Power Hour 76 Crayons for Sale by Susan LaBella

An early box of crayons included eight colors. The colors were red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black, and brown. The box cost five cents. As crayons became more popular, more colors were added. Crayon makers then decided to sell boxes with forty-eight crayons. Later, companies made boxes of sixty four crayons. Today, there are all kinds of crayons for sale. You can buy washable crayons, color-changing crayons, glitter crayons, and more. In 2001, one crayon company asked people to vote for their favorite color. The winner? Blue. One crayon company in the United States makes more than ten million crayons each day. That's about three billion crayons in the United States each year. That is enough crayons to circle the earth at least four times!