What size box of Crayons did you have?

[elfwitch]

Poll question: What size box of Crayons did you have?

When you were a kid in school, what size box of crayons did you get?

[GOPisEvil]

1. 64, with the sharpener in the back of the box.

:D

[elfwitch]

2. me too...

I love the way a fresh box of crayons smells.

[arwalden]

3. The Best!!!

Did you ever have the "D-shaped" crayons? The big fatties with one flat side to keep them from rolling away. (kind of like a carpenter's pencil for kids.)

-- Allen

[elfwitch]

5. Those were cool..

I was looking for some of those for my son. I just assumed they didn't make them any more. But I just saw them on the Crayola web site.

[Drifter]

22. That was cutting edge ...

Crayon technology.

Cheers
Drifter

[terrya]

19. Ditto.

:-)

Terry

[caledesi]

4. I never had the 64 (w/ the sharpener) and 40 years later still angry!

:crazy:

[elfwitch]

7. My hubby is right there with you...

He was so poor as a kid that he was VERY lucky to get the 48 pack.

And now he is a professional artist... Weird.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. We used colored pencils in school

Crayons and felt-tip pens were just for fun, at home.

I don't remember how many, but it was certainly less than I wanted.

Amusingly, this stuff seems to be way cheaper now than it was when I was a kid (70's). You can find a 24-pack here for US$ 0.50. Ah, right, Chinese slave labor. I forgot. :cry:

[Wonco_the_Sane]

8. No matter the size...

...there was never enough black!!! :(

[elfwitch]

9. never enough black

never enough blue
never enough red

[grannylib]

10. I got the 24 if i was LUCKY, never got the 64 w/sharpener, still pissed

at age 45...have bought myself many boxes since to make up for it

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

11. I had the 64 but one x-mas mom got me the 96!

They came in a green tin box and they'd just come out with tickle-me-pink and macaroni and cheese colors. Yayyy :D

[arwalden]

12. Wasn't "Peach" Formerly Known As "Flesh"??

[TXlib]

14. Yes.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. That explains why I like peach so much

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Endangered Specie]

13. 48, just the right amount... and I liked the 48 box

[kayell]

15. I had to save my 25 cent weekly allowance for the 64 pack

It cost me 99 cents. Major purchase. My parents would buy me the 16 pack, but I wanted ALL the colors, especially magenta and midnight blue.

[ulysses]

16. 64

Like I used half of them. "Burnt sienna"? I'm just a "brown" kinda guy...:)

[Blue-Jay]

17. 64, of which I used about 8.

I'm not good with colors.

[Love Bug]

20. 96 Pack

One year for Christmas I got the 96 pack of crayons. I was in crayola heaven....

[BrotherBuzz]

21. Cigar box

I never had a 'new' box of crayons in my life. Boy, I must admit I coveted one of the '64 crayon' jobs with the sharpener on the back when it first came out, but all I had was an old wooden cigar box chuck full of shorty crayons. My son uses the same box today.