Crayola Experience in Pennsylvania to reopen in May
Crayola Experience, the 60,000-square-foot building in Easton, Pennsylvania is all set to open with six new attractions on 24 May after a multimillion-dollar renovation in mid-February 2013.
Formerly known as The Crayola Factory, Crayola Experience at 30 Centre Square is housed within the Two Rivers Landing building. It will feature 18 stations on four floors, ranging from personalised crayon-making to larger-than-life animated art adventures to activities geared toward children discovering the magic of colour.
First floor will feature the existing retail store of Easton's Alpha Building. It will include an area for guests to create labels for a genuine 2-pound crayon and areas to design images on T-shirts, totes and canvases; and Cafe Crayola, a kitchen with Crayola-inspired foods that will offer make-your-own pizzas and cupcakes ranging in all the colours of the rainbow.
Second floor will offer various experiences such as "Be A Star" which allows users to pose with a Crayola Crayon character in a colouring page photo booth; "Toddler Town" attraction will offer space for children with a play area, giant ball maze and multicoloured peg board similar to a giant "Lite-Brite"; and "Modeling Madness" where children can sculpt their own jewellery and figurines. Workshop areas to airbrush designs on paper and create custom markers through ink injection, as well as a theatre area with a live show about how crayons are made, would also be featured.
Third floor offers "Water Works" that allow guests to maneuver and splash toy boats through an 85-foot water table; “Doodle in the Dark," an interactive dark room for children to create bright marks on blacklit doodle boards; an indoor playground; and "Paint Palette," an area to create "puffy paint" creations that move through an oven for the artwork to transform into 3-D.
Fourth floor will feature "Drip Art" that allows children to load a fresh crayon into a machine, watch it melt and drip wax onto the paper as it spins to create a "swirly-whirly" masterpiece; and "Meltdown," an area to create crafts with melted wax while taking in the aroma of different scents.
Few outdoor sculptures and a giant mural are also planned, which are expected to be completed in May 2013.
