When kids grow up and abandon coloring books and you’re left with a bin of burnt sienna and cerulean blues worn down to the nubs … what do you do with the nubs? Recycle them, of course. But not the ...

Do you have kids? Were you ever a kid? (Hi, yes, that’s all of you). Chances are there’s a stash of old broken-up crayons hidden somewhere in your house among the more respectable art supplies. Maybe ...

DANVILLE — Bryan Ware stood in his kitchen on a weekday morning with his wife, dad and a close friend. There was a white drop cloth draped on the counter, two steaming metal pots on the stove and ...

Are your kids already bringing broken school supplies home at the bottom of their backpacks? Or maybe your littlest kids are getting bored at home with their older siblings away at school all day?

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Crayons: they come in all of the colors of the rainbow and you probably used one before you could even write. Now, California-based nonprofit The Crayon Initiative is giving ...

No Crayon Left Behind is a non-profit group started by Emily Skopov, a mother of two young children. Her organization collects crayons that have been briefly used by customers of Pittsburgh-area ...

He’s using old and used crayons left behind at restaurants to help children. Instead of letting the crayons sit in a landfill, Bryan Ware created a non-profit to deliver crayons to children in ...

Just because they are rough on their crayons doesn't mean your kids have to draw with little waxy nubs. Craft site Chica and Jo has a tutorial on breathing new life into your crayons. Gather up all ...

It’s easy (and, you know, good for the planet) to repurpose your crayons into super-fun shapes; all it takes is a $1 ice cube mold from Ikea. This DIY is a huge hit with kids, and it’s a great ...