As promised, here is my melted crayon art tutorial. I was specifically be focusing on how to do space, but you can do also use this technique with tape to create shapes like letters or hearts or whatever.

You're going to need a few things. First, put down newspaper because they can get messy and drip and splatter. You will need a canvas or canvas board (I don't recommend doing this with paper just because it will bend and warp and potentially rip). I painted mine black with acrylic paint because I feel that the darker muted colors look better against black, but if you're using lighter colors like yellows and greens, you should probably keep it white. I use crayola washable large crayons because I can get multiple paintings out of it and they're easy to grip (and if they splatter I can wash it out of my clothes). And finally you will need a hair dryer.

Use a lower setting to start with to melt the crayons, and then higher when you want to spread the wax around the canvas.

You will want to decide which colors you want beforehand, because you want to be quick about mixing and spreading the wax. The less drying and remelting it does, the less likely it will crack.

As you can see, my crayons have already gone through some use. These are the colors I will be using for this tutorial.

Start melting your crayons on low until they start to just roll of the canvas like water. Start with your darkest colors and go outward. I tend to make two circles and go out from there.

Continue this until your whole canvas is covered, moving the crayon in a circular motion to mimic the clouds of dust in space. Use various angles and levels of your hair dryer to move and mix the colors, especially at their edges.

Next, heat up your white crayon away from the canvas. Draw loose lines around the edges of each color, to define the edges of the clouds and give it some depth.

Use your hair dryer to push outward towards the white boundaries to soften them, and use the corresponding colors to spread that color further into the white.

Finally, to add the stars, heat your white crayon away from the canvas and let it drip onto the canvas. You may need to reheat the crayon, but make sure you're not reheating your canvas or else the stars will mix in with the background. Also, when it dries, if you have spatters or some of your stars are too big, you can scrap them off gently with your fingers.

This technique is really fun and forgiving, so don't get too caught up with how it looks and just enjoy it :) Now you can go and draw your marine creatures and use modgepodge or rubber cement to glue them on!

I hope this help! Thanks and feel free to show me your melted crayon art!