Crayon Stockpile

At our house, every crayon is loved down to the nub, with is paper meticulously ripped of and its end constantly resharpened. But evidently many many people (even people with children) find hordes of crayons creating clutter in their homes. So when I hit some garage sales, I nearly always try to ask if there are any art supplies. Often there are - I've found crayons, markers, watercolors, glitter, colored pencils, usually dumped in a single bag being sold for a quarter.

Now being a crayon snob, I would not buy Rose Art crayons at an actual store, but in these grab bags, sometimes there are a lot of Rose Art supplies. (If it is clear that they are mostly Rose Art, I won't buy them - not even for a quarter.) But there are a lot of Crayola supplies too and sometimes rare shades like:

Or an entire study in one color:

And sometimes the bag will have a mix of crayons and markers. Most recently I admired a bag-o-crayons and the seller just gave it to me. In it were three colors of "Silly Scents"These are "Belching Baboon", "Dragon Drool", and "Abominable Snowman" - and they smell putrid. Especially "Dragon Drool" - blech!

Now I'm sure you are wondering how many crayons we have - I can't say for certain, but we lined them up neatly in an old baby wipes box (neatly so as to fit more in) and each row had about 30 crayons and I am pretty sure the box was about 10 rows deep. That's our reserve.