Cool Crayons and Printable Labels for You!

I was stopped dead in my tracks the other night walking through Walmart when I saw the most glorious Crayola display. Single boxes of crayons in one shade! I had heard these boxes existed, even saw pictures that a friend posted, but I couldn't seem to find them anywhere - until now. I really don't know why this excites me so much, but it really, really does. Weird...
Only 8 shades of grey though? Where are the other 42? 
Think I should keep Red Hot and Shady Gray separated? hee hee...

I really wanted these crayons as starter supplies for my extra crayon drawers. I've always had a container of extra crayons for those times when a kid can't find a red or black, but they were always just all jumbled together in one big mish-mash. Besides the fact that kids could master the art of dragging out crayon fishing for 10 minutes, the colors all kind of rubbed off on each other - so the darker colors would mark up the lighter colors...just a mess. So last year when I saw the way my crazy/genius friend Squirrels organized her crayons, I knew I had to follow suit. Only took a year. That's actually not so bad - I've had un-acted-upon ideas rolling around in my head for way longer than that!


I hemmed and hawed about how to design the labels, but in the end I like how they turned out. 
Very kid friendly and theme-neutral. 

If you like, feel free to download them HERE from Google Docs.

To attach them to the drawers (which are pretty small and have a little ridge in them) I used my trusty Xyron. I've blabbed about this thing before but I LOVEEEE it. 
No Xyron, no problem - double stick tape will work too!

Tracy from Creekside Teacher Tales also has a set of these labels that you might like. I was going to use hers before I made mine, but I needed different color combos and I had 9 drawers instead of 8 (hence the "special colors" drawer) and I didn't want to ask her to customize a freebie just for me. 
You can snag her cute set here.

And before I go, big congrats to Amy T. who won my pencil sharpener giveaway. Don't be too disappointed if you're not Amy, because I have another cool giveaway coming up right around the corner!






11 comments

  1. I absolutely love your crayon organization and labels! I have never seen that before and I think it's a great idea. I enjoy reading blog and have been following it for a long time. Enjoy the weekend!!!

    Meredith
    1, 2, Eyes On You!

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  2. Love this! Thank you for the free printable - it' about to be cut & put through my laminating machine now! :)

    Mallory
    Sprinkles for the Teacher

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  3. I LOVE this... will have to head out to Walmart this week and see if I can scoop some up! Thanks for the awesome find!

    Liz
    Floating Through Fifth

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  4. I saw those too and I love what you did with them!!

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  5. I organized my overflow crayons this way too! Having a drawer for every color makes my obsessively organized heart so happy!

    Ashley

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  6. Hey, I was just in Wal-Mart yesterday and there was definitely not a display like that, lol! I think I would have stopped in my tracks, too! I did get regular 24-count boxes of Crayola crayons for 50 cents, though... that made me smile. Cool way to organize crayons, I think I will have to try that - though it may take me a year, too! :)

    Lindsey at Forever First Grade

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  7. This looks great! I think I'll head on out to get some tubs to do the same thing!!

    Andrew
    Mr. First Grade

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  8. Hi Denise! Just wanted to say THANK YOU for the info you gave me about no-reply blogger :) I THINK I have fixed it! Sorry it took me so long to get back to you-I have been busy and have put blogging to the side this past week :)

    Lauren
    Simply Second Grade

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  9. I love the crayon drawers! I so need to do that. Thanks for posting!
    Sarah
    Sarah's First Grade Snippets

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  10. I know it has been a year, BUT where did you get your drawers from?!

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