Color my world, really

Students in kindergarten, first, second and third grades at Horace

Mann Elementary School helped build what could become the world’s

largest crayon. Students donated “Leftola” -- leftover blue crayons

-- to help build Crayola’s 10-foot-long crayon as part of the

company’s 100th birthday celebration. The company’s goal is to get

in the Guinness Book of World Records for making the largest crayon.

A crew of Crayola employees is traveling across the country in the

Crayola ART-rageous Adventure Bus and making stops at schools,

festivals, zoos, fairs and retailers in 25 cities. The crew stopped

at Horace Mann on Thursday, and students were able to participate in

a variety of coloring activities. Students used “spider markers” to

create spider-web necklaces, used melted crayons to paint, drew with

magic markers on “wonder paper,” and drew pictures of stars, houses

and people on a large, clear plexiglass wall. Students were given

gift bags with markers and Crayola coupons. Edwin Binney and C.

Harold Smith introduced the first box of eight Crayola crayons in

1903, and more than 120 billion Crayola crayons have been sold

since, officials said.