Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Every Material Known to Man/Crayon

Method 1 (No SSS)
Here is a texture setting for a waxy crayon.

Material Tab

Color: Anything (e.g., 0000A7)

Alpha: 1

Shader Tab

Diffuse Shader (Oren-Nayar), Ref: 0.8

Diffuse Shader (Oren-Nayar), Rough: 1.5

Specular Shader (Phong), Spec: 0.75

Specular Shader (Phong), Hard: 25

Crayon