Crayola 64

[gotham-syren.livejournal.com]

Family Circle November 1958

Comments

[randomneses.livejournal.com]

Those sharpeners did more harm than good. Loved crayolas though.

[eurynome1967.livejournal.com]

yes, I felt a serious pang of longing at the sight of this one - they didn't change much in the next couple of decades, really.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

To me the Crayola 64 color names are as much of a fixed color reference as the Pantone system. Spring green! Brick red! Periwinkle! Blue violet! Carnation pink! I can still see them all vividly in my mind.

[nekusagi.livejournal.com]

I got a 64 pack of Crayolas for Christmas when I was 9 and felt like the happiest kid in the world.

Memories...

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was the greatest plaything from my childhood, bar none.

[bistyboo1974.livejournal.com]

I wish you could still get a pack of 64 crayons for a dollar!

[donnalee-kiss.livejournal.com]

Yeah but you had to typically pay another 50 cents for a really good sharpener that you could easily clean and only use it for the crayons. I always wished I could get crayons separately. Like penny candy or something.

[caerfrli.livejournal.com]

That dollar took a lot longer to earn in 1958

[pink-porcupette.livejournal.com]

Walgreens had a holiday special on them last year where they were only a dollar... I bought a bunch for everyone I know who has kids.

[tiajuanabible.livejournal.com]

is it just me, or does $1 seem expensive for crayons for 1958?

[splix.livejournal.com]

I still have a box of Crayolas [the deluxe 96 pack]. I don't use them - I just take them out every once in a while and stare at the pretty colors, and inhale the excellent scent. :)

[air-and-angels.livejournal.com]

I love the smell of new crayons.

[mystical-chickn.livejournal.com]

I can't remember how many years ago this was--at least 10-12-- but last time I bought a box of Crayola crayons (I think it was the 200-some box, or whatever the biggest one is), seriously like 90% of them were named after food. I distinctly remember "macaroni and cheese" (sort of a yellowy-orange). They always made me hungry while I was using them.

[mystical-chickn.livejournal.com]

or maybe it was 96, not 200+.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

WHY did they not open the box and let it sell itself? What a drab advert for something with 64 colors, including 'burnt sienna', my fave <3

[gotham-syren.livejournal.com]

Ha! Actually I love this ad. It's very bold for 1958. But perhaps it is an odd graphic design choice for children's toys.

[leoprincess.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I still remember my pack. *happy smile*

[thejackaolf.livejournal.com]

I rember seeing one at the store and screeching we had to get it because of the sharpener..when she finely gave in, it was like a mini Christmas

[nekochanpurr.livejournal.com]

I want a box of crayons now..

[lafs.livejournal.com]

every time I got a box of 64, which wasn't often, I always always broke a crayon off in the sharpener, and it would not come out. It was always an accident, but, Mom did not see it that way.

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

I once got a special box with gold, silver and copper crayolas. I was a happy day! I loved the copper!