Back during the summer (I know, I know, I'm just a smidgen behind in my posts) I saw that the retailers had swung into full gear for back to school and with sales abound the supplies flowed through the aisles. Having heard from a few different people who thanks to having little ones, being teachers or are just artistic that Crayola has a crayon that I would be interested in.
Crayola started by two cousins, Edwin Binney and C. Harris Smith of New York in 1885. Originally known as Binney & Smith, the company produced pigments and colorants for industrial use. Their products made tires black (and last longer) and gave paint it's color and they invented dustless chalk just after the turn of the century. Separate from the success of B&S, Edwin Binney and his wife Alice Stead Binney, developed a wax crayon product line that she named Crayola. The name came from a mashup of 'craie', French for chalk and 'ola' for oily/oleaginous. Within two years there were 5 crayon sizes and 18 different packaging and crayon counts by 1905. Numerous sets were aimed at both artists and children and over the course of the next thirty years acquisitions allowed for a vastly expanded selection of crayons. In 1958, the classic 64 crayon box with sharpener was introduced (and is still available today). Over the years, the crayon selections have expanded and changed, growing to practically any color one can think of.
I wasn't sure what I was going to do to properly show off the macaroni and cheese crayon, since attempting to draw on my own is just a internet meme waiting to happen. I do however have a cute mini coloring/activity book that a close friend created to promote his web series and numerous ebooks (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 and Book 4 available on the iTunes book store for the iPad) The Boy With The Dreaming Key. It's the perfect thing to color!
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Crayola's Macaroni and Cheese Crayon
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