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Article: Crayons color school landscape for decades.
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- The Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2006
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Byline: Mary Jean Porter
Aug. 22--They're a back-to-school staple, a symbol of childhood creativity, a friend to pint-sized Picassos.
Crayons.
They've been around forever - remember "raw umber" and "sky blue"? - but you might not recognize them today. Crayola now makes crayons with built-in erasers and twistable points; no more peeling off the paper or breaking crayons in sharpeners designed for pencils. Slick Stix are bigger crayons which promise bright, smooth color like "Mom's lipstick." Crayons designed to use on construction paper - "They bounce right off the paper" - draw raves from local art teachers.
Binney & Smith, makers of ...