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WOW! This place was
sooo cool! And I'm not even a kid! The whole family had a blast creating all kinds of fun stuff with Crayola products. They show you how crayons, markers, paint and chalk are made, then let you play with it! You get three coins with your admission that you can redeem in vending machines for a magic marker, a pack of 4 crayons or a small pack of Model Magic. There are all kinds of different displays for all the mediums that Crayola produces. We went into one room that you could make a summer journal using bubble wrap and paint, then you dry it in a special drying oven and add your black construction paper middle pages. The black was used because you then decorated your pages with these really neat gel markers! We had to get a set at the gift shop downstairs.
Of course the shop sold all the products that Crayola currently makes and lots of clothing and stuffed toys, too! There was lots of other way cool stuff to do, too, like read about the history of the company, and see the 100 billionth crayon produced, made by Mr. Rogers, himself!
The cost was reasonable, $9US for all over age 2, and $8.50 for seniors.
I forgot to mention that we got to paint with melted crayons, how cool is that!
There is also a canal museum (admission is included with your one ticket price) on the floor above the factory if that interests you, but we were having so much fun, that we just didn't have any more time left!
Crayola Factory
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