Create crayon bombs

May 21, 2008 in Life is a Verb

Earth_strykercompressed Corny, perhaps, but I love it:

“Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air–explode softly –and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth–boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn’t go cheap, either–not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination.” -Robert Fulghum

How about we all buy a box of crayons today (you SO deserve 64 colors and don’t let anyone tell you different), or find the one we have hidden deep in the recesses of the place we call home, draw a 3" square on a piece of paper, color it, perhaps even post it. What color is today? Tomorrow? We should be corny more often, perhaps. We should certainly use crayons more often.

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Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

13 comments to " Create crayon bombs "

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    leah
    May 21, 2008 AT 2:26PM

    in a bit of synchronicity this week’s “inspire me thursday” theme is all about crayon art!

    the website is: http://www.inspiremethursday.com

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    Becky
    May 21, 2008 AT 6:30PM

    My daughter and I color virtually every day. She prefers markers, but I prefer crayons. Only Crayola will do for me, none of that Rose Art junk…. but that’s the teacher in me, too.

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    teri
    May 21, 2008 AT 10:05PM

    awesome!! totally inspiring… this is why I love my job…art teacher! children’s art is so special, beautiful and touching :) let the peace bombs roll!!

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    Joy K
    May 22, 2008 AT 2:32AM

    A beautiful idea! Ü

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    Julie
    May 22, 2008 AT 6:02AM

    I SO remember the feeling I had when I got my first 64 pack.

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    Debbie
    May 22, 2008 AT 7:12AM

    At the age of 51, I always keep a huge box of crayons close by. Coloring helps me de-stress and relax. I love all of the colors and the smell of a new box of crayons. Coloring allows me to be creative and to feel artistic. The world would be a better place if we could all allow the child within
    out to play more often.

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    Kim
    May 22, 2008 AT 1:37PM

    I remember when my kids were younger, they would color their days in their journals. I would join them if the urge to color was greater than the urge to write. I will definitely buy me some crayons on my way home tonight. I haven’t colored in a very long time.

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    amy s
    May 23, 2008 AT 8:09AM

    love it, love it… ummmm free form coloring is what im goin for, see what comes up and hang it on my fridge… thank you lovely patti. and becky a shout out of wonderfulness you are an ART TEACHER… YES TO THAT!!!!
    amy s

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    Marilyn
    May 24, 2008 AT 1:42PM

    Although everyone our age remembers the thrill we felt upon receiving our first 64-box (mine was revealed under Xmas wrapping paper…not that I remember it vividly or anything…or how I wouldn’t let my little brother, god forbid!, TOUCH it)…I have such a lovely memory of my first little box of 8. Although surely we colored like fools in kindergarten (and probably at home before that), I vividly recall lifting the lid on my 1st grade desk at my tiny Catholic school and seeing that brand-new pack of 8 just sitting there so perfect and fresh. A couple of years ago, the principal at my school attended some training where they were given an 8-pack. Being the left-brain sort that she is, hers remained unused. When she returned (for some reason), she handed that 8-pack to me and said she thought I might want it. It sits in one of my desk drawers…and whenever I open that drawer and see it, I’m reminded of the possibilities that lie within those little magic wands of color.

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    Jared
    June 21, 2008 AT 9:12AM

    I heard this quote a few years ago and at first I thought it was just cute. After a day or two I started thinking about the logistics of how to create a crayola bomb on a much smaller scale. If you go to my website and click on operation smile I have a pdf file in the making which details some of the technical aspects of doing such things. Perhaps if I get enough accurate information the muthbusters or some college physics class would do it?

    http://thecometguy.com/operation-smile/

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    Bing
    February 26, 2011 AT 9:22PM

    I was perusing the store today looking for last minute things to put into a care package I was sending to a friend stationed in Afghanistan. He had told me to send gifts he can pass out to children and that they looooved receiving bic pens. However, his leadership had told him not to give out pens, because they can be used to make blasting caps for IEDs, who-da thunk? What if those kids just want something to write with? Don’t they sell their own pens over there? Well, anyways, I stumbled across those little school boxes of crayons and bought a bunch of them, hopefully they will be popular!

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    Bing
    February 26, 2011 AT 9:24PM

    And uh…I guess you can make bombs of Crayons too, apparently. ^_-

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