Christopher Straub of Bristol, armed with quaint names for different colored crayons like "London gray fog," entered the ...

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When the founder of toy company Kid Made Modern Todd Oldham was a kid, he left a box of crayons in a hot car one summer. When he returned, all the colors had melted together, becoming one giant ...

Bellen Woodard may be young, but she’s already being praised as an inspiration across the world. At just 9 years old, Bellen has made a name for herself by launching her “More than Peach” project, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Crayola wants to retire a color from a childhood-favorite, it's rainbow box of 24 crayons. But Crayola isn't saying which color will bite the dust just yet. The company, cruelly ...

Bellen Woodard was in third grade when she came home with a question. "My friends, they always called the peach crayon the skin-colored crayon," she recalled. Why? She handed over the crayon but it ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas — 1903 was a monumental year for American inventions. The Wright Brothers invented the airplane. Ford, Buick and Harley Davidson launched. Hershey opened the largest chocolate ...