How adorable is this crayon monogram? Perfect to gift to a special teacher but also a really fun idea for a nursery, child’s room or play room.
It’s a very simple DIY project.
Print your letter out on a scrap piece of paper.
Arrange crayons over letter.
Cut crayons individually to length using a sharp knife and cutting board.*
Glue crayon pieces together using a glue gun.
Then glue the crayon letter to a nice piece of stiff paper.
Frame.
*diy tip: When you’re making the straight cuts it helps to roll the crayon under your knife to score it all the way around, then it just snaps in the center leaving a cleaner cut. Unfortunately it doesn’t work with the slanted cuts.
Is this project something you’ll be trying? Leave a comment and let me know =)
image source – pinterest from Nesting Sticks
{Big thanks to Ashley from Nesting Sticks for sharing her DIY on pinterest and allowing me to share it here}
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What size frame did you use?
@Amy: An 8×10 frame.
Just doing the letter S now! Jeeps creeps not the easiest letter to do but actually looks fab…but it is taking me yonks as pretty large scale…had to mix little and large crayons too and it’s worked quite well actually…cheers for the inspiration
Love this and would love to have template for the letters R,O,S.
hi! i love this idea… i plan to make it for my daughter’s teachers…
may i know what font you used? thanks… =)
i need the letter c please!
Super idea thanks 4 sharing.. ;)
Amazing! Can you send me a template for the letter J please? x
Hello, could you please help me with the letter “F” template? and, “C” and “B”
Thank You
Kim
What detailed instructions. I could have never guessed that you cut the crayons and glue them to a piece of paper.
Thanks for taking us through your creative process so thoroughly so that we could effectively apply the technique on our own.
Hi! Was wondering if you could include the measurements of the frame you used?
I am so excited to do this for a very special teacher which has been all 4 of my children’s Kindergarten teacher. I am going to add a letter from each child to the back of the frame letting her know how special she has been to our lives. I’m so excited I cannot wait and only hope it comes out so beautiful. Could you tell me where you printed the stencil from?
I decided to make this for my daughters teacher as a Christmas gift. I was having trouble printing the letter to look just as I wanted to so I went to A.C. Moore and bought a large wooden letter S and traced it. The letter was only $3 and I think it was totally worth it because it makes a great stencil. Can anyone suggest how to arrange the crayons across the longer parts of the letters? The top of the S is larger than the length of a crayon so I am a bit stuck.
I was wondering if u did get to do the S. I know its kida trick I need help also.
I am now making these for my kiddos teachers for Christmas. I see everyone asking for the templae but didnt see where you responded to where to find it. I need a M, B, C, J, T, H, L
Can someone tell me where I can find a L and H templete like the one in the pinterest post.
This is so cool! I really want to try to make a few! My girls saw someone make these at the end of the school year and they want to make them for their teacher’s Christmas gift. I’m feeling a little nervous though because I am not a crafty person. Any tips or help that you could give me with the letters B, E, and P would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
Fantastic idea…where do I get the letter templates I need….
Wondering if anyone has done an L and posted a pic of it.I am thinking of making these as end of the year gifts for my kids teachers this year. I would really like an Idea for doing the bottom of the L.
Would anyone be willing to share a pic of the letter L ? I am trying to get some ideas on how to do the bottom portion of the letter L.Thankyou :)
My student teacher found this on Pinterest and made for me. I love it and have received many compliments. Thanks.
Was curious if anyone knew where the templates are for the letters.
Hoping to do the for my boys’ teachers this weekend.
Hi!! This is such a cute project! I was wondering if I could get the template for the letter J? Thank you! :)
I LOVE this! It’s fun and colorful, but still tasteful. I think it would make a fun autumn centerpiece. I just wanted to comment to let you know that it was so great that I added it as one of my 5 favorite crayon craft tutorials with a link back to your site so other people could try it. Great job!
Does anyone know what font this is?
teacher appreciation day is the 27th and I was thinking about what to get my sons teacher, this will be perfect! Shes very craftey herself and I think she will love this :)
Hi
Just writting to see if you can help me out with the monogram letters I need in order to start this crayon project for my kids teachers.
I tried writting before and was unable to reach you. Please let me know if you got this and if you will be able to help.
thank you,
Marina
Trying this for my friends baby shower doing the baby’s whole name going to take a whole lot of time to cut thanks for the idea!! Hope it turns out awesome, only problem so far is I can’t cut the crayons right still practicing before cutting the ones for the name
Yours is the nicest monogram out there in wifi land. I really liked the idea but couldn’t find a good one until I found yours. You have nice clean lines. I also like the little stamped message. That is something my son can do! Nice work.
I love this gift idea and what to do it for my daughter’s teacher as a End of the Year/Going Away gift (we are moving in 2 weeks). I was wondering “What size frame did you use? And which font/size font did you use”?
Love this! I will definitely make 2 of this for my 2 boys with initials M and V or maybe will do it MVP and VIP. Yes, my boys have those initials for their names. :)
What size paper did you use?
Does anyone know how to make the slanted cuts??
so cool. :) I’m gonna make this :D
Has anyone done an A yet