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Crayola Silly Scents Product Line (Crayola) - 2017
Release Dates and Regional Names:
- Worldwide: Summer 2017 (Global master relaunch under localized Crayola branding)
Platforms:
Retail Supermarket Stationery Aisles / Art Class Desks / Playroom Coloring Tables
Publisher:
Crayola LLC (A subsidiary of Hallmark Cards, Inc.)
Developer:
Crayola Research and Development Division
Type:
Scented Coloring and Artistic Drawing Tool Line
Media:
Washable Fine Line Markers, Chisel Tip Markers, Twistables, and Colored Crayons
Description and Experience:
The 2017 Crayola Silly Scents product line is a vibrant, multi-sensory collection of children's art tools. Designed to transform traditional drawing into an interactive olfactory experience, the line infuses standard coloring instruments with sweet food and fruit fragrances. The core experience spans several variations, including 6-count and 12-count Washable Markers, 24-count Twistables, and classic 12-count Crayons. When a child colors, the ink or wax automatically releases localized scent notes corresponding to the color. Every box features bright neon green packaging adorned with wacky cartoon mascot faces that visually represent the unique flavors, such as a smiling cherry for red and a goofy apple for green.
Key Features:
- Multi-sensory artistic format embedding pleasant sweet scents into drawing tips
- Wide product variety scaling across fine-line markers, chisel tips, crayons, and twistables
- Specialized non-toxic washable ink formulation designed to cleanly rinse from skin and clothing
- Whimsical visual identity utilizing custom animated food mascots matching every color profile
- Complete cross-compatibility across all sets, encouraging kids to mix and layer different scents
Technical Specifications:
- Safe, non-toxic water-based ink matrices and premium soft-molded coloring wax bases
- Standardized product counting variants including 6-count, 10-count, 12-count, and 24-count boxes
- Precision-engineered fiber nib tips on markers to regulate steady, smooth ink and scent emission
- Fully autonomous creative design running entirely on manual child-powered drawing hand motions
Advertising Description (North America):
"Color, create, and smell the fun with the all-new Silly Scents from Crayola! We took your favorite coloring tools and infused them with the craziest, sweetest scents ever! Draw a sweet red cherry, a goofy green apple, or a delicious white marshmallow! They smell so good, you won't believe your nose! Best of all, the markers are completely washable, so the fun stays on the page and off your clothes. Fuel your imagination and collect the whole line! Each set sold separately, from Crayola."
Additional Details:
- Age Range: Scaled with non-toxic, child-safe components recommended for artists ages 3 years old and up
- Best for: Preschool coloring activities, sensory art projects, and nostalgic stationery collectors
Historical Context:
The 2017 product rollout marked a massive, modern rebranding of Crayola's legacy scented marker lines, which originally found immense success in the 1990s. Recognizing a massive late-2010s resurgence in kids' sensory and tactile toys, Crayola modernized the line by shifting away from traditional scents toward high-intensity sweet treat variations. Backed by extensive back-to-school television commercial campaigns, the neon-green boxes quickly became seasonal checkout staples across major retailers. Because this 2017 generation introduced the iconic animated character faces to the packaging design, pristine unspent boxes from this initial launch wave maintain steady nostalgic appeal within vintage stationery and art supply circles on platforms like eBay.
Did You Know?
- Every individual color is paired with a specific sweet treat, such as Orange smelling like real fresh oranges and Yellow smelling like sweet pineapple.
- Crayola's development lab chemically engineered the ink so the scent binds uniformly to paper fibers, retaining fragrance for days after coloring.
- The washable formula utilized in the markers allows parents to wash accidental marks out of most fabrics using just warm water.
- Following the massive success of this sweet lineup, Crayola later expanded the subtheme by launching a humorous "Stinky Scents" companion wave.
- Vintage collectors and elementary educators frequently search for complete 24-count Twistables packs from this 2017 window to preserve the original scents. 🎨🖍️🍏🍒
Crayola Silly Scents Product Line (Crayola) - 2017
Release Dates and Regional Names:
- Worldwide: Summer 2017 (Global master relaunch under localized Crayola branding)
Platforms:
Retail Supermarket Stationery Aisles / Art Class Desks / Playroom Coloring Tables
Publisher:
Crayola LLC (A subsidiary of Hallmark Cards, Inc.)
Developer:
Crayola Research and Development Division
Type:
Scented Coloring and Artistic Drawing Tool Line
Media:
Washable Fine Line Markers, Chisel Tip Markers, Twistables, and Colored Crayons
Description and Experience:
The 2017 Crayola Silly Scents product line is a vibrant, multi-sensory collection of children's art tools. Designed to transform traditional drawing into an interactive olfactory experience, the line infuses standard coloring instruments with sweet food and fruit fragrances. The core experience spans several variations, including 6-count and 12-count Washable Markers, 24-count Twistables, and classic 12-count Crayons. When a child colors, the ink or wax automatically releases localized scent notes corresponding to the color. Every box features bright neon green packaging adorned with wacky cartoon mascot faces that visually represent the unique flavors, such as a smiling cherry for red and a goofy apple for green.
Key Features:
- Multi-sensory artistic format embedding pleasant sweet scents into drawing tips
- Wide product variety scaling across fine-line markers, chisel tips, crayons, and twistables
- Specialized non-toxic washable ink formulation designed to cleanly rinse from skin and clothing
- Whimsical visual identity utilizing custom animated food mascots matching every color profile
- Complete cross-compatibility across all sets, encouraging kids to mix and layer different scents
Technical Specifications:
- Safe, non-toxic water-based ink matrices and premium soft-molded coloring wax bases
- Standardized product counting variants including 6-count, 10-count, 12-count, and 24-count boxes
- Precision-engineered fiber nib tips on markers to regulate steady, smooth ink and scent emission
- Fully autonomous creative design running entirely on manual child-powered drawing hand motions
Advertising Description (North America):
"Color, create, and smell the fun with the all-new Silly Scents from Crayola! We took your favorite coloring tools and infused them with the craziest, sweetest scents ever! Draw a sweet red cherry, a goofy green apple, or a delicious white marshmallow! They smell so good, you won't believe your nose! Best of all, the markers are completely washable, so the fun stays on the page and off your clothes. Fuel your imagination and collect the whole line! Each set sold separately, from Crayola."
Additional Details:
- Age Range: Scaled with non-toxic, child-safe components recommended for artists ages 3 years old and up
- Best for: Preschool coloring activities, sensory art projects, and nostalgic stationery collectors
Historical Context:
The 2017 product rollout marked a massive, modern rebranding of Crayola's legacy scented marker lines, which originally found immense success in the 1990s. Recognizing a massive late-2010s resurgence in kids' sensory and tactile toys, Crayola modernized the line by shifting away from traditional scents toward high-intensity sweet treat variations. Backed by extensive back-to-school television commercial campaigns, the neon-green boxes quickly became seasonal checkout staples across major retailers. Because this 2017 generation introduced the iconic animated character faces to the packaging design, pristine unspent boxes from this initial launch wave maintain steady nostalgic appeal within vintage stationery and art supply circles on platforms like eBay.
Did You Know?
- Every individual color is paired with a specific sweet treat, such as Orange smelling like real fresh oranges and Yellow smelling like sweet pineapple.
- Crayola's development lab chemically engineered the ink so the scent binds uniformly to paper fibers, retaining fragrance for days after coloring.
- The washable formula utilized in the markers allows parents to wash accidental marks out of most fabrics using just warm water.
- Following the massive success of this sweet lineup, Crayola later expanded the subtheme by launching a humorous "Stinky Scents" companion wave.
- Vintage collectors and elementary educators frequently search for complete 24-count Twistables packs from this 2017 window to preserve the original scents. 🎨🖍️🍏🍒
