[donna]

The iconic box, complete with a built-in sharpener, first debuted on the Captain Kangaroo show in 1958.

The families of the kids I went to grade school with could not afford them.

[ShadowDancer]

They should have just went to Cagey’s house and scraped the residue off his radiators.

[stayathomemom]

My parents always insisted that the box of 8 was enough. We could mix to get the other colors. I was always jealous of those who had boxes of 16 or 24. Finally, when my older sisters no longer needed crayons for school, I got to get a bigger box: 48!!!!! I am still tempted to put a new box of crayons in my daughters’ Christmas stockings. They are in their 20’s.: )