When is National Crayon Day?
Friday March 31stNATIONAL CRAYON DAY
Children and adults alike pick their favorite colors for National Crayon Day each year on March 31st. Opening up a box of crayons opens up a world of imagination and hours of fun.
Wax and chalk-based crayons have been used by artists around the world for centuries.. The brightly colored crayons we are familiar with today are Edwin Binney's. He was part of Binney & Smith, a company that made paint, pigments, and slate pencils for schools.
Binney & Smith, 1903, founded the Crayola Division and made colored wax crayons for children for the first time. In 1904, they presented their An-Du-Septic chalk at the Colombian Exposition in St. Louis, winning a gold medal and a gold medal. At several teachers' requests, many teachers' requests were dismissed, and the chalk was a immediate success.
