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THE GRAND CRAYONYON

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Originally all that was available in the world of crayons was a thin mustard-colored paper packet with drab green lettering which contained eight crayons – one each of black, blue, brown, green, red, violet, orange and yellow … fine, reliable, steadfast colors indeed … the proud forefathers of what was to come …. and even though other brands of crayons could be found in every toy or arts and crafts store around the world – various sized boxes containing a multitude of colors – none could compare to the “King of Crayons” … CRAYOLA!

As time went on, more colors were created and updated boxes were designed until finally in 1958 the crown jewel of crayons made its debut; nothing compared to the new bright yellow and green box with red letters emblazoned across the front shouting out “64 DIFFERENT BRILLIANT COLORS WITH BUILT-IN SHARPENER!” – alerting us that this was indeed “The Grand Crayonon”!  with one peek inside the magic box revealing to curious and imaginative kids everywhere a rainbow battalion of wax soldiers standing at attention in their cardboard armories …  a plethora of pigmentation, a confluence of chromaticity … a legion of luminosity .. gem-like colors galore! 

No longer were kids confined to a measly eight colors for now, instead of one red there were four, five hues of orange, eight varieties of yellow, six choices of green, a profusion of eleven blues, five purple shades, an assortment of eight pinks, an incredible selection of ten browns, two grays and one each of silver, gold, copper, black and white while one of the blues was called cerulean, which everyone thought sounded more like a gas than a color! 

The artistic possibilities were endless: the sky was no longer just blue but sky blue and midnight blue … trees weren’t plain old green – they were forest and pine green … flowers were carnation pink, brilliant rose and periwinkle while lemons and olives were, believe it or not, lemon yellow and olive green!  

And just when you thought the pinnacle had been reached, along comes the totally unexpected … washable crayons, erasable ones, scented, fluorescent and even glitter crayons; now oranges, grapes and cherries smelled like fruit, tulips and violets smelled like flowers and reflected stars sparkled and shimmered in the Pacific Blue. 

It’s no wonder why something as ineffably magical as playful, colorful crayons should have their own theme park … The Crayola Experience … a fabulous place where kids and adults can participate in “The Power of Creativity” and say “Thank you, Crayola, for coloring our world!”

NAR © 2023

Written in response to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt. The rules: six sentences – no more, no less. Punctuation be damned! The magic word this week is BOX 📦 🖍️

34 thoughts on “THE GRAND CRAYONYON”

  5. Wax crayons of that quality shouldn’t be a part of my childhood where I grew up… but courtesy of my aunt in LA, they were!
    No sharpener, though 😊

    ” a rainbow battalion of wax soldiers standing at attention in their cardboard armories …  a plethora of pigmentation, a confluence of chromaticity … a legion of luminosity .. gem-like colors galore! “…👏… the inked confluence of endless hours of magical journeys.

    Thank you, ScottNancy, for beaming back to those days! ✨🌹

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  6. I always envied those kids that got the Big Box, with the sharpener! And mourned with them when a crayon broke!
    What a wonderful response to simple prompt “Box”!

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    1. Thanks, Liz! Few things compare to a brand new box of crayons! What fun we had and are having again with our granddaughter. I think my husband enjoys coloring even more than she does! Being colorblind, he’s always checking the colors with her and she’s more than happy to oblige. At the moment her favorite color is Purple Pizzazz! Great fun!

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  7. Back in the day, I knew every name of the colors. I always immediately dumped out the little boxes inside the big box so I could arrange the crayons the way I wanted (usually by rainbow order, but if I was feeling adventurous, by order of most favorite to least). Great blast from the past, Nancy. And I loved the alliteration.

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    1. Absolutely! The best things to play with! No batteries, nothing to plug in, no assembly required … just our imaginations and hours of fun. We color every day with Colette. We have the best talks while coloring and it’s a great stress reliever! 😊

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