I am a big fan of the Prang crayons. They hold up pretty well in the
classroom. I have small classes, though, so I don't know how fast I
would run out in a big classroom... they don't seem to wear any faster
than Crayola, to me.
On 1/29/06, Amy Broady <AmyBroady@alumni.duke.edu> wrote:
> I like the Crayola Construction Paper crayons (and I know I'm not alone in
> this), but as for their regular crayons...I am of the impression that they
> are lower in quality than the Prangs. I have used the soy crayons for
> texture rubbings at home (on gorgeous wood batik stamps from India--ah!) and
> like how creamy they are, but do not know how they would hold up in a
> classroom situation. Anyone? Anyone?....Beuller?
>
> Another issue is being able to order single color refills--specifically
> black and white. Scratchboard uses up SO MUCH black, I want to be able to
> reorder just black, but Crayola seems to be the only brand that allows that,
> yet I find that crayola-made scratchboard does get flaky. Sigh. I have also
> been unimpressed with the Crayola regular white on crayon resist projects.
>
> But I am always eager to hear what others think. Maybe you will sway me
> about Crayola!
>
> Amy
>
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