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Our toy experts got a sneak peek at all the hot toys coming out in 2023, and these are the best toys of the year that wowed them the most.
Edwin Binney (November 24, 1866 – December 17, 1934) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, who created the first dustless white chalk, and along with his cousin C. Harold Smith (born London, 1860 - died, 1931), was the founder of handicrafts company Binney & Smith, which marketed his invention of the Crayola crayon.
Crayola also produces Silly Putty and a line of professional art products under the 'Portfolio Series brand', including acrylics, watercolor, tempera, and brushes. Crayola LLC claims the Crayola brand has 99% name recognition in U.S. consumer households, and says its products are marketed and sold in over 80 countries. [5]
Color Wonder is a product made by Crayola, primarily intended for use by younger children, in which the special clear-ink marker only appears on the Color Wonder paper.. Originally made with markers and paper, Color Wonder has also made specialty products including paints,
Crayola Pearl Brite Crayons, Color Mix-Up, and Crayons with Glitter. In 1997, Crayola released a 16-pack of Pearl Brite Crayons. These were designed to give soft pearlescent colors. [20] These had a new wrapper design, black with a white oval Crayola logo and white text.
Lite-Brite is a toy that was originally marketed in 1967. It consists of a light box with small colored plastic pegs that fit into a panel and illuminate to create a lit picture, by either using one of the included templates or creating a "freeform" image on a blank sheet of black paper.
Initially this was just one of the brands produced by Binney & Smith; other crayons were produced under names such as Cerola, Cerata, Durel, Perma, and Boston, among others; but the Crayola brand proved the most successful, and was produced in two lines: Crayola Gold Medal School Crayons [2] [3] and "Rubens" Crayola Artists' Crayons. [4]
Crayola introduces Model Magic, a modeling compound, into its long line of products. Crayola releases an 8-pack of multicultural crayon colors. 1993: Binney & Smith celebrates the Crayola brand's 90th birthday with its biggest crayon box ever, with 96 colors in the biggest box of crayons, including 16 new colors.