1977 Crayola Crayons

Posted to Flickr on 03 March 2010.

When I received my first box of 64 colored crayons in second grade, I imagined it as a giant head with the crayons as teeth. I added eyes (the "C" and the "a" in "Crayola), a nose, and even some rolled up yellow tissue for a brain stuffed inside the top (and not visible here).

I actually didn’t like using crayons much when I was a kid. My coloring skills were not good; I never thought what ended up on the paper matched well with what was in my head. Instead, I preferred using colored paper for big splashes of color. Anyone who’s looked at my photostream should not be surprised!

Submitted to the Flickr group 7 Days of Shooting.

This is one of many curious items collected in JD’s House of Miscellany.

Elsewhere

My old crayons have also been spotted here:

The Ramblings

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