crayon

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If you have ever used a "magic eraser" sponge to scrub away scuffs on white shoes or crayon marks on a wall, you have seen how powerful these cleaners can be.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

A loose 1878 crayon and ink-wash study for an illustration for Émile Zola’s “L’Assommoir” becomes a firmer, more detailed pen, ink and chalk version, made even more solid in the final reproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

“You are smart and kind,” she wrote in pencil, the handwriting surrounded by crayon hearts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

The future Queen Elizabeth I was 12 years old at the time — long past the age in which a ghastly crayon drawing of dad would suffice.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

They probably don’t know that I once threw up right in the hallway, or that Charlie drew purple crayon all over the wall in the living room.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist