How Crayons are Made 

"Crayola makes the best crayons in the world. Let's take a look at how Rose Art does it though."

120 colors. Remember,if you saw someone with a 64 pack plus the sharpener,you thought they were rich.

Rose Art crayons: when you want the look of crayons, but the colouring ability of a candle.

They're not just for children either. Many adults still colour with crayons, I'm proud to say I'm one of them.

Thumbnail: the most whimsical factory you've ever seen Video: in-depth history of crayon production, and the Crayola corporation.

I love crayons! I'm 63 years old and now I'm heading to the store to buy some after 55 years of not having any.

Seeing the Crayola and Rose Art labels was like a great product vs. below average product. Nothing beats a Crayola crayon!

When I went to the hospital, I gave a box of all red crayons to the nurse. She looked at me confused and asked why. I told her so that she could draw blood. 🥁

SANTA brought me a new box of Crayola crayons every Christmas! Each year the box was a bigger box than the year before! Everything got colored and collected and hung around the house…….loved the colors and what you could do with them! Fast forward, as an adult, got recruited and entered into the “High End 4/color process “ printing industry, where I worked for large and small process printing companies, including the newer “digital “ plants of the time………spent some 30 years in that industry, loved every minute of it…….. and I believe it was all because of my Crayola crayons, every Christmas 😊!

37 year old married woman, watching crayons being made on. Friday night♥️♥️. I love it here

The smell is so distinctive they have. You could pick it out anywhere.

I remember Mr. Rogers showed us how crayons were made. 💜

Crayola crayons are the best. I'm almost 75 and have always had a box of Crayolas in the house. The ones with glitter look pretty cool. I think I'll get some of those. 🙂🙆🖍

Proud to be from Easton, Pennsylvania, where much of this video was made! The actual plant has been in the suburbs for decades, but the Crayola Experience downtown is a beautiful attraction for all ages!

Does anyone else remember the old Sesame St. segment showing how they made crayons? This is bringing that feeling back real hard. ❤

Growing up in Texas on the Mexico border, we stored out crayons in the refrigerator

Marine here love watching how my favorite food is made.

I've had crayons for over 55 years and to this day Midnight Blue and Brick Red are still my favorite colors. 😊💕

Everyone on here should go to the Crayola Factory in Pennsylvania its amazing! I went years ago when my daughter was 8 it left a monumental effect in my mind I am now in my earlie 60's and am going to visit again with my grown daughter because she wants to... yeah!!!

Mr. Rogers taught us this when we were kids. It was magic.

My siblings and I drew on the hot radiator in the playroom, our parents weren't upset and said only do this on the playroom radiator.

Watching this makes my heart smile ❤️ Crayola started me in my love of Art…I have many different Art supplies but even at the age of 40 nothings better than opening a new big box of crayola crayons 😊 the smell and everything bring me back to happy memories 🤓

"Cyndrillical' ... excellent

I am 73 years old AND I still love to color !!! I have crayons and coloring books in my house !!! But this is the 1st time I have seen crayons being made !!! Thank you for sharing and caring !!! 🎈👏🏿🙌🏼👊😎🥰⭕️❌

What really blows my mind is that there is enough demand that that many be made daily. I buy crayons like once every few years. Even with school supplies every year, I'm still blown away by those numbers.

Today kids want the latest cellphone 📱, iPad or gaming console. When I was growing up if you were really, really lucky your parents or parent got you the 64 color crayons 🖍️ and a new coloring book or paper to draw and make things! That’s how we measured things!

When I was little, and I saw another kid with a 48 or 64 color box I used to think they were rich. A 120 color box?! That was God-tier wealth!

It’s fun to take the broken ones, melt them a bit and make an odd rainbow brick that can then be used as a larger crayon.

120 colors! I know a marine who will be excited by how many different flavours there will be!

Man talk about making me feel old "Crayons were created in the 1900s" as if that was that long ago...

The BlackBean CMS plug❤ 1:15

Growing up, I only ever had an 8 pack of crayons. I only knew one kid who had the big box with a sharpener. I was so jealous. Two years ago, at the age of 62, I bought a box of 120 crayons and a 24 pack of colors of the world. You’re never too old for crayons and coloring. 🖍️😄

This reminds me of how it's made. Nostalgia

Amazing! Given all that goes into the making of these crayons I have a whole new respect for Crayola for keeping the cost effective for most all demographic to be able to afford buying and using them. Fascinating - thanks for ending the mystery of how they're made. Great presentation 😊

Watching as a Marine, my mouth is watering! 🤤

Fun fact. Minus the commentary, parts of this video, is the same old video Mr Rogers showed us in Mr Roger's neighborhood. 😊

I love how they managed to put Marines in this video.

4:36 Was it just me or he said "The familiar "cyndrilical" shape"?

"Back in the 1900s." God, I feel old.

The... Orange... Tree?

Who knew something could be flammable AND non-toxic at the same time.

I'm very glad they reuse so much. I was really worried when I saw that flat layer on top of the mould

I love the unique smell of Crayola crayons!

There used to be a Crayola factory in Winfield, Kansas, about forty miles from my home in Wichita. I went on a tour there when I was in Boy Scouts, in the early sixties. It was a great tour! But (sigh) it was closed in the late sixties.

What a great job to have knowing you are making children and some adults so happy every day with the product you create. Seems silly I'm sure but I would be so happy knowing that I did if it was me

Ever since I was a kid I knew that crayons were basically a “fancy” type of wax, but I had absolutely no idea just how complex the process in making them was!!!

I always wondered why they tasted so colorful!

This was so cool! I love learning how things are made and the facts about how much paraffin they go through on a single day is substantially unbelievable! Their heating bill to keep that paraffin wax at liquid temperature must be outrageous!

Oh man the sight of Crayola crayons took me straight to my childhood.

Opening my crayon box in grade school and smelling crayons was a childhood memory.

You guys are putting out some awesome videos on interesting products.

And some pallets are shipped off to Marine bases to be packed into each MRE.

Blackbean CMS at 1:15! It’s so cool that he made it into this video. I watched his portrait only using Crayola crayons and loved it. I can’t wait to share this video with my elementary art students. ❤

This is amazing product your friend Ricky hernandez from Northridge California 😊😊🎉🎉😊😊

I love the smell of a new box of Crayola crayons 😊

I went to the factory tour and the museum in Easton PA. Really cool

That was awesome, I love the smell of a brand new box of crayons 🎉🎉

You need an editor. [4:37] cyndrilical shape. [4:59] specialized blade that can be recycled. [5:40] an entire factory floor to make a single crayon for a day or more.

I remember thinking of all the artwork I could make whenever I got a new box! I remember the smell of the crayons too. I live by the Crayola factory and it makes for a great class trip.

A box of new Crayola crayons is such a staple of our culture. Those nice pointy crayon all lined up in neat rows with their vibrant colors are a symbol of potential and creativity. I the USA, every visual artist in the last century probably made their first drawing with a Crayola.

Love seeing footage from the old Sesame Street short about making crayons. ❤

I like the Mr. Rogers version better.

All the marines drooling at all the different colors.

Thank you. that's one video that really makes sense.

I used to have a computer game called The Crayon Factory and honestly watching the assembly line of the crayons in this video took me right back to how they showed it in the game.

*Fascinating process! It's amazing to see how these colorful tools we love come to life*

Where I grew up here in Australia, our crayons would always melt because it would get so hot in summer

Crayons are popular by mostly preschoolers and grade students. Professional artists like Leonardo da Vinci would use them due to the tip's thickness.🖍

I live near the factory and the crayola factory where kids can go to test new colors and products.

Wow, all the colors!

Crayola got me through grade school life. Now crayola MUST be a part of my successful artist life! ✨️

Having been an Elementary School Teacher...one of the things I remember most about walking into school each day is how the school always smelled like crayons! 🍎🖍❤

Crayons will always smell and feel nostalgic. Periwinkle is my fave.

"According to a statistic..." That is a heck of a reference.

When a crayon breaks we save all the little bits and pieces. When we have a baggie or two full we sort them by color family, break them into even smaller pieces and melt them down in various mold shapes in our oven (low temp for 20 mins, then let cool). In this way, we have used dinosaur shapes, unicorn shapes, and lego mini figs, and lots more!

I love seeing how things are made. Thanks for the upload.🖍️💜

THIS is why the interwebs was created! THANK. Am hooked!!

Has anyone ever actually finished a crayon, or are they all just lost at some point.

This documentary was interesting. My son enjoyed watching it.

So this what USMC buffet line looks like huh 😂

Ah yes, the familiar "cyndrilical" shape of a crayon 😊

I’m sorry, but the crayons of my youth were far better than what’s used today.

The colors! 😍😍😍I had every kind of crayola imaginable. This video is very satisfying. ❤❤❤

I just wanna say thank you for making US Marine happy

Marine helicopter in a Crayola video. You folks are doing it right.

This is the most colorful workplace in the world 😉

At 6:02/6:03 - that's in downtown Easton, PA. The Crayola Factory Museum. You can watch them make crayons and markers inside. There's also a rotating exhibit on one of the floors. This is my hometown. Also where Larry Holmes, Marco Panuccio and Mario Andretti are from.

I also bought my daughter at the time a 😊Crayola Crayon maker it was the best thing I ever bought her

Thanks for keeping all our Marines fed! 😅

Loved getting Crayola crayon box with sharpener growing up! ❤

drooling rn omg those look so good

This really puts mass production into perspective. It’s hard to believe that every product that factories produce will actually get used. I wonder how things will change in the future.

Looks like a very satisfying job👍

This reminds me of the episode of Mr. Rogers where he shows the video of the crayon factory!

I love this ! ❤

What's with the ai thumbnail? Could you not have found an actual photo from your own video to use?

I love the 7:00 make - where you can see “Rose Art” boxes. 😮🤷🏻‍♀️

Sky blue's still my very favorite Crayola color.

I think everybody had and enjoyed crayons. It was one of my go-to as a child, I still like them.

This video is sure to stir the appetite of any jar head.