of the melted crayon picture on Pinterest or other web sites. I thought it was a cute idea and needed a piece for the kids' bathroom. Usually the drips are flower stems, which is what I thought I would do. However, I had this large canvas but didn't want to buy 12 packs of crayons just for 4 colors, so I bought a few and then raided our crayon stash for the rest. I used reds, browns, yellows, greens and blues instead of just greens.

Well, when I started melting them, the colors blended together, which I did not plan for. Plus, the large size of the canvas meant that the drips didn't stay straight and were really wide at the bottom. When I was finished the kids said it didn't look like flower stems. My son said it looked like seaweed. Yeah. They did. Not what I planned.

After I let it sit for a couple weeks, I thought the seaweed idea wasn't so bad, so I added a few fish (one for each child). It turned out pretty cute, and the kids love it. The only drawback that people don't mention with the project is that the crayon cracks easily (duh), so you have to treat it gently. Otherwise, a fun project!