Crayola Crayons - How are they made?

We found out!! This week, we visited the Crayola Factory in Easton, PA. We had a wonderful time at the Crayola Factory Discovery Center.

At the Crayola Factory, we learned how crayons and markers are made. Each child got to put on the label on their own crayon, just like families did for Crayola years ago (by hand). Madison got to write on the glass walls, paint, color, make clay models, chalk on the large sidewalk, color her own T-shirt, and paint with wax. She loved it all.




There was an area for smaller children, where Logan played with balls, played in the garden, crawled in the tunnel, watched the balls go up the screw lift, cross the ceiling on the tracks and then come back down the maze on the wall. He loved it all.


We also visited the largest Crayola Store. Just image, any type of crayola stuff all in one place. Madison and Kim both loved it. Crayola used the same wooden boxes in their factory from 1903 - 1996 to move and store crayons in. I guess they finally moderized the process. Kim couldn't pass up buying an Original Crayola Stock Box. I am not exactly sure what we are going to do with it, but I am sure we will find a use for it somewhere.

The largest Crayola Crayon is 15 feet long.