- about 30 crayons (more = better, as some don’t break as well as others)
- hot glue/gun
- a cheap double-pane glass frame (typically used for document framing)
- scrap paper of choice
- glass/window crayons (for writing the name & doodle)
I started by getting the crayon slicing out of the way. (Estimate how tall you want your letter to be to get a feel for how many crayons you should cut, then cut a few extra on top of that.) Using a butter knife, I pressed the blade gently into the middle of the crayon and rolled it under the knife until it had a nice ridge all the way around. That helped it snap smoothly when I pressed in for the break.
Crayons aside and ready to go, I let the glue gun warm up while I sketched out the size & shape I wanted for my letter on a piece of paper. I (temporarily) taped that page beneath my (see-thru!) frame to use as my guide for crayon placement, making sure to position it leaving enough room for the name tag I’d be adding.
Then I hot-glued the crayon pieces directly to the top surface of the frame, using the sketch as a guide. (It doesn’t take much glue – and it’s not too forgiving once it hits the glass. I had to yank a couple of odd placements off, glue and all. Enter extra crayons.)
Letter done & drying, I then cut out the shape I wanted for the name tag (I lopped the edges off
of a rectangular piece of scrap paper with the frilly corner-clipper I have). Then I positioned my
tag where I wanted it between the two panes of glass (crayon design up, of course).
Then I used the window crayons (Crayola makes the ones I found at the local big box store) to add the name & doodle to the top of the glass. Fortunately, it’s easy to erase and start over if you don’t like your first (or second, or third) attempt
At first, I was a little disappointed when I couldn’t find a shadow box to do the monogram in, but I actually like what I ended up with better. It has depth and lets whatever is behind it show through.
While I liked the rainbow motif for my son’s school teacher, you could do different shades of a single color, too (with enough crayons).
How’d y’all do this? I’d like to make one for our little one on the way…..
Thanks in advance!
Leslie Jean
Lafayette, LA
Glad you liked it!
I used:
- about 30 crayons (more = better, as some don’t break as well as others)
- hot glue/gun
- a cheap double-pane glass frame (typically used for document framing)
- scrap paper of choice
- glass/window crayons (for writing the name & doodle)
I started by getting the crayon slicing out of the way. (Estimate how tall you want your letter to be to get a feel for how many crayons you should cut, then cut a few extra on top of that.) Using a butter knife, I pressed the blade gently into the middle of the crayon and rolled it under the knife until it had a nice ridge all the way around. That helped it snap smoothly when I pressed in for the break.
Crayons aside and ready to go, I let the glue gun warm up while I sketched out the size & shape I wanted for my letter on a piece of paper. I (temporarily) taped that page beneath my (see-thru!) frame to use as my guide for crayon placement, making sure to position it leaving enough room for the name tag I’d be adding.
Then I hot-glued the crayon pieces directly to the top surface of the frame, using the sketch as a guide. (It doesn’t take much glue – and it’s not too forgiving once it hits the glass. I had to yank a couple of odd placements off, glue and all. Enter extra crayons.)
Letter done & drying, I then cut out the shape I wanted for the name tag (I lopped the edges off
of a rectangular piece of scrap paper with the frilly corner-clipper I have). Then I positioned my
tag where I wanted it between the two panes of glass (crayon design up, of course).
Then I used the window crayons (Crayola makes the ones I found at the local big box store) to add the name & doodle to the top of the glass. Fortunately, it’s easy to erase and start over if you don’t like your first (or second, or third) attempt
At first, I was a little disappointed when I couldn’t find a shadow box to do the monogram in, but I actually like what I ended up with better. It has depth and lets whatever is behind it show through.
While I liked the rainbow motif for my son’s school teacher, you could do different shades of a single color, too (with enough crayons).