Mom, where's the orange crayon ? ?

I know all you moms have heard that before

Here in the Simply Crafty house, I hear that a lot during homework time.

Like the other day when Taelor needed a green crayon to draw three trees and I swear he spent more time looking through the crayon tub for the right shade of green than drawing the trees.

So that got me thinking. . .

How could I put all the crayons on display without it looking

messy on our kitchen table ? ?

Ta Da ! ! Our new beautiful Crayon Organizer

It all started with one little tomato sauce can.

While I was making dinner one night, after I had rinsed out the can and went to throw it away . . ding . . . off went my crafty light bulb.

After using and cleaning seven more cans, I painted each one with acrylic paint and clear coated them . . . I painted the can

red - orange - yellow - green - blue - purple - pink - white

Than I screwed them to a 11" by 6.5" piece of wood . . . simple enough :)
Than I organized the crayons into the coordinating cans :)

And I used the white can for the white - brown and blacks. Oh and I added little felt feet to the bottom so it
slides across our table smoothly :)

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