Open ended art - Crayons

The Open Ended Art Project of the week is to create something with crayons. I happen to love crayons, but C and R never choose crayons when they are creating art; they both prefer markers and paint. I knew this would be a challenge.

Plan A: I placed some coins and paper clips on the table and taped a piece of paper over them. C and R were given crayons to create a rubbing of the items. R was not in the mood to color. C did a little of this but quickly tired and decided it was not fun.

Here is what he accomplished:

Plan B: I decided to use masking tape to make an R and a C on paper and then have them color over the letters. I would remove the tape to reveal the letter. No luck with this one. C did not even want to try it, and R only made a few squiggles on the paper. What was I thinking? Neither one of them would ever color that much of the page.

Plan C: I was beginning to think this project would never succeed, but I was willing to try one more time. We recently made sun catcher butterflies with crayon shavings and they enjoyed that project, so I decided to do it again and let them make the design however they wanted. C and R were happy to use crayon shavings to make an open ended project. I let them choose the colors and place them wherever they wanted on wax paper. I then placed another piece of wax paper on top, placed the crayon filled paper between two towels, and ironed until the crayon melted. Finally, a completed project and they were both very happy with the results.

This is the design R made.

C made this red and blue (his favorite colors) creation. He had every intention of making Spiderman. I think it definitely resembles him. What do you think?

It took three tries, but we completed an open ended art project with crayons. Phew!
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