THE PROBLEM WITH CRAYONS | How to Teach your Child to Color Using Skin Tone Diversity Crayons

Is your child drawing their skin or other people’s skin the wrong color? It’s time to change that. Natalie explains how to address this with Crayola Colors of the World skin tone crayons. She walks through a self portrait project to teach your children to embrace their skin tone.
She also shares the perfect book that children of all ages will love, a hard story from elementary school where she learned to color people of all skin tones, and questions from subscribers.
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00:00 How to use Crayola Colors of the World Crayons with children
00:08 How a humiliating childhood experience shocked me out of being "colorblind"
02:30 Why acting "colorblind" doesn't work anymore
02:55 Teachers will not teach your children to use skin tone crayons, this is on you
04:09 Looking at the Crayola Colors of the World skin tone crayons
05:00 When should I teach my child about skin tone crayons?
06:31 Recommended Book: The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
07:20 Black and White Skin Demonstration
08:21 How to swatch your skin tone using the crayons
08:40 Demonstration of color swatching
11:41 Apricot, peach, and brown comparison
12:08 The frustration with crayons
12:37 Self Portrait Project Demonstration
14:47 FAQ: My child is drawing their skin the wrong color, what should I do?
16:18 OMG I found the book from 4th grade!
18:03 Share your questions, tips, and thoughts below!

[@PrimaryFocus]

What are your thoughts after watching this video?

[@_andrewpeacock]

As my kiddo is getting closer and closer to elementary, I love these videos!🙌🏼

[@PrimaryFocus]

Thank you! I’m always looking for inspiration if you have questions/ideas 😄

[@kenziep1025]

Liked and subscribed! Love this 😊

[@PrimaryFocus]

Thank you and welcome!!

[@tvstudentNL]

I definitely always used orange! 😅

[@PrimaryFocus]

baby with a spray tan!

[@Imbatmn57]

One time in middle school i was trying to draw rottweilers sitting down and someone asked if i was drawing a black person. Like i know im bad at drawing but i didn't think i was that bad😭.

[@theyxaj]

While your mistake in fourth grade is mortifying, it's also hilarious. Everyone has at least one moment where they make the most uninformed choice, and it's a blessing when there is little harm done, and even better if you're still young at the time.
One thing I'm curious about, I wonder if when kids use a color that is nowhere close (in name or color) to human skin color, if that's a problem? If they're trying to match and can't, of course, that can be examined. But I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on if or why it matters if a kid uses a different color entirely.

[@PrimaryFocus]

I agree, I’m happy that experience happened when I was young. I like that you reframed it as hilarious, even though I’m hard on myself, I was just a kid doing kid stuff
It’s really common for kids to color using completely random colors, especially if they are new to coloring. If I hadn’t of been strict with my kindergarteners many would have happily picked up random crayons without any thought. Drawing, coloring etc is a skill that must be taught, so I don’t see it as a sign of a deeper issue. I’m wondering if anyone else has a difficult perspective on this though…
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