Crayola Markers 64 Count: Which of the Two You Are Buying

Two different Crayola boxes in this catalogue hold 64 markers, and they are not variants of one product. One is a 64-count of mini markers built for small hands. The other is a full-size washable broad line variety set. They differ by $7.48, by nib size, and by what buyers complain about.

Count is the last thing to decide and the easiest to get wrong, which is why the ranges are separated first at the crayola markers buying guide. This page deals with the number 64 and what hides behind it.

Sixteen Ways to Ask for the Same Number

Sixteen phrasings carry 520 searches a month between them at keyword difficulty 0. "Crayola markers 64" takes 150, "crayola 64 markers" 70, "64 crayola markers" 50 and "crayola markers 64 pack" 40.

Two of the tail terms name a specific product rather than a count: "crayola 64 pip-squeak skinnies markers" at 60 and rising 1,441.3% year on year, and "crayola washable markers broad line 64 ct." at 20. Those two are the reason this page exists, because they point at the two different boxes people are landing on.

The Two Boxes

Both carry Amazon's Choice badges. The gap is $7.48 on the box and twelve cents a marker, and the thing being bought is different in each case: 64 small pens for small hands, or 64 standard pens in a range of nib types.

Crayola's medians across 194 catalogue products are $14.22 and 4.7. Both of these boxes sit at or above the brand median rating and the Pip-Squeaks set is a dollar under the brand median price for four times the usual count.

What 64 Actually Costs You

This is the finding that neither listing puts on the front of the box. On the broad line variety set, colour variety draws 111 mentions with 49 positive and 62 negative, a majority-negative record, and there is a separate recorded topic labelled duplicates: 29 mentions, 6 positive, 23 negative.

The mini set shows the same problem in a milder form. Colour selection there draws 396 mentions with 321 positive and 75 negative, and the reservation is explicit.

"I really like how compact the markers are. There are lots of colors but some of the colors seem like they aren't that different from each other." Crayola Pip-Squeaks Skinnies Washable Markers for Kids 64ct

"These markers have great colors but sometimes look a little "watery". I use them to color in designs." Crayola Pip-Squeaks Skinnies Washable Markers for Kids 64ct

Sixty-four distinguishable colours is a lot to ask of a dye range that also has to wash out of cotton, and past a certain count the increments get too small to see. That is the honest cost of the number, and it is a cost in perceived value rather than in performance.

What the Mini Barrel Changes

The Pip-Squeaks set is not a smaller price for the same pen. It is a shorter barrel with a narrower nib, and that changes two things in opposite directions.

In its favour: hand sensitivity draws 235 mentions with 229 positive and 6 negative, which is the cleanest record on either product. The barrel is sized for a child learning to hold a pen.

"Markers are perfect for little hands learning how to properly hold a writing utensil. Perfect for my 4 year old!!!..." Crayola Pip-Squeaks Skinnies Washable Markers for Kids 64ct

Against it: a smaller barrel holds less ink, and one buyer names the consequence.

"...She said they're great but dry out quickly since they're smaller. Seeing his artwork come home, I can tell they're able to hold these a lot better!..." Crayola Pip-Squeaks Skinnies Washable Markers for Kids 64ct

That report sits inside a broader pattern rather than outside it. Across the washable type, drying time draws 872 mentions on 14 products with 628 negative, a 72% negative rate, and drying out adds 314 mentions with 226 negative, also 72%. Those are the two worst attributes on washable markers, and a smaller reservoir has less margin against both. The counts by type are at drying time: what buyers reported.

Where the Ink Works

Sixty-four of anything is still one chemistry, and washable dye is water-soluble by design. It rates works on paper at 40 searches a month, on glass at 1,480, on ceramic, on skin at 750 and on car glass at 500. It rates conditional on fabric at 1,360, which is the accurate version of the word washable: most cotton lets it go, not all of it. It fails on chalkboard, wood and rock, because a porous surface takes dye in and keeps it.

The strength that justifies the whole type is washability, at 3,757 mentions across 53 products with 2,974 positive and 783 negative, a 21% negative rate. That is the best attribute record of any marker type on this site, and it is the reason a 64-count of washable markers in a house with a painted wall is a reasonable purchase where a 64-count of permanent markers would not be. The counts by type are at washability: what buyers reported.

Buying Advice

The wider range for that age sits at kids markers. For a child under about seven, the Pip-Squeaks 64-count at $0.23 a pen is the better buy on both price and grip, and the duplicate-colour issue matters less when the user is choosing by feel rather than by shade.

For a classroom, a craft table or an adult, the full-size variety set at $0.35 a pen gives usable nib sizes and standard barrels, and the duplicate complaint is the thing to expect rather than the thing to be surprised by. Neither box is a bad product. The mistake is assuming the two names describe the same thing because the number matches.

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