Teens Celebrate Crayola Crayon Awareness Day

By Angel Sabater|

To honor the 130th anniversary of the invention of the Crayon, on March 24, San Antonio Public Library, Molly Pruitt, held Teen Time: Crayola Crayon Day.

“Mrs. Downen was looking for things to do for Teen Time,” librarian, Troy Lawrence said. “We just decided coloring in printed out pictures would be a fun thing to do and we looked at a website for events that happen during the month and so it was Crayola Crayon Awareness Day.”

The students came out to color pictures and show their creativity.

Senior, Melyssa Garcia coloring in a pony.

Senior, Melyssa Garcia coloring in a pony.

It all started on March 31, 1885 when founders, Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith founded Crayola. Crayola’s first crayon was charcoal, then it has slowly made other colors of the rainbow. Crayola has a total of 120 existing colors and 50 retired colors.

Crayola produces nearly 3 billion crayons each year, an average of 12 million daily. Crayola also makes 600 million Crayola colored pencils, 465 million markers, 110 million sticks of chalk, nine million silly putty eggs, and 1.5 million jars of paint.

Turning Crayola Crayons into candles or turning Crayons into paint, but there are many experiments that people can do at home or school. Although, Crayola Crayons, to some people, are just for children, it is also fun for older generations too.

“It’s fun to use your inner creativity, but it is also to enjoy that creativeness,”Lawrence said.