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I hate winter, so to combat the long stretch of cold ahead, I decided to book a fall Florida getaway with baby girl. We love visiting Orlando – both to escape the cold and to visit our Florida cousins. Every time we visit Orlando, we always find new things to do! On this recent trip, we spent a day at Legoland Florida and a day at Aquatica Orlando, so we wanted some indoor fun, so we decided to check out the Orlando Crayola Experience!
Orlando Crayola Experience
Where is the Orlando Crayola Experience?
The Orlando Crayola Experience is located at the Florida Mall, which is centrally located. The Orlando Crayola Experience is about 15 minutes from Universal Studios Florida (where we stayed at Loews Royal Pacific) and 20 minutes from Walt Disney World. Unlike at many attractions in Orlando, parking is free.
How Much is the Orlando Crayola Experience?
Admission for guests ages 3 and up starts at $22.99 (per the Crayola website although at press time the site was discounting the tickets to $19.99 each).
We bought our tickets for $18 each (plus tax). We printed our passes at home and exchanged them for tickets upon entry. Each ticket holder received two tokens to be used at the Wrap It Up! and Modeling Madness exhibits.
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The Orlando Crayola Experience
Baby girl and I, along with my cousin, her three kids and their grandma visited the Orlando Experience on a Sunday in November. I was pleasantly surprised to find it not too crowded. After checking in, we headed upstairs and straight to the Wrap It Up! exhibit. Here you choose a crayon and then on tablets, create your own label for that color. The machine prints your label and then you can take it over to the little machine that perfectly wraps your label around the crayon. Very cool!
Each label requires a token, (we had twelve tokens since we had six paying guests). You can also purchase more tokens in a little machine – two for a dollar. Each kid made three crayons and I’m pretty sure each label mentioned the word, “poo”. It would be cool to make a personalized crayon of each color and come home with a whole set. A fairly inexpensive souvenir!
After crayon labeling, we hit the other token-taking activity – Model Magic. If you have never used it, Model Magic is Crayola’s version of play-doh, although I find it more clay-like than the dough stuff. There are four vending machines that disperse little packets of Model Magic. One token gets you one little packet!
Once you retrieve your Model Magic from the machine, there are tables set up with rolling pins, cookie cutters and little dough wheels. Kids can roll out their dough and get creative! I love this type of open-ended play.
Other Exhibits at the Orlando Crayola Experience
After spending all of our tokens, we headed into some of the other exhibits. Those included:
- Play area – there are two, one for kids 3 and up, and one for toddlers.
- Art Alive – where your iPad drawings become animated on a screen wall. I personally loved this attraction.
- You Design – you can design a fashionable dress or a race car and have your drawing come to life on the runway/racetrack. The girls really liked this activity.
- Scribble Square – here you can color on chalkboards or draw on dry erase cars. I think my cousin loved this area the most!
- Meltdown – here you create by dipping your paintbrush into what I thought was paint and paint on paper. The girls really liked this, although we all did not realize the medium we were actually working with! It wasn’t until we saw the Crayola lady putting whole crayons into the melting vats that we realized the paint was really melted wax! The paintings actually came out really cool because there was a neat texture to the pictures as the wax dried.
- Melt & Mold – this was the last area we checked out. It was a bit of a bummer that this experience had such a long wait. We got in line and figured it would go fast, but I don’t think all of the 16 stations were working, so the queue did not move as fast as I had hoped. But once we got our turn, the girls loved this attraction. Here you place your crayon in the machine, and it melts. The wax drips into the mold of your choice – car, ring, dragon or seahorse. The girls loved their finished products of seahorse shaped crayons!
There were a few exhibits we just ran out of time to try. We spent about three hours at the Orlando Crayola Experience. We did take a break for food, skipping the Crayola Café and opting to head into the mall and hit the food court for lunch. Our hands were stamped as we exited Crayola, so we were able to return after eating.
Orlando Crayola Experience Review
A visit to the Orlando Crayola Experience would be a great activity to have in the wings during a rainy Florida day, or when you want to beat the summer heat with an indoor activity. The four kids in our party –age 1 to 10, all really enjoyed the Orlando Crayola Experience. And I will admit, us grown-ups did too!
Have you been to the Orlando Crayola Experience? What is your favorite Orlando activity?
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I didn’t know about this! What a fun option for a rainy day.
yes! tuck it away for a day away from the parks! You can shop at the mall too!
I have always wondered about this place. We are planning an orlando trip this summer… I’m so glad I came upon your experience. Certainly going to check it out !
Pink rio poo! 😆 I think they should mainstream that in their box of 64. Looks like a great experience for kids and adults who love them.
we had a whole set of POO crayons!
I will have to keep this in mind when I head down to Orlando in the fall. My little one would love this! #familytraveltip
I’ve never heard of this place! Thanks for the info!
My kids would love this place! Wish there was one up in New England!
I’m surprised there isn’t one!
This place looks like so much fun! We haven’t taken our girls to Orlando yet, but I will definitely put this on the list of places to visit when we do.
What a wonderful experience to have and enjoy. Crayola has so many great products for all ages especially children to enjoy.
children of all ages!
How fun! I’ve never heard of it, but I will have to add it to my wishlist for the next time we head to the Orlando area!!
We are in Orlando in April…added this to our to-do list. It’ll be a refreshing break from the parks.
Looks so fun! My kids really enjoyed the one at the Mall of America.
I miss Florida! We are actually planning a trip this coming summer to visit my family. This is a great post with some awesome ideas for my kiddos!
Wow! This seems like an awesome experience for children and adults, too. I would love to draw using crayons there. 🙂
my cousin and I had a blast!
My kids would love this! I’m pinning this for the next time we’re in Orlando. #fearlessfamilytravel
Id never heard of this place! My lo would love it so when we get to Orlando I will def look at this one! #fearlessfamtrav
It sounds like a lot of fun! I need to add to my list of places to go one day soon!
I’ve never been to one, but know that my kiddo (and me!) would love it! Looks like a blast!
Ah man, we were just in Orlando and I didn’t know about this place. My daughter would love it so on the must-see list for next time!
Looks fun! They are opening one in Plano, TX pretty soon, will have to check it out.
Thank you for this tip. I love Orlando, and this looks really fun. We will have to check it out on our next visit.
Looks like so much fun! Nothing beats the smells of a fresh pack of Crayons. Bring you back to childhood doesn’t it. #blogpostsaturday
What a perfect outing!!
I have not yet been to Orlando. But Crayola seems like a fun activity to do 🙂
You weren’t far from the Gnarly Barley, my favorite Orlando dive. Good place to go and refuel if you go back again!
oh good to know! we are heading back to Orlando soon!
What a super cool place! My kids would go nuts in there.
How much fun would this be?!? I think it would be fun even for the adults! Also, that’s so funny that the kids all incorporated the word poo into their crayon color names. That’s something my kids would do, too!
oh how fun! This look like an awesome activity for kids…. and me hehe
What an experience it must have been! We visited Orlando last autumn but missed this one. Didn’t know about it. I’m glad you shares. Added to the list 😊
My kids would have loved this place when they were young. The colour naming might have taken a similar path to the one chosen by your crowd of kids..
I learn so much reading travel blogs – I never knew this existed! Looks like quite the fun experience.
This looks like such a cute day trip! My little guys would love naming their own crayons! 🙂 Too bad we don’t have a Crayola experience close to us up North!
I loved the Crayola Experience in Orlando. My kids loved it so much that they tried their hardest to loose us so they could play longer.
This place is right up my daughter’s area of interest! It sounds like it is an inexpensive outing with lots of different aspects.
This would be such a fun and unique activity! I’ve actually never heard of it before. My kids would love the part where they get to decorate their own crayon wrappers.
I didn’t even realize this place existed! Usually Orlando=Disney & Universal for us! Now my kids are too “grown” for this 😩Great, informative article!
Oh this is fab! I have to say I did giggle at the name of her crayon! Great souvenirs though and a really unusual day out. Thanks for linking up to #FamilyTravelTips.
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Great idea for family travel and Florida is a great place to get out of the cold weather. With lots to do in Orlando, the Crayola Experience is a must. Good tips! Thanks for sharing! #WeekendWanderlust
We love this place! It’s so perfect for a rainy day, or a day when you just can’t stand the Florida summer temperatures anymore! I also love that it’s attached to the Florida Mall; it’s not my favorite mall for shops but they have a Carlos Bakery there, and we always stop by for black and white cookies!
We have just been to the same one and also loved it! The Colour Magic was a huge it as was the dancing / jumping area behind the crayon painting! Such a fun day out . Thanks for linking up to #familytraveltips