Jenny's Crayon Collection: Theme box

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

Thank you teachers 64 Count and 8 Count Boxes

In 2018 Crayola had a campaign to "Thank a Teacher" where they had a contest for a $10,000 classroom makeover. There was a special line of boxes that came out with this contest. Later that year Crayola also came out with these two boxes a special 8 count box celebrating teachers and a 64 count THANK YOU TEACHERS box! There was also a special huge 8 count box that Crayola included these crayon boxes in when they distributed them to teachers in the local Pennsylvania area. I do not have a picture of that.

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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 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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International 24 Count Crayola Crayons: What's Inside the Box

Crayola has been making International crayon boxes for a long time. I think the earliest international boxes in Crayola's history were made for Canada. They have expanded to all over the globe. These are two international boxes that I have, I hope to get some more someday, but for now these will have to do. These boxes come from Japan and Canada.

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The Canadian box is in celebration of 25 years of Staples in Canada. For this promotion Staples ran a contest flying people to the Staples Center in Los Angeles and awarding them with money. I love how Crayola works with companies to promote special events. I know there is a Target box out there somewhere that I would love to get my hands on. The 24 is in silver lettering. There is nothing on the back that is any different for the celebration.

It is a good thing the bottom of the Japanese box is in English, because other than that I can not understand anything on the box. Most of the box is written in Japanese. I will have to find someone to translate it for me. I would love to know what it says.

It is interesting to note in the code numbers instead of a 52-****-0 it is a 52-****- J for Japan or C for Canada. This is how Crayola designates international boxes within the company. The contents of the boxes are exactly the same as far as colors are concerned.

Collecting Information

Boxes: 24 International Classic Crayola Crayons, Japan and Canada, This is also a box celebrating 25 years of Staples in Canada
Other boxes:
Year: 2011 (Japan), 2016 (Canada)
What's inside the box: black, gray, white, brown, violet (purple), blue violet, indigo, blue, cerulean, blue green, green, yellow green, green yellow, yellow, dandelion, apricot, orange, yellow orange, red orange, scarlet, red, violet red, red violet, carnation pink
Purchase Information: eBay
Where to buy: eBay (Canada)
Style Numbers: 52-3024 (Japan), 52-5224 (Canada)
Code Numbers: 52-3024-J-200 (Japan), 52-5224-C-200 (Canada)
UPC Numbers: 4901771096963 (Japan) also 8803024, 063652522405 (Canada)

2011 24 International Classic Crayola Crayons-Japan

2016 24 International Classic Crayola Crayons-Canada

International 24 Count Crayola Crayons: What's Inside the Box

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8 Count Crayola Shopkins Themed Crayons: What's Inside the Box

I was so excited to find the Crayola Shopkins themed boxes at Toy R Us. I saw people had found them there and went to Toys R Us that night. At first I could not find the cookie box, and had two kids running wild, but I looked a little hard around the store and there they were. I think there are matching coloring books supposedly, but I could not spot them.

I first heard about Shopkins a couple months ago. They are super BIG and popular with the elementary crowd. I was at a birthday party and the birthday girl got them for her birthday. In each package there's a surprise, kind of like cabbage patch dolls back in the day. There are people that dedicate YouTube channels just to show the surprise as they open them.

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Crayola 64 Count Star Wars Crayons: What's Inside the Box

I present the Crayola Star Wars Crayons 64 count boxes. These boxes came out on September 4, 2015, #SharetheForce day. That hashtag is actually the hash tag from Target and these boxes are not available there. All the stores had a huge day and released all their Star Wars merchandise on the same day. I do not know why it was so early, the movie does not come out until December. They could have waited for a couple of months, but I suspect it is because they wanted to get the Star Wars toys out there for Christmas season. And of course it was the 4th because May the 4th has become May the Force be with you do, with every one and their dog posting pictures about Star Wars that day.

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Crayola Disney Junior 8 count themed boxes: What's Inside the Box

The Crayola Disney Junior 8 count themed boxes are super cute! They were made in 2014 but were not featured in stores until January 2015. I unfortunately missed the original release of the boxes, and saw them on eBay later. Luckily a collector friend sent me these. I hope to find some more, because my daughter kids absolutely love this series of boxes, much more than the original set, of which I have plenty of extras.

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