I'll never forget the day my students were drawing a self-portrait for an "about me" project. After searching through his crayon box, one of my sweet little boys looked up at me and said, "Mrs. Foxwell, there isn't a color that matches me!" I felt his frustration and while we worked with what we had that day, I knew there had to be better classroom supplies that would represent the beautiful array of skin tones in our world. Our classrooms are beautifully diverse, which is why I love the diversity represented in these coloring tools, papers, and paints!
The hunt for more diverse classroom supplies began with crayons, so when I discovered these Crayola® Multicultural Colors Crayons I was so excited to add them to our classroom supplies! While there are only eight crayons in the pack, it gives a much better variety of skin tone colors to choose from than a normal pack of crayons!
After finding the crayons, I was elated to find these Crayola® Multicultural Colors Colored Pencils and quickly added them to our writing center supplies! You can grab the free writing center pail signs HERE.
Markers have always been an extra special treat to use in our classroom! They're actually one of the No-Cost Reward Coupons that students can earn. My kids absolutely LOVE getting to use markers for a whole day! I added these Crayola® Ultra-Clean Washable™ Multicultural Markers into our marker bin they can use when they turn in a coupon.
I might have done a happy dance when I discovered this pack of Pacon® Multicultural Construction Paper! The variety of colors is such a beautiful sight! It's great to use with any craft in your classroom, but I love using it to make our Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" crafts.
Throughout the year there are usually a variety of different projects done in the classroom. These Crayola® Multicultural Washable Paints are great to have on-hand when you need to pull out paint for an art project! They work great with these Paint Palettes and Paintbrushes.