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<p>EASTON &#8212; If you lined up the 2.5 billion crayons Crayola has made so far, a perky &#8220;crayologist&#8221; explained, you could encircle the globe six times and, thanks to the Crayola factory in this Lehigh Valley community, 13 million new crayons make that imaginary line longer every day.</p><p>Those are some of the fun facts visitors can learn when they visit downtown Easton for a family-friendly &#8220;Crayola Experience&#8221; that offers four floors of crafts, coloring and room to run around.</p><p>&#8220;They could easily spend five hours here,&#8221; mom Amanda Bupp, of Quakertown, said as she watched 4-year-old Hailee and 3-year-old Bryson draw pictures on a &#8220;Doodle Board&#8221; &#8212; one of the many stations where children can show their creativity.</p><p>&#8220;Just a few more seconds,&#8221; James Pedersen, of Branchburg, New Jersey, told his 3-year-old daughter, Veronica, as she waited for a timer to signal the crayon she had placed into a molding machine had melted, cooled and was ready to emerge in the shape of a tiny dinosaur.</p><p>For another mini project, Veronica and her sister, Cynthia, 2, maneuvered paper under dripping wax to create abstract art.</p><p>On a recent Thursday afternoon, children did not have to wait very long &#8212; or at all &#8212; to work at the stations, but staffer Matthew Follin said the place gets very busy on weekends and during the summer.</p><p>But it certainly seems worth waiting for a chance to place a token in a machine and personalize a crayon, perhaps taking home one you&#8217;ve named after yourself or a friend.</p><p>And kids seemed to love the &#8220;Water Works&#8221; display, in which they could propel toy boats shaped like Crayola crayons through an 85-foot water table canal, complete with a system of locks.</p><p>Another popular area is the &#8220;Crayon Factory&#8221; where children and their parents can watch a live-theater demonstration of some 1200 crayons coming out of their mold.</p><p>The recipe for Crayola crayons hasn&#8217;t changed since 1903, &#8220;crayologist&#8221; Ashlyn Moyer told the families. It&#8217;s still non-toxic wax, clay and pigments that bring about the basic rainbow plus such exciting new colors as Mauvelous, Jazzberry Jam, Timberwolf, Purple Mountains&#8217; Majesty and Electric Lime.</p><p>The manufacturing facility that actually produces the 13 million crayons each day is just outside of Easton, 5.5 miles away from the Crayola Experience. But the place for families to see how crayons are made and take home their own artwork is in downtown Easton, at 30 Centre Square.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">James Pedersen, of Branchburg, New Jersey, watches his 3-year-old daughter, Veronica, remove a little wax dinosaur from a drawer. The dinosaur is made from a crayon that was melted and reformed. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/web1_Caryola3.CMYK_.jpg</photo2><caption2>James Pedersen, of Branchburg, New Jersey, watches his 3-year-old daughter, Veronica, remove a little wax dinosaur from a drawer. The dinosaur is made from a crayon that was melted and reformed. </caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p><strong>By Mary Therese Biebel</strong></p><p>mbiebel@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mary Therese Biebel at 570-991-6109 or on Twitter @BiebelMT</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Crayola makes 13 million crayons per day, and offers family-friendly ‘Crayola Experience’ in Easton