Aug 30 2010Crayola Chemistry: The Chemicals Of Colors
Etsy seller QueInteresante is selling sticker sets that adhere to Crayola crayons and display the chemical compounds that make up a particular color. Note: the crayons don't actually contain these chemicals, they're just the same color. Well, isn't that food for thought? Get it?! I'll eat the f*** out of some crayons!
Children play and draw with crayons practically every day, so why not make the experience more educational? This listing is for a set of 48 Crayola crayons with labels so that while children are coloring, they are also exposed to the names of chemicals that will make those colors! So instead of thinking "I want green" they will think "I want Barium Nitrate Ba(NO3)2 Flame" and then when they take chemistry in high school and their teacher sets some gas on fire and it makes a green color and they ask the class what chemical it was your student will know it was Barium! Genius!
That's right folks, your student will know it was Barium. Ooooor be next door in the biology lab huffing formaldehyde. *sniiiiiiiiiiiiiff* What? I'm preservin' my brain, yo!
Hit the jump for a couple more shots.
QueInteresante's Etsy Page
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Color chemistry crayons [make]
Thanks to Sharon, who never colors inside the lines because she thinks outside the box. Ooooor is a really crappy colorer.
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Reader Comments
1. Que - August 30, 2010 3:05 PM
Que quiro draw dinosar rex.
2. NIG - August 30, 2010 3:09 PM
WOOO
3. MaryJane420 - August 30, 2010 3:21 PM
Would have helped me out in Mineralogy that's for sure.
4. Shelbon - August 30, 2010 3:24 PM
I learned all the science I know from magic school bus and they never had these. I think it's waste of money. Remember that time they shrunk the bus and flew into Ralphie's nose to see how the human body works? I do and it was both fun and educational
5. Sally - August 30, 2010 3:25 PM
I would have liked them when I was little... Now I'm an artist and I think they're crappy crayons... Ah, well.
6. Dishy - August 30, 2010 3:29 PM
Sally, I thought you were still little.
7. Sally - August 30, 2010 3:42 PM
@6
Nope, I turned 13 on saturday
8. blueZorro - August 30, 2010 5:56 PM
Brilliant! What color would deoxyribonucleic acid be?
9. Dishy - August 30, 2010 6:16 PM
Happy (belated) Birthday Sally. Hope you had cake.
10. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - August 30, 2010 6:20 PM
I need to get these for my wife.... just sayin
11. The Bear - August 31, 2010 2:05 AM
These are obviously stickered aftermarket... LAME.... It would actually be interesting if Crayola labelled the colors.
Nice try...
Grrrrrr....
12. Sally - August 31, 2010 6:58 AM
Dishy,
Thank you! No cake, but I got to go to Nom-Con! It was fun. I felt so at home there...