Jenny's Crayon Collection: Large Crayons

World Diabetes Day Crayola Crayons

This is the World Diabetes day box of crayons. These crayons were introduced in 2007 to tie in with the world diabetes day November 14, 2007. This year was the first year the United Nations observed Diabetes Day and adopted a resolution to observe it every year thereafter. The poster for the campaign used the image on the box below for the posters and such. This box contains information on the back describing the symptoms of diabetes in children.

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World Diabetes day was established by International Diabetes Federation and WHO in 1991 with the aim of coordinating diabetes advocacy worldwide. (From the World Diabetes Day Website). This box also promotes the Life For A Child website and says for "every box of crayons distributed, at least one dollar is given to support children with diabetes in developing countries".

The back of the box says the warning signs for diabetes are:

Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Increased hunger
Weight loss
Tiredness
Lack of interest and concentration
Blurred vision
Vomiting and stomach pain (often mistaken as the flu)

The box also says in large lettering on the back that "No child should die of diabetes". What a great box for Crayola to make for this day.

Color Information
Boxes: Crayola world diabetes day, 1 Day of life
What's inside the box: red, orange, yellow, green, sky blue, violet (purple), black, brown
Purchase Information: from fellow collector
Where to buy: eBay

Collecting Information
Other boxes: None known
Year: 2007
Style Numbers: none
Code Numbers: none
UPC Numbers: none

Where to buy: eBay
Manufacturing Location: Mexico

Crayola So Big Crayons

Crayola introduced the So Big Crayola crayon line in 1983. Instead of using standard crayon names they named them with fun names likes birdie Blue, and Candy Apple Red to appeal to small children. They used the strategy of fun names for the Crayola Pip-Squeak markers also. The So Big Crayons were the largest crayons that Crayola had made. It is interesting to note that the 6 count were washable and the 8 count not washable.

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1955 Crayola Vintage Green Jumbo Crayons: What's Inside the Box

The Crayola Gold Medal Drawing No. 33 Crayons are some of Crayola's earliest attempts at Jumbo/Large crayons. These crayon types were designated by the No. 33 in the title. They were packaged in this box until 1987. They came packaged 12 of the same color. It is interesting to note that the crayons say BINNEY & SMITH CO. while the box says BINNEY & SMITH INC. I think these were made in New York before the company moved to Easton. Now a days the jumbo crayons are made in Mexico.

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Crayola Changeable Crayons: What's Inside the Box

Crayola came out with a series of crayons called Changeables which consisted of 6 crayons that could change color with a color change crayon. Crayola later made OverWriters and Color Switcher markers in the 2000's which did a similar thing with markers. The markers used different ph's to change the color. The crayons probably change in similar ways. The patent is not listed on the back. I will have to find it.

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US Box

Canadian Box

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Crayola Glitter Crayons: What's Inside the Box

Crayola started making glitter crayons in 1993 starting with an 8 count box. The glitter crayons have small specs of shiny material in them to help them sparkle when the crayon is used. They had been experimenting for many years coming up with Silver Swirls, their first attempt at glitter crayons in 1990.

Do I like the current glitter crayons? I like them but I love the Silver Swirls and the GemTones even more. There was something magical about the Silver Swirls. Since then Crayola has expanded the idea of glitter to chalk and glitter glue.

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Ultra Clean Washable Crayons: What's Inside the Box

The first type of Washable Crayons from CRAYOLA that I have personally seen is from 1958, there was were a couple boxes before that. I do not know if they used the same formula and ideas for later washable crayon boxes, but it is quite possible. The patent for washable crayons was published in 1999, about the same time as they published the patent for washable markers. According to the patent there are certain additives mixed with the crayons that cause them to fleck less, and they become more washable. Numerous products have been made with these "washable" crayons, but mostly geared at the very young artists. In 2011 Crayola added washiblity to their mainstream 24 count box and then added it to many other lines in 2013. They added Ultra-Clean and ColorMAX (both trademark) to the name, and supposedly these crayons are even brighter than normal crayons.

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