Jenny's Crayon Collection: 6 Count

4 Count Crayola Crayons

In the 1990-2000's Crayola let companies make custom 4 count and 6 count promotional boxes for their brands. There are many more than shown here, but here are some fun themed Crayola 4 count crayon boxes from Oscar Meyer, Mother's Banana Boat, Energizer, Chili's crayons, Joe Corbi's and Smuckers. Some of them are regular crayons some are special Crayola crayons, metallic and Techno Brite. The Chili's crayons are custom named.

Collecting Information

These are collectible crayons because they were made for a certain company and no longer around. Some of them are very hard to find. I will update as soon as I find them.
Boxes: Banana Boat (1998), Talent Search Techno Brite (1998), Smuckers Toppings Techno Brite (1999), Energizer Metallic Crayons (2000), Mother's Washable Crayons (2000), Joe Corbi's (2003), Macaroni Grill Crayons (2003)
Other boxes:
Year: 1998, 2000, 2003
What's inside the box:

Banana Boat: hot magenta, laser lemon, violet, cerulean
Talent Search Techno Brite: megahertz maroon, cyber space orange, floppy yellow, circuit board green
Smuckers Toppings Techno Brite: megahertz marron, infra red, transistor yellow, world wide web yellow, point & click green, web surfin' blue
Energizer Metallic Crayons
Mother's Washable Crayons: red, yellow, green, blue
Joe Corbi's: red, yellow, green, blue
Chili: Chock-a-lot Shake, Pepper Pal's Red, Lemonade, Blueberry missing Banana Berry, Dreamy Creamy Orange, Sour Apple, Chili's

Purchase Information: from fellow collectors
Where to buy: eBay
Style Numbers: 52-0004 (Banana Boat), (Talent Search Techno Brite), 52-0006 (Smuckers Toppings Techno Brite), 52-8804 (Energizer Metallic Crayons), 52-7604 (Mother's Washable Crayons), 52-031 (Joe Corbi's), unknown (Chili's Crayons)

Code Numbers: 52-0004-0-202 (Banana Boat), (Talent Search Techno Brite), 52-0006-0-211 (Smuckers Toppings Techno Brite), 52-8804-0-200 (Energizer Metallic Crayons), 52-7604-0-200 (Mother's Washable Crayons), 52-0314-0-200 (Joe Corbi's), (Chili's Crayons)

UPC Numbers: 071662876043 (Mother's Washable Crayons), unknown (Chili's Crayons), None on the rest; Banana Boat, Talent Search Techno Brite, Smuckers Toppings Techno Brite, Energizer Metallic Crayons, Mother's Washable Crayons, Joe Corbi's

Manufacturing Location: USA

Crayola Signature Liquid Metal Craft Markers

Crayola Signature is one of my favorite lines from Crayola. This box of Liquid Metal Craft Markers is no exception. I love all the shimmery colors, copper, rose gold, bronze, gold, titanium, and silver. They are very similar to the glitter markers from Crayola, but in metallic colors. These markers can be used on fabric, wood, canvas and Terra Cotta. I have also posted about other Signature products from 2017 here and new products available in 2019 here along with items I have colored and painted with them.

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Aren't these markers super pretty? Here are the color names.

Color Information

Boxes: 6 Crayola Signature Liquid Metal Craft Markers
What's inside the box:

copper, rose gold, bronze, gold, titanium, silver

Purchase Information: Crayola website.
Where to buy: Amazon

Collecting Information

Other Boxes: There are other Take Note! Supplies

Year: 2020

Style Numbers: 58-6702

Code Numbers: 58-6702-0-200

UPC Numbers: 071662267025

Manufacturing Location: China
Where to buy: Amazon

The markers sit in a nice tray for storage.

2020 Crayola Take Note!

The Take Note! line is perhaps my favorite from Crayola. Why? Because it is the one I use the most. Take Note! has been around since 2018. That year they introduced gel pens and erasable highlighters. The next year in 2019 Crayola introduced Felt-Tip Pens, Highlighter Pens, Dry-Erase markers and Permanent Markers. My favorite was the Highlighter pens. I use these in my planner and to plan lessons, highlighting with one end and writing with the other. Sometimes in my planner I will write and highlight times and appointments. This year in 2020 Crayola has expanded even more introducing; Color Changing Pens, Erasable Highlighters Pastel Party, Fine Line Dry-Erase Markers and Glitter Highlighters. The color changing pens are dual ended.

I am so excited for the expansion of this line! I think I'm most excited for the Glitter Highlighters. The only thing I would change about this line is to have normal color names, not fun ones like Love You so Matcha and Little Black Dress.

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Color Information

Boxes: 4 Color Changing Pens, 6 Erasable Highlighters Pastel Party, 4 Fine Line Dry-Erase Markers and 4 Glitter Highlighters.
What's inside the box:

Color Changing Pens: Regal + Always Shining, Blue My Mind + Mint to Be, Squad + Goals, Than's My Jam + Vacay Vibes

Erasable Highlighters Pastel Party: Live in the Meow, Stone Washed, Catchin' Rays, Just Peachy, Wednesdays

Fine Line Dry-Erase Markers: My Valentine. Love You So Matcha, Twilight Sky, Little Black Dress

Glitter Highlighters: Unicorn Tears, Sunday Funday, Reach for the Stars, Violet it Shine

Purchase Information: Crayola website.
Where to buy: crayola.com

6 Erasable Highlighters Pastel Party

4 Color Changing Pens

4 Glitter Highlighters.

4 Fine Line Dry-Erase Markers

Collecting Information

Other Boxes: There are other Take Note! Supplies

Year: 2020

Style Numbers: 58-6636 (Glitter Highlighters), 58-6635 (Pens), 58-6556 (Erasable Highlighters), 58-6541 (Dry-Erase)

Code Numbers: 58-6636-0-300 (Glitter Highlighters), 58-6635-0-300 (Pens) 58-6556-0-300 (Erasable Highlighters), 58-6541-0-300 (Dry-Erase)

UPC Numbers: 071662066369 (Glitter Highlighters), 071662066352 (Pens), 071662065560 (Erasable Highlighters), 071662065416 (Dry-Erase)

Manufacturing Location: China
Where to buy: crayola.com

2019 Crayola Take Note! Review, Felt-Tip Pens, Permanent Markers, Erasable Highlighers, Gel Pens and Dry Erase Markers

What Is New For Crayola Take Note! This Year?

Crayola is expanding their Take Note! line this year. In 2019 they have introduced new Dry-Erase Markers (that actually erase), Felt-Tip Pens, and best of all Permanent Markers. My son would agree with me there. When I told him what they were as I was unboxing them he got a huge smile on his face. For some reason he does not like drawing with washable markers. But he loves his Sharpies and permanent markers.

I was so excited to receive these products from Crayola this year in exchange for a review. I have always loved using Crayola products for writing and now I will not be limited to only thin tip markers.

I think these supplies will be a big hit with teachers. They love these kind of supplies especially the Dry-Erase markers and Felt-Tip Pens. The biggest complaint with the Crayola Dry-Erase markers in the past were they did not erase very well. Crayola changed the formula and these Dry-Erase markers erase super easy, finger easy. They also added a ink level indicator.

The Felt-Tip pens come in a 6 pack, the Permanent Markers come in a 8, 12 and 24 pack, the Erasable Highlighters come in a 6 pack, the Gel Pens come in a 6 and 14 pack, the Dry-Erase markers come in a 4 and 12 pack, and the Highlighter Pens come in a 6 pack.

What Did I think?

My favorite thing is the colors are all super vibrant. Does Crayola make anything not vibrant? My favorite supply is probably the felt tip markers. I love how thin the tip is and how easily it marks the paper. I like the gel pens too and have been using them since last year. I even ran my black pen dry. I keep them in a special place in a wide mouth jar in my closet because I use them every day.

I also think the different numbered packs are a great idea. For teachers or others that do not need a lot of different colors it is a great way to save some money. And for those that like lots of colors (me) there are larger packs.

Here is what I made colored with all these supplies.

I used the Dry-Erase markers to make this sign for my website. I like the vibrant colors. I noticed that some colors were more easy to lay down than others. The red, yellow, green and blue came out very easily and very saturated. The other colors did not as much. Maybe I need to use them more or shake them?

My kids decorated some dry-erase boards too. These markers would be ideal for beginning readers/learners to help with handwriting practice. They would also be great in a classroom setting.

I made this planner page with the highlighter pens, felt tip markers, and erasable highlighters. I wondered if the colors would look good together and they did. The felt tip markers produced a super thin line.

The last thing we colored were pages from Crayola Escapes. I loved coloring with my daughter and my son. The ink dried super fast and was a different color then when it was laid down. I was happy no ink got on my hand and smeared the rest of the coloring page.

I also made a video earlier this year comparing Crayola Permanent Markers to Sharpies. Guess who was the winner? Crayola by a thin margin. Watch the video to find out why.

What Would I Change?
I would increase the color selection for the felt tip markers. I think teachers will really like these pens. They rave about flair pens. But flair pens come in more colors. I think if these came in more colors they would fly off the shelves even faster. I was also super disappointed the color names were not on the marker. That is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I would love to see an orange dry-erase marker. I looked for one when I opened the package, but there was not one. There are 12 markers and 4 are duplicates. I would love to have an orange and a gray and two other unique colors in this package. I would also love to see a thin tip Dry-Erase marker.

I may have mentioned this in another post, but I wish this line had standard color names. I happen to like the standard color names because it tells me what to expect from the color. The color names are fun, but not needed because this product appeals to an older audience that do not needed the added "fun" factor.

All in all I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the expansion of the Take Note! line. I hope they expand it even more and I will be using them every day.

Box and Color Information
Here is the information for 12 Dry Erase Markers, 24 Permanent Markers, and 6 Felt Tip Markers. Click on the links below for the other supplies.

12 Permanent Markers, 4 Dry-Erase, 6 Highligher Pens
6 and 14 Gel Pens, 6 Erasable Highlighters

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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Crayola Take Note! Review and Giveaway

I was really excited when Crayola told me they had a new line of supplies, Take Note! for the school year. They sent me some Take Note! gel pens and erasable highlighters in exchange for an honest review. What is so cool about this new line? Well let me tell you...a lot. Read all about them in this post. I know I say that about all Crayola products, but I really mean it. I would not say I loved it if I did not. The great thing about this post is you have a chance to win these too!

What's In the Box
There are 3 different products in the Take Note! series. There are 6 and 14 packs of Crayola Take Note! Gel Pens and 6 Crayola Take Note! Erasable Highlighters. Crayola labeled the colors on the back of the box, which is amazing, because it bothers me when art supplies are not named. The colors are creatively named as opposed to most crayon colors that are traditionally named (ie red and blue). My favorite Gel Pen colors are Denim Jacket and Little Black Dress, because black pens and the denim color.

Colors:
14 Gel Pens: Up Beet, Berry Pretty, My Valentine, Orange You Lovely, Summer Sunset, Par-Tea, Emerald City, Jade Necklace, Surf's Up, Denim Jacket, Twilight Sky, Lilac Bouquet, Namaste, Little Black Dress
6 Gel Pens: Little Black Dress, Lilac Bouquet, Surf's Up, Jade Necklace, My Valentine, Berry Pretty
6 Highlighters: Mystic Amethyst, Royal Majesty, Mermaid Wave, Glow Party, Coral Reef, Electir Blush
Purchase Information: Received from Crayola for review
Where to buy: any place that sells Crayola

What Did I think?

I would definitely buy both of these products.

The gel pens are more pen like then the Gel Pens in the Signature Series. They work better too. These pens have minimal bleed through and are great for bullet journaling, writing lists etc. I use mine for my planner. The colors are very vibrant. The pens came with a silicone ball attached to the tip to keep the pen from drying out. All the pens were super fresh except one for me. I would definitely recommend them and will buy more when they run out. One time I bought some gel pens in New York City and used them a lot. I took them EVERYWHERE. I was visiting family when I lost them and could never find them in the store again. These pens are just like those missing pens. I will definitely keep them close so I do not lose them again.

The coolest thing about the highlighters is the magical eraser. To the average Crayola user this may seem like new technology, but it has been around for years. I love that Crayola is packaging and marketing them in a different way. My kids were amazed when I was making the picture above, and made pictures of their own. How did Crayola make an erasable highlighter? It's a chemical reaction on the paper. The eraser dye reacts with the color dye to "erase" the old color. I found that the any eraser would work on any other color except the yellow one. It had to use its own eraser. These highlighters can be useful and fun for kids and adults alike. The only thing is once something is "erased" it can not be colored over again, unless the yellow is used. But then if the yellow is erased nothing will color over it.

I would definitely recommend both of these products and can not wait to use them for years to come. The only thing I would change is the packaging. I would package them in a box instead of plastic. It is hard to collect items in plastic because once they are open the packaging is destroyed.

Giveaway
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Collecting Information

Boxes: Crayola Take Note 6 and 14 Gel Pens, Crayola Take Note 6 Erasable Highlighters

Other boxes: This is the first boxes for the series

Year: 2018

Style Numbers: 58-6504 (Highlighters), 58-6414 (14 Gel Pens), 58-6505 (6 Gel Pens)

Code Numbers: 58-5804-0-300 (Highlighters), 58-6505-0-300 (6 Gel Pens), 58-6414-0-300 (14 Gel Pens)

UPC Numbers: 071662065041 (Highlighters), 071662264147 (14 Gel Pens), 07166206505 (6 Gel Pens),

Manufacturing Location: China

Crayola Special Washable Markers and Crayons

In 1999 Crayola came out special washable spring colors markers. The next year they came out with some special crayons. Both collections contained markers and crayons from different sets. The markers contained mini stamper markers and some tropical markers. The crayons contained construction paper crayons, StarBrite crayons, Color Slicks crayons and some traditional colors of crayons.

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Review: Crayola Funny Faces: Crazy Costumes and Zany Zoo Review

Are any of your kids obsessed with any face apps? My daughter loves calling people on facebook messenger and making videos and photos on snap chat for that very reason. She especially loves all the crazy filters. Crayola is not getting left behind on this trend and made a Funny Faces app and corresponding coloring book. My daughter and I were so excited when Crayola sent us these coloring books in exchange for an honest review.

What Comes In the Box?
The Crayola Funny Faces line includes Zany Zoo and Crazy Costumes. Each set comes with a coloring book and 6 crayons each. The Zany Zoo comes with sepia, burnt sienna, turquoise blue, green, goldenrod, plum, and wild strawberry. Crazy Costumes comes with gray, black, cerulean, forest green, yellow, tan, scarlet. The color books are spiral bound with the pages separated into 3 sections. The pages can be colored with any combination.

Crazy Costumes

Zany Zoo

How Does It Work?
The color sections in the coloring book are colored first. My daughter used her 24 colored pencils to color the faces. After all the faces are colored the Funny Faces Crayola app needs to be opened.

In the app the coloring page is scanned and all three sections are added to the "reel" of face combos. See the picture below. The faces combo sections can be combined with any combo regardless of what book it came from.

After that the face combos can be used on a person. Filters can be applied to a photo. Once the photo is taken emoji stickers or comments can also be added to the picture.

Here are some of the pictures I took of the pages.

What Did I think?
I thought this app and coloring book was a lot of fun and so did my daughter. She loved coloring them all and playing with the app. She wants to color all the pages in the book so she can use all the combos.

Some of the pages did not scan, the robot did not. I wonder if it is because a darker color was used on the edge. I have had problems with Color Alive (a previous interactive app) scanning when dark colors are used. I also could not figure out how to use the video feature on the app. We pressed the button, but the timer never when off to record. Also I do not know if the outer box was needed or the extra crayons. I think it could be sold just as a coloring book.

All in all I think the issues we had were minor and were were able to see most of the function of the app and have fun playing around with it. I would definitely recommend this to parents, especially those with school aged daughters who love faces and filters.

Collecting Information
Boxes: Crayola Funny Faces: Crazy Costumes and Zany Zoo
Year: 2017
What's Inside the Box: Coloring Book and 6 crayons, Zany Zoo: sepia, burnt sienna, turquoise blue, green, goldenrod, plum, and wild strawberry, Crazy Costumes: gray, black, cerulean, forest green, yellow, tan, scarlet
Purchase Information: Received from Crayola
Where to buy: Crayola.com
Style Numbers: 95-2093 (Crazy Costumes), 95-0292 (Zany Zoo)
Code Numbers: 95-2093-0-200 (Crazy Costumes), 95-0292-0-200 (Zany Zoo)
UPC Numbers: 071662202934 (Crazy Costumes), 071662302924 (Zany Zoo)
Manufacturing Location: Product of China with Coloring Pad from Vietnam