I took Jeffery back to school shopping on Friday. This is the first year we’ve had to buy more than just a backpack, nap mat and clothes. We got to buy actual supplies, 2 boxes of crayons, 2 boxes of markers, pair of scissors, pencils, folders, tissues and all that fun stuff. The one name that popped into my head when I got the list, was a name that I had recently gotten products to review and had also used when I was a kid, Crayola.
Why would I be reviewing simple crayons, colored pencils and markers from Crayola? Because they have started a few new things, and making it aware of some awesome things they have been doing for years that you may not
know about! Let’s see, did you know that for every tree that Crayola cuts down to make their colored pencils, another tree is planted? Yep,they use reforested wood, and they have been since 1987. Crayola is looking after the planet and I think that is awesome! They also don’t use rain forest woods or endangered species. Crayola’s crayons are made with solar power!!!! How awesome is that? In Spring of this year, solar panels provide enough energy to make a billion crayons each year! If you are buying Crayola markers this year (like I did!), you may notice the plastic isn’t white anymore, they have changed to black, it allows then to use more recycled plastic!!! Crayola making that change is keeping hundreds of tons of plastic out of landfills each year!
The new black plastic tubes.
I can say that when I picked up 2 boxes of crayons and 2 boxes of markers for Jeffery’s school shopping, I choose Crayola and in the process I feel like I helped the environment at least a little! I also have a box of Crayola crayons, markers and colored pencils to keep here at the house for when Jeffery has homework this year.
The Giveaway: I’m giving away a set of Crayola’s environmentally friendly products (1 box of 24 crayons, 1 box of 10 markers and 1 box of 12 colored pencils)
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Giveaway will end on August 23rd @ 11pm EST
I received products for the purpose of reviewing at no cost to me from Crayola through My Blog Spark. All opinions expressed are of my own and not influenced by anything or anyone.
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We are teaching our daughter about recycling and teaching her to turn the water off while brushing her teeth to conserve water
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We teach our daughter abour recycling and composting. For a near-3 year old she can probably tell you more about compost than most adults.
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I teach my children to recycle and to turn off lights when not needed and not to waste water .
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We recycle aluminum. newspaper, and plastic.
We have spent a couple of weekends picking up cans on the side of the road and just seeing all the stuff that people through out their car windows. It’s just insane. It is a true lesson on the damage we do to our environment.
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We recycle everything ! I teach my kids to reuse, recycle and conserve
I am trying to recycle as much as i can. i give a gold star sticker to them
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We teach recycling – and make it fun for them to sort things into the correct bins. Maybe as they get older, we can incorporate some of the other greener ideas people had on here!
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They always come with me to the Recycle Center, where we bring our plastics, paper, cardboard, aluminum, etc. And they know that we use reuseable bags when we shop! And I’m constantly reminding them to turn off lights, electronics, etc that aren’t in use!
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I am teaching my kids to be environmentally friendly by having them have litterless lunches…no more plastic baggies at all!
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They each have their own recyclable bag to tote books to the library, they know using these will save on the plastic bags filling up the landfills and protect animals from getting tangled up in them.
Since my son learned all about conservation at school, we’ve been coming up with all sorts of projects. Right now we are setting up seperate containers to recycle more products.
I am teaching my daughter how to recycle and also to turn off the lights, computer, tv etc. when she is not using them.