Jenny's Crayon Collection: Special Effects

Crayola changed the Confetti Crayons

Crayola has done it again and surprised me! When the first confetti crayons came out I was super surprised because they were releasing specialty crayons from 1990's and 2000's that had not been around in a long time.

I noticed this 24 box of confetti crayons on the right at Walmart and saw the box design was significantly different than the old box design. The old box design match all the other new crayons that came out in 2020. But the confetti crayons are not shiny and I think this box reflects the crayons better.

Not only was the box design different, but the colors were different too. Most of the colors are a little more saturated with some colors like Party Fish and Sunset Luau being completely different. Here is the comparison.

The Crayola Confetti crayons contain three different colors in the crayon. It is a patented technology.

Here is the 2020 version of the Crayola Confetti crayons.

Here is the 2023 version of the confetti crayons.

Crayola 24 Cosmic Crayons

Crayola has been throwing new crayons out like crazy. Just in the past couple years 6 new specialty boxes have come out; Confetti, Glitter, Pearl, Neon, Metallic and now Cosmic crayons in 2021. Right now the only way to buy these is in store at Walmart. I was not able to find them in my local Walmart and luckily a follower sent them to me. I am so grateful! Here is the swatches for the colors.

This blog post contains affiliate links.

The colors in this box are space themed. The crayons are INCREDIBLY hard to read. I have no idea why Crayola put silver writing and not black writing on this wrapper. I can not read it at all. They are a combination of pearl and metallic crayons.

Color Information

Boxes: Crayola 24 Cosmic Crayons
What's inside the box:

supernova, twilight twinkle, asteroid belt, white dwarf, purple pulsar, uranium winter, spaced-out blue, little dipper, halley's comet, martian sandstorm, alien green, pink nebula, aurora borealis, interstellar dust, jupiter's red spot, venus rising, big dipper, starburst, black hole, wormhole, orion's belt, starlight, solar flare, milky way

Purchase Information: Walmart
Where to buy: Walmart

Collecting Information

Crayola has released a box named Cosmic Colors crayons before. I have the box. It contained 16 neon and 16 gemtone crayons. I have the box, but have not put it on the website yet. The color palettes are not the same at all.

Boxes: Crayola 24 Cosmic Crayons

Year: 2021

Style Numbers: 58-3447

Code Numbers: 58-3447-0-200

UPC Numbers: 071662034474

Manufacturing Location: U.S.A.
Where to buy: Walmart

Crayola Promotional 4 Count Boxes: What's Inside the Box

Crayola makes promotional boxes for different reasons. Sometimes they are for promoting a contest or event like Dandelion's retirement, samples of new crayons, a themed set like this one from 2014 or company sponsors. The Construction Paper crayons, Gel FX crayons, Washable crayons and Metallic crayons. These crayons were given out as samples of new crayon boxes around the same time these boxes were debuted. The Construction Paper crayons came out in 1998, the Gel FX crayons came out in 2001, The Metallic crayons came out in 2000. These boxes were probably given out to promote those crayons.

This blog post contains affiliate links.

Click here to search for on eBay

27 Count Twistables Crayons with Special Effects Crayons: What's Inside the Box

Teachers rave about the Twistable crayons, but my 6 and 3 year old may still be a little young for them. They love that the crayons can be twisted whenever kids run out of crayon to color with. I pulled out some twistables and my son has fun pulling out the lead and breaking it. Teachers really like them because they do not have to be sharpened, they do not have a wrappers and can always be used. I think we will like them better as my kids get older. This box includes some special effect crayons.

This blog post contains affiliate links.

Click here to search for these on eBay, may or may not be available