Got the nieces new crayons yesterday.
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Monday I'll take all the old ones (except the reds, which I'll get to in a sec) to the library, where they always need new crayons.
I got the 96 box for the nieces, and then, after thinking it over, I got 2 8 boxes and 2 16 boxes as well. Why?
Because there's only one red, no matter what the size of the box.
It's true. If you get the 96 box or the 64 box you'll get lots of oranges. You'll get a few yellows (which is a nice change from my childhood where there were only three, and lemon yellow sucked). You'll get a ton of blues, and greens, and purples. You'll get more browns than anybody can reasonably be said to need. You'll get red-orange, and red-violet, and violet-red. But when it comes time to color a red apple, or a red mouth, or a red strawberry, you'll have to scrounge around and look to find that one broken, nubbed down red crayon.
There's only one red.
And it's always been like this. I lose track of the new crayons they keep adding. Scarlet is a nice addition, and it can do for red in a pinch if you need to, say, color all the math problems that equal "ten" red on the picture for homework. I guess. But it doesn't work for red lollipops, or red rainboots very well, I'll tell you. When I was a kid we had Indian red (which is from India, apparently), but that was sorta brownish. And we had brick red, but that was pinkish. But only one usable, serviceable red.
So now they have 144 new crayons, and 5 of them are red-red, which hopefully will be good enough for anybody.
I got the 96 box for the nieces, and then, after thinking it over, I got 2 8 boxes and 2 16 boxes as well. Why?
Because there's only one red, no matter what the size of the box.
It's true. If you get the 96 box or the 64 box you'll get lots of oranges. You'll get a few yellows (which is a nice change from my childhood where there were only three, and lemon yellow sucked). You'll get a ton of blues, and greens, and purples. You'll get more browns than anybody can reasonably be said to need. You'll get red-orange, and red-violet, and violet-red. But when it comes time to color a red apple, or a red mouth, or a red strawberry, you'll have to scrounge around and look to find that one broken, nubbed down red crayon.
There's only one red.
And it's always been like this. I lose track of the new crayons they keep adding. Scarlet is a nice addition, and it can do for red in a pinch if you need to, say, color all the math problems that equal "ten" red on the picture for homework. I guess. But it doesn't work for red lollipops, or red rainboots very well, I'll tell you. When I was a kid we had Indian red (which is from India, apparently), but that was sorta brownish. And we had brick red, but that was pinkish. But only one usable, serviceable red.
So now they have 144 new crayons, and 5 of them are red-red, which hopefully will be good enough for anybody.
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Date: 2010-02-26 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-26 08:30 pm (UTC)Wow.
I had no idea!
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Date: 2010-02-26 08:31 pm (UTC)Aha!
Now I know.
But then again, it may be more eco-conscious to order a custom box from that crayon recycling company. Hm.
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Date: 2010-02-26 11:13 pm (UTC)Have you been to the crayola factory? They have some fun activities.
Cheers!
Mama Lisa
Re: Red
Date: 2010-02-26 11:37 pm (UTC)I've never been to the crayola factory at all, I must say.
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