Twist up even more fun when coloring and drawing with this set of 18 Crayola Twistable colored pencils in more brilliant colors because kids requested them! Twistables require no peeling or sharpening when the tips get worn down, just twist them up and you"re ready to keep on coloring. The clear plastic barrels keep them from breaking and make it easy to see how much color is left. From its earliest beginnings, Crayola has been a color company. Crayola came into being when cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith took over Edwin"s father"s pigment business in 1885. More than 120 years later, color - along with creativity, learning and most of all, fun - is the hallmark of Crayola"s company. Crayola has called Easton, Pennsylvania its home since the early 1900s. Today, the Crayola"s world headquarters and major manufacturing facilities are located there. And downtown Easton is the home of The Crayola FACTORY, a one-of-a-kind celebration of creative fun for everyone. In 1984, Crayola became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hallmark Cards and has since Crayola has played the lead role in Hallmark"s personal development strategies.