Crayola Experience

As an early birthday treat, we decided to take Zoe up to the Crayola Experience. She loves to color and we had heard great things, plus we had a coupon. There were TONS of activities in the place, starting with creating your own wrapper for a crayon. Zoe did this four times, creating two for herself and one each for Cheryl and me. We then moved on to an area where you could color a picture on a small touch screen and then look at it projected on the wall.

We all colored several pictures and wrote different messages that we had projected. It was also a place that we came back to later in the day. Next was a wall where colors would rain down from the top of a screen and, by stepping in front of a camera, you could wipe away the color. I may have enjoyed this a little more than Zoe did.

There was also an appearance by Green Crayon and we were able to get some pictures with... him? her? it?

They also had a penny machine, one of the things that Zoe also enjoys and collects. She is even getting so good at it that she can turn the handle all on her own.

Finally they had this dark room with light up boards where you can draw on them with markers that would glow. This was really cool and Zoe was very serious about her drawing.

It was a great trip and we picked a good day to go, since it was raining out. Once we go home, her highness decided to take it easy and just relax.

What else would you wear when taking it easy at home?

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