Editing Crayola (section)

==Cultural impact==
The [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] [[National Museum of American History]] maintains a collection of Crayola crayons founded by an original 64-color box donated by Binney & Smith in 1998. The collection now includes more than 300 boxes of crayons.<ref name="icons">{{cite book|title=American Icons&nbsp;– Crayola Crayon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlxHgYqgDswC&pg=PA180|author=Elizabeth Armstrong Hall|year = 2006|publisher=Dennis Hall|pages=180–183|isbn = 9780313027673}}</ref>

The Crayola crayon was inducted into the [[National Toy Hall of Fame]] as a founding member at its inception.

Crayola has been featured in segments from the popular children's shows ''[[Sesame Street]]''<ref name="sesamestreet">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/HMU-wXsgyR8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080306234756/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU-wXsgyR8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU-wXsgyR8|publisher=[[Children's Television Workshop]]|title=Sesame Street: How Crayons are Made}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', with the official 100 billionth crayon molded by [[Fred Rogers]] himself in February 1996 at the plant in Easton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crayola.com/mediaCenter/index.cfm?display=press_release&news_id=76|access-date=July 14, 2009|title=Crayola Celebrates 100 Years&nbsp;— Did You Know...|publisher=Crayola|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822160757/http://www.crayola.com/mediacenter/index.cfm?display=press_release&news_id=76|archive-date=August 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Commemorative postage stamp===
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In 1998, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a 32-cent postage stamp to commemorate the cultural impact the product has had on almost all [[United States|Americans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iRememberJFK.com/mt/2008/09/crayola_crayons.php|title=Crayola Crayons (I Remember JFK: A Baby Boomer's Pleasant Reminiscing Spot)|access-date=October 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106003719/http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2008/09/crayola_crayons.php|archive-date=November 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The stamp is part of the 1900s decade sheet of the [[Celebrate the Century]] souvenir sheet series, and was designed by Carl Herrman, illustrated by Richard Waldrep and printed by Ashton-Potter USA using the [[Offset printing|offset]]/[[Intaglio (printmaking)|intaglio]] process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2041381|title=1900s Celebrate The Century Issues|publisher=Smithsonian National Postal Museum|access-date=June 16, 2009|archive-date=June 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618202114/http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2041381|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Crayola color census 2000===
In 2000, Crayola held the "Crayola Color Census 2000" promotion in which Americans were asked to vote for their favorite Crayola crayon color. Celebrity entrants [[George W. Bush]] chose "Blue Bell", [[Tiger Woods]] chose "Wild Strawberry", and [[Courteney Cox]] chose "Red".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.PRnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-07-2000/0001284896|date=August 7, 2000|access-date=June 23, 2009|publisher=PRNewswire|title=Crayola Color Census 2000; Make Your Color Count in Cyber-Search for America's Favorite Crayon Colors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822161726/http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F08-07-2000%2F0001284896|archive-date=August 22, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Overall, "Blue" came in first, with "Cerulean" second, and "Purple Heart" third.<ref name="colorcensus">{{cite web |url=http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/bureau/overall_view_120.cfm |title=Crayola Color Census 2000 |publisher=Crayola |access-date=June 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922164830/http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/bureau/overall_view_120.cfm |archive-date=22 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Crayola Experience===
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|footer = '''Left''': Crayola Experience in downtown [[Easton, Pennsylvania]]. '''Right''': The "World's Largest Crayon" was made in 2003 from 123,000 used or broken blue crayons donated by people from across the USA. This was a world record until 2017 when Crayola made a larger crayon using the new color, bluetiful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/504474/meet-crayola%E2%80%99s-newest-crayon-color-bluetiful|title=Meet Crayola's Newest Crayon Color: Bluetiful|date=September 14, 2017|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref>
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Originally opening as the Crayola Factory, the Crayola Experience is located at 30 Centre Square, [[Easton, Pennsylvania]], at Two Rivers Landing. Open to the public, the Crayola Experience is a roomy, crayon-centric warehouse including events, a café, a store, attractions, some familiarizing guests, and Crayola's history with products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crayola.com/factory/index.cfm|title=The Crayola EXPERIENCE at Two Rivers Landing|access-date=June 26, 2009}}</ref>

A "discovery center" was built that showcases the manufacturing process of crayons. There is also a "Crayola Hall of Fame" in which the retired crayon colors are displayed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crayola.com/Factory/exhibits.cfm |title=The Crayola FACTORY® at Two Rivers Landing - Exhibits |access-date=December 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222090422/http://www.crayola.com/Factory/exhibits.cfm |archive-date=December 22, 2008 }}</ref>

The Crayola Experience was featured in a [[Food Network]] episode of ''[[Dinner: Impossible]]''. A dinner was held for 150 employees of the Crayola Experience to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 64-box of crayons. Chef [[Michael Symon]]'s mission was to create an eight-course [[tasting menu]] for this event, where all eight items of the menu had to match eight randomly chosen Crayola crayon colors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/dinner-impossible/crayon-craziness/index.html |title=Crayon Craziness : Dinner: Impossible : Food Network |access-date=January 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224141737/http://www.foodnetwork.com/dinner-impossible/crayon-craziness/index.html |archive-date=December 24, 2008 }}</ref>

On October 11, 2003, the Experience unveiled "The World's Largest Crayon", a {{convert|15|ft||adj=mid|-long}} crayon weighing {{convert|1,500|lb}}, as part of its celebration of 100 years of Crayola crayons. The giant crayon, {{convert|16|in}} in diameter, is blue, and was made of leftover crayon bits ("leftolas") sent in by children across the United States.<ref name="roadside">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadsideAmerica.com/story/3644|publisher=RoadsideAmerica.com|title=Crayola Factory|access-date=June 26, 2009}}</ref>

It opened its first location in Two Rivers Landing, in [[Easton, Pennsylvania]], in May 2013, its second location in [[The Florida Mall]], [[Orlando, Florida]], in June 2015, its third location in [[Mall of America]], [[Bloomington, Minnesota]], in February 2016, its fourth location in [[The Shops at Willow Bend]], [[Plano, Texas]], in March 2018, and its fifth location in [[Chandler Fashion Center]], [[Chandler, Arizona]], in May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crayola Experience Locations |url=https://www.crayola.com/splash/the-crayola-experience |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.crayola.com}}</ref> With five new locations planned to open by 2027, their sixth location will open in 2025 in [[Pigeon Forge, Tennessee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newest Crayola Experience Press Release |url=https://www.crayolaexperience.com/press-room/20230815-crayola-experience-pigeon-forge |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.crayolaexperience.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Fine art===
Although marketed to children and amateur artists, several professional artists have specialized in using Crayola crayons as their primary medium. Don Marco, who works with Crayola crayons and construction paper, is one of the better known crayon artists, having sold over one million prints of his original artworks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboysIndians.com/art-entertainment/art-galleries/2009-04/gt-marco.jsp|title= Artist spotlight: crayon artist Don Marco|author=Ann Cathryn Orsinger|publisher=Cowboys & Indians Magazine|access-date=September 21, 2009}}</ref>