Jenny's Crayon Collection: Target

72 Mondo Llama Colored Pencils

In 2021 Target came out with it's own brand of art supplies, Mondo Llama. The price point is a little higher than Crayola products. I was excited for it, but after buying a set of colored pencils I am not excited anymore. The pencils have no color names! Well some of them do, but not all. What? And that is a big draw back in my opinion. Color names are essential especially if the supplies are not cheap. The 72 colored pencil Mondo Llama set was 25 dollars.

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Another drawback is the colored pencils do not have an AP symbol on the back of the box. That symbol means the supplies have been tested by experts and are not toxic to kids. That is super important in my book to have.

Here are some of the other art supplies they sell. I think it is interesting how they have integrated their Mondo Llama supplies in with the Crayola section. Mondo Llama sells everything from markers, colored pencils, waterbrush markers, canvas, wood art projects, paint, stickers, craft items etc. It will be interesting to see if this line last and how long. I could see getting the more craft side of the supplies, but I probably will not get the actual art supplies.

Back to the art supplies here is the swatch chart of the 72 colored pencils. There were no color names except for some colors, so I used the letter number naming system. The pencils could be labeled with the new name to be able to find it again easily.

Color Information

What's inside the box:

Most of the colors are not named, the earth tones however were.

R (Red colors): 2
RV (Red Violet Colors): 7
RO (Red Orange Colors): 1
O (Orange Colors): 4
YO (Yellow Orange Colors): 1
Y (Yellow Colors): 2
YG (Yellow Green Colors): 4
G (Green Colors): 6
BG (Blue Green Colors): 2
B (Blue Colors): 6
BV (Blue Violet Colors): 2
E (Earth Tones): 3
V (Violet Colors): 2
Metallic Colors: 12
basswood, sorrel, teach, peach, agate, acacia, bronzite, umber, terra cotta, wren, birch, capiz, black

Where to buy: Target

Collecting Information
Boxes: 72 Mondo Llama Colored Pencils
Year: 2021
Purchase Information: Target
Where to buy: Target
Part Number: 081 22 1620 R00, IDC-001462-01-024-0075
UPC: 191908481647
Manufacturing Location: Taiwan

Here are pictures of the tin they come in. Note the absence of an AP Symbol on the back.

More Than Magic 8 Scented rainbow gel pens

More than Magic is a Target brand that launched in 2019 at Target Stores. It features everything a tween girl could want. These 8 scented rainbow gel pens were sent to me by Target in exchange for a review. Each gel pen features a different design.

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Color Information

Boxes: More Than Magic 8 Scented rainbow gel pens
What's inside the box: turquoise, green, light green, yellow, orange, pink, salmon, magenta
Purchase Information: gift from Target
Where to buy: Target

Collecting Information

Boxes: More Than Magic 8 Scented rainbow gel pens
Other boxes: There are other sizes and styles

Year: 2019

DPCI:

IDC: 000964-01-053-0519

UPC Numbers: 490811006528

Manufacturing Location: China

Where to buy: Target

Here is the back of the box

Up and Up School Supplies from Target

Up & Up are school supplies that are made by Target. I have the washable markers, #2 pencils and watercolors. There are more supplies such as crayons, glue, pencil sharpeners, index cards, colored pencils, pocket portfolios, construction paper, scissors, erasers, dry erase markers, compass/protractor, spiral notebooks, sticky notes, highlighters, mechanical pencils, binders, composition notebook, pocket folder, school caddies, paper trays, paint and marker pads, drawing paper, printer paper, drawing book, paper clips, legal pads, glue sticks, and zipper binders. They make a lot of stuff. Target often does this with many items. They have store brands. It is usually cheaper than the other brands. The quality is pretty good. I have bought up & up for my kids school supplies before. I also have a box of crayons, but I do not have a picture yet. I will post those when I get those taken.

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Here is the color information for the markers. The watercolors are not named.

Color Information

Boxes: 10 Up & Up Washable Markers, Classic Colors
What's inside the box: pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, black, gray, brown

Purchase Information: Received from Target
Where to buy: Target.com

Collecting Information

These supplies from Up & Up would be great supplies to collect. They will probably change over the years and may entirely disappear. It is interesting they put on the back of the box of markers and watercolors they are not manufactured or distributed by Crayola.

Supplies: 10 Up & Up Washable Markers, Classic Colors, 8 Up & Up Watercolors, 8 No. 2 Up & Up Pencils

Other Boxes: See opening paragraph

Year: 2017 (pencils), 2019 (markers and watercolors)

DPCI (Target's locating code): 081020541R00 (pencils), 081043074R00 (markers), 081043071R00 (watercolors)

UPC Numbers: 07258710085 (pencils), 842463139411 (markers), 8122960022259 (watercolors)

Manufacturing Location: China (markers, watercolors), Indonesia (pencils)
Where to buy: Target.com

2011 Target Pick Your Pack Boxes: What's Inside the Box

Crayola and Target collaborated together in 2011 to create the Pick Your Pack themed boxes first in 2011. The boxes contain a theme with coordinating colors for each box. There are some really good ideas for color combinations in these boxes. There were three launches that year.

The 2011 boxes were released at different times.

The original set included; Monster Party!, Princess party, Rock Star Party, Sweet! Party, P-ARRR-TY!, and All-Star Party. I am missing Monster Party!, Princess party, Rock Star Party and Sweet! Party and hope someday to find them.
The next launch included; Cupcake My Day, Dinosaur Roar, Jellybean Jumble, Jungle Rumble, Mermaid Shimmer, Neon Dreams, Summertime and Winter Chillin'. I am also missing Summertime from that release.
The next launch included; Awesome Autumn, Born to Rock, Dandy Candy, Deep Blue Sea, Dinosaur Roar, Glitterati, Gum Ball Blast, Jungle Rumble, Jellybean Jumble, Mermaid Shimmer, Metallic Magic, Monster Mania, Over the Rainbow, Pink Princess, Pirate's Treasure, Rocker Girl, Spring Fling, Sports Fan, Sweet Shop, and Sundae Sprinkles.

As you can see this is these are the most difficult to find boxes. The first launch is the most collectible and sells for really high prices on ebay. I hope one day to have them all.

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2013 Target Pick Your Pack Boxes: What's Inside the Box

Crayola and Target collaborated together in 2011 to create the Pick Your Pack themed boxes first in 2011. 2013 marks the first year that they changed the bottom left corner of the box from "Only at Target" to "Pick Your Pack". I thought at first it was to be able to sell them at other locations, but they continued to sold exclusively at Target. The boxes contain a theme with coordinating colors for each box. There are some really good ideas for color combinations in these boxes.

Crayola re-released 11 of the boxes (Back to Basics, Bejewled, Born to Rock, Cupcake My Day, Dinosaur Roar, Fashionista, Glitterati, Mermaid Shimmer, Neon Dreams, Pink Princess, and Pirate's Treasure) with the only change being the bottom left corner to Pick Your Pack. The rest are new boxes.

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2014 Target Pick Your Pack Boxes: What's Inside the Box

Crayola and Target began their collaboration for themed boxes in 2011. Every year between 2011 and 2014 a new themed box set would come out. 2014 is the first year that Crayola came out with a 16 count themed box set. I happen to like these a little more because there are more colors to chose from. This would be the last year for a few years Crayola would come out with a new themed set. The next set came out in 2017.

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