Melted Crayon Pumpkins

Today, we are sharing a fun and creative way for kids to decorate pumpkins without carving.  If your kids love things that glow-in-the-dark they will LOVE this neon pumpkin craft!  Read on to see how we melted crayons to make glowing rainbow pumpkins. 

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Rosie and Jewel had "a blast" using a blow-dryer to create these super cool pumpkins.  The process was truly mesmerizing, and the final results were stunning! Are you ready to make melted crayon pumpkins?

HOW TO DECORATE PUMPKINS USING MELTED CRAYONS

Materials

• Pumpkins
• Neon crayons
• A hair-dryer
• A hot-glue gun
• A blacklight (optional)

Method 

• Begin by having kids peel the wrappers off of a handful of neon crayons.

• Break the crayons into pieces, and then hot-glue the pieces of crayon along the top surface of a pumpkin.  Adults may need to help with this part.

Then, the real fun can begin! 

MAKING MELTED CRAYON PUMPKINS

• Have kids use the hair-dryer to melt the crayons down onto the pumpkins.

• Kids can hold the hair-dryer in different ways to create varying patterns & effects.

• Rosie and Jewel had so much fun and wanted to decorate pumpkin after pumpkin!  Each one turned out uniquely beautiful, too!

Display your pumpkins in a black-lit window, or place them on your porch with a blacklight blub in place of your regular porch light.  Rosie & Jewel also loved making their pumpkins glow using their blacklight flashlights.

MORE GLOWING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

• Glowing Spaghetti
  
• Glowing Ice Paint
  
• Pumpkin Lanterns
  
• Glowing Bath Play Ideas
  
• Neon Pumpkin Seeds
  
• Glowing Party for Kids
  
• Glowing Ice Experiment
  
• Glowing Volcano
  
• Glowing Glue Recipe
  
• Glowing Water Experiments
  
• Fireworks in-a-Jar
  
• Neon Egg Dyeing
  
• Glowing Snow Paint
  
• Neon Noodle Necklaces
  
• Bath Paint Recipe
  
• Glow-in-the-Dark Chalk
  
• Glow-in-the-Dark Bowling
  
• Space Bath for Kids
  
• Growing Crystals Science
  
• Glow-in-the-Dark Sand
  
• Glow Slime
  
• Neon Glitter Recipe
  
• Glowing Water Beads
  
• Glowing Bubbles
  
• Neon Squirty Chalk
  
• Ghost Rice
  
• Homemade Bouncy Balls
  
• Neon Egg Dyeing

Looking for more pumpkin decorating ideas? Check out this collection of no-carve pumpkins for kids.

A Few Tips:

• You can use real pumpkins or craft pumpkins for this activity.  White craft pumpkins work great and can be purchased on Amazon here.
• For the best effect you will want to use a blacklight. You can use a blacklight fixture or these super cool flashlights!  Rosie and Jewel love using the flashlights.

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