Unless, of course, it’s that new crayon smell paired with new crayon names.
To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the invention of Crayolas, the company asked fans to suggest new monikers for the original eight colors.
And boy, did the fans have fun.
Red is now “ladybug.” Green is “jalapeño.” Want to know the others? Enter to win them.
You could also learn the other names by visiting the Crayola Facebook fan page, which also happens to be the only place you can buy the Limited Edition Packs – and only while supplies last.
As you can see, they’re packaged in replicas of the 1903 original package, which somberly instructed that they were “for educational color work.” Now that’s old-school.
The Crayola company has donated a couple of packages: One for me to try and one to give away.
When I was a kid I was awestruck by the 64-count box of Crayolas. Not that I ever got one – no one I know had this sort of richness in his life. But in either first or second grade the teacher brought a 64-pack in for her students to use. We were thrilled by the idea of so many choices. Who knew there could be more than one way to see purple or red or blue?
As for the built-in crayon sharpener…Well, to a bunch of rural kids in the early 1960s it was totally cutting-edge technology, so to speak.
Color your world
Even as an adult I love a new box of crayons, their neat points and untorn wrappers. You can draw anything you like and then color it green or orange or sky-blue pink if that’s what you think a tree or a dog or a sunset should look like.
Back in the day teachers tended to chide us if we drew things the “wrong” colors. Tree trunks should be brown, leaves should be green, hair couldn’t be pink. Myself, I think that some days the sky just needs to be plaid. 
Also included in this week’s giveaway is something to use the crayons on: a 224-page coloring and activity book devoted to Clifford the Big Red Dog. Believe it or not, Clifford is now 50 years old. Happy anniversary to him (and my best wishes to his owners, who must have had some serious backyard scooping issues).
I haven’t tried my Crayolas yet. They’ll be saved for a trip to the East Coast that I’ll be making with my two nephews (aka the staff of Café Awesome) and their mom. There is no easy or comfortable way to get from Anchorage to Philadelphia, so I am compiling a small bag of distractions for when the novelty of the Digi-Players wears off and they realize just how tired they are of being on a plane.
All I can say is that they better be willing to share, especially since I’ve been hitting the “value priced” section at JoAnn’s Fabrics with those 50%-off Sunday coupons in hand. If we can’t take turns with the Peanuts, Angry Birds and Hello Kitty coloring/activity books, their mom will put all three of us in a time-out.
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The deadline is 7 p.m. PDT Tuesday, June 18. If I don’t hear back from the winners by 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, I’ll pull another name.
Someone who gets me!! I love the new crayon box and cant wait to have grandbabies so I can do through that again~
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I love the look of the limited-edition crayon pack. Would love to win this for my grandson. I still love to color, and we both will have fun with the new crayon names. Wonderful idea!
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I live with someone who would LOVE these as a gift!
Crayons for my kids and me.
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If I win, do I give them to the grandkids or save them for me?!
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I LOVE crayons and Crayola are the best! This grandma has grandsons that love to color with her!
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Great memories about coloring; really like this gift choice.
I love crayons and always coveted that 64-count box with the built in sharpener. I don’t think I had one until I was making my own money and could pay for it myself!
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I would LOVE new crayons in any color by any name since I now have 5 grands ranging in age from 8 down to 36 hours (newest granddaughter born late Fri afternoon).
Guess my family was MUCH better $$ as I did have the 64 count boxes in the early middle grades.
I love Crayola crayons and I really loved Clifford the big red dog as a kid. I remember my mom trying to skimp out and buy us cheaper crayons and they just were not the same!!!! I am all for being frugal, but don’t mess with my Crayons! LOL! Crossing my fingers for this one!
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I would love to win these. Thousands of hours spent coloring while growing up. Nothing compared to the 64 Crayolas!!
Would live to win these – thanks for the giveaway!
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I’d like to see what color “peace” is.
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I follow on fb (moey shay). Oh, and now I realize it’s actually “peace, love and, purple”.
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I agree…there is nothing like that smell of a new box of crayons. When I was a kid, Santa would bring each of us our own 64 count box of Crayola Crayons. So many colors!
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The smell of a new box of Crayolas is the “new car smell” for kids of all ages. A box of these with some blank paper and my girls imagination would go wild. My favorite cards are the ones made with these very Crayolas, some construction paper, an open heart and some very unique outlooks on life. Would love to win the “vintage pack” for the G-babies. And the “64 count box w/ sharpener”…it was HUGE and was more than likely the first “status symbol” I experienced….
I would love to win. I have a 6 year-old and a 2 year-old, so we never have enough crayons or coloring books.
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My son is a budding artist and we are constantly buying him Crayola products…we should be part owners of the company by now!
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Love new crayons! These would make a great gift (and my budget could use some help for gifts…) Thanks!
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my daughter is a coloring fiend. it’s great to see her creativity. it also gives me a reason to draw like a child. with fun and not caring how it looks. we draw playground and underwater scenes and it’s so relaxing.
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I would love to win this!
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My great niece and nephew would love these and it would give them something to do when I babysit them.
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I subscribe by email–and we LOVE new Crayolas (all Crayolas–as a matter of fact) and Clifford, too!!! Wow! What a great combination.
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I hope your plane ride goes by as quickly as possible…
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Would love to win these. I am putting together a Fourth of July goodie box to send to my nieces. They love to color. I have some of their original “artwork” on my fridge. Love Crayola and all the new color names. Thanks for such a fun giveaway.
My niece and nephew would love this! Thank you for the giveaway.
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Everybody loves Crayola Crayons! I’m 65 years old!
Very cool. Would love to win. 🙂
My granddaughters are all budding artists and would love have all the choices of colors and large coloring book!
I still love to color. I always keep a coloring book and crayons at my desk to use when work gets way too stressful. I definitely remember my first (and only) 64 pack of crayolas. My grandmother gave them to me as a gift and I still remember every detail of that moment. Thanks for making me smile!
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I love to color with my art students! What a thrill this would be for them!
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A box of new crayons is heaven! I follow your blog using Feedly.
Awww I love coloring. I bought coloring books long into my sophomore year of high school. It’s such a good way to clear the mind.
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I’m not going to lie. I would enjoy this giveaway as much, if not more than, my two-year-old daughter! I enjoy coloring!
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I love the smell of a new box of crayons! I’m immediately taken back to those early days of kindergarten and 1st grade. How excited I was for the first day of school!