The Crayon Box Child Care Center
The Crayon Box Child Care Center is a licensed child care center in Center, TX, licensed for up to 151 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2020. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 8 times and investigated 2 reports. None of those visits produced a citation, which puts it among the 12% of Texas centers with a clean record over that period. Its last 8 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #1 of 3 centers in Shelby County and better than 92% of licensed centers statewide.
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Common questions
Does The Crayon Box Child Care Center take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are The Crayon Box Child Care Center’s hours?
7 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does The Crayon Box Child Care Center accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does The Crayon Box Child Care Center cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Crayon Box Child Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Deep East Texas area, which includes Center, is $28.40 a day for infants, $27.60 a day for toddlers and $26.80 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has The Crayon Box Child Care Center had any serious violations?
No high-risk citations since 2021.
How does The Crayon Box Child Care Center compare with other daycares in Shelby County?
It is tied for #1 of 3 centers in Shelby County by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 92% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was The Crayon Box Child Care Center last inspected?
Jul 20, 2026. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 1696048 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.