Crayon Carving of an Instructables Robot

Intro: Crayon Carving of an Instructables Robot

I always wanted to do a miniature carving from a crayon. I figured now is the time. The trick to this was moving slowly and carving just a little at a time with a small exacto knife

STEP 1: Cutting the Crayon

The trick is moving slowly and only cutting a little at a time. Also... don’t cut hard into the body of the crayon or it will break. It is easy to shave the edges just a little at a time

STEP 2: Adding Arms

The arms were a bit wider then the crayon body, so I melted a crayon with a candle and stuck a couple chunks to the sides to add material. One drip goes a long way at this scale.

STEP 3: Paint and Antennae

I carved the painted features with the exacto knife but painting them with a fine liner brush helped.

I also added antennae with a very fine wire. I held it with jewelry pliers in a candle flame then sunk the wire into the side of the head. I then snipped them to length.

Comments

[Meglymoo87]

Great job!

[AnandM54]

Brilliant idea, WOW!!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Impressive carving :)

[jessyratfink]

So cute ^_^