The Crayola 64 Box is turning the big 5-0 and Crayola is changing things up. Wild Watermelon is
now Awesome. That’s just one of the name changes of eight colors in the Crayola 64 box that was
announced yesterday at the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York City. More than 20,000 kids
picked the names in an online poll. The old names followed by the new names:
Laser Lemon – Super Happy
Turquoise Blue – Happy Ever After
Wild Tangerine – Fun In The Sun
Hot Magenta – Famous
Screamin’ Green – Giving Tree
Orchid – Best Friends
Beaver – Bear Hug
Wild Watermelon – Awesome
Some Crayola 64 Box fun facts:
· The Crayola 64 Box made its debut in 1958 on the “Captain Kangaroo Show.”
· More than 200 million Crayola 64 Boxes have been sold over the last 50 years. The 12.8 billion
crayons inside would circle the earth 24 times.
· An original 64 Box was added to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in 1998,
the same year it was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.· The most popular color inside the Crayola 64 Box is blue.
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