How to Make a Crayon Tower

Use crayons to construct a whimsical tower.

Kids often enjoy coloring with wax crayons onto paper, but you can also use wax crayons as a building material to construct a whimsical crayon tower. Make a colorful crayon tower using materials that can be purchased from any arts and crafts supply store. Once finished, a crayon tower can be used as a creative display in a classroom or in a toy shop to entice people to buy a pack of wax crayons.

Things You'll Need

• Cardboard
• Scissors
• Acrylic paint
• Paintbrush
• Tacky glue

Instructions

1. Cut a piece of cardboard to measure 12 inches wide and 12 inches long using scissors.

2. Paint one side of the cardboard square using acrylic paint, then let the paint dry for 20 minutes. Select any vibrant shade of paint you prefer.

3. Place the cardboard square onto a table top, and squeeze a 4-inch square of tacky glue in the center of the cardboard.

4. Lay a wax crayon along each side of the tacky glue square. Allow the glue to dry for 20 minutes.

5. Squeeze a short line of tacky glue across all four corners of the wax crayon square. Lay a crayon diagonally across each corner, which will create a second crayon square caddy-corner to the first. Allow the tacky glue to dry for 20 minutes.

6. Squeeze another short line of tacky glue across all four corners of the second crayon square. Lay a crayon diagonally across each corner, as before, to create a third crayon square caddy-corner to the second. Allow the tacky glue to dry for 20 minutes.

7. Repeat this process until the crayon tower is as tall as you prefer.

Tips & Warnings

• Add crayons onto the tower in a chromatic sequence to create a rainbow tower of crayons.