OUR STORY

Hi! We are Will & Luke! We are the co-owners of Honeysticks.
We live in New Zealand with our families - where we make Honeysticks and also source our 100% natural beeswax!

We met many years ago while working in the corporate world. We both had shared views on making an impact on the world, living an eco-friendly lifestyle and using natural products for our families.

Family is an important factor in the Honeysticks story, it is a continuous joint effort between us, our wives, our kids and all of our customers that keep us strong on our values. We found that in the corporate world, we struggled to make a positive impact and eventually got too impatient with how slowly things moved!

So we left the corporate grind and Honeysticks became centre stage! It is our mission to ensure all of our products, packaging and practices are natural, non-toxic and great for the environment.

Not only that, being parents ourselves we love to see our children grow their creativity and experimentation over the years. We wanted to help provide that same experience for children across the globe.
Honeysticks was founded in a small daycare when a teacher noticed the kids chewing on their crayons. The quest for a safe & natural alternative landed on beeswax as the primary ingredient for our first product & Honeysticks was born. Hand-crafted by New Zealand’s oldest crayon maker & still hand-made in New Zealand out of the highest quality natural & food-grade ingredients.

We’re grateful to own & operate an innovative family run business bringing a safe, natural & eco-friendly alternative to other families around the world. Our hope is that Honeysticks will provide hours of fun & entertainment for your kids, allowing them to be naturally creative! Just like they have for ours.

Will, Luke & Families

Natural, non-toxic goodness

Honeysticks beeswax crayons, Soy/beeswax bath crayons and Bath colour drops are handmade from 100% Natural and non-toxic food grade ingredients.

Our Colouring books use 100% recycled paper. We use no plastic packaging with our products.

Sustainable and Low Impact

We pride ourselves on using sustainable, recycled/recyclable and reusable ingredients and packaging throughout our whole process. The beeswax used to create Honeysticks is a natural by-product of honey production.

Our soywax is sourced from sustainable plantations in the USA. Our bath crayon wrappers are made with a printing stock produced from crushed rock low impact and biodegradable. Our colouring books use 100% recycled paper that is originally sourced from sustainable forests. All our packaging can be recycled and reused.

New Zealand Born & Bred

Honeysticks were developed for a New Zealand preschool that was looking for safe and natural crayons for it’s pupils.

We proudly produce all our products right here in New Zealand. Honeysticks is a New Zealand owned and operated company.

Designed with Children’s Development in Mind

Our unique Crayons are designed for little hands and can be grasped without opposable thumb dexterity.

All our ranges are designed in encourage creative development through colour, coordination and experimentation

Food Grade Colours

Let your little ones express their inner artist with a stunning range of twelve eye catching, non-toxic food grade crayon colours.

Fully Tested

Compliant with relevant Global safety standards and using all natural ingredients and non toxic ingredients. CE, ASTM & Graphic Materials Group Standard ANZ