How-to: Crayon Letter Shadow Box

As promised, here is my second creation how-to of the day. I am so proud of this one! It is not a thrift store creation though, I found the idea off Pinterest to make for one of my really good friends, Madison, and her bun in the oven, Mason. Her room colors were blue, yellow, and white, and I thought this would look adorable in a nursery. So enjoy this Pinterest project! I will go to the thrift store this weekend to get my next week's thrift store creation!

Step 1: Gather supplies.

You will need a picture frame shadow box like the one above, a bundle pack of crayons, a hot glue gun, a permanent marker of your color choice, scissors, and a white sheet of paper cut to fit the frame. I got my frame from Hobby Lobby, of course, for only $9.99 it was 50% off! The pack of crayons, from Hobby Lobby as well, were only $4 for like 20, 8-count packs with my 40% off coupon. That was a lot to say! You gotta find ways to save some how!

Step 1: Start with a white piece of paper cut to size, or the back of the frame in-slip, (which is what I used) basically the packaging staged picture that comes already in the frame, just turned over. Pick out the crayon colors you want to use, make a rainbow, all pinks, all blue, just whatever will work for the room.

Step 2: Cut the crayons to the size you want to construct a letter. I am making an M, this is how it looked when I first started the M. I used white, blue, and yellow crayons. Use a hot glue gun to glue the crayons onto the paper. Make sure the glue is on the crayon wrapper because the glue will melt the crayon wax.

Step 3: Continue to cut and shape the crayons according to the letter you are striving to make. Here is the full M!

Step 4: Hot glue the white paper to the back of the frame insert. This step is done because the crayons are so much heavier than the paper.

Step 5: Insert the picture into the shadow box frame! Close clasps.

Step 6: With a permanent marker, I wrote Mason's name cutely on the glass of the picture from the outside.

Step 7: You finished! I cannot get enough of this. I sent Madison a text message, but I still need to give this to her and her soon-to-be-here baby boy. She loved it! I am crazy about it. This project was so easy and so much fun to do! Good luck! Hope you enjoyed two how-to's in one day!