Parent’s Corner: Product Review

When I found these watercolor crayons at the local art supply store’s kids corner I thought, these will be fun when my little guy is older, but I will try them out and write a review. When my little guy was refusing a nap this weekend I pulled them out and here is our review.

What I liked :

I liked that the set comes with lots of colors, a paint brush, are non toxic and it was under 5 dollars. The mess level is also very low compared with even traditional water colors.

What I didn’t like:

It takes some strength for the crayons to leave good thick marks that will create lots of color when painted over. The crayons were small so it wasn’t easy for my little guy to hold them, although it wasn’t impossible either. In the picture below you can see a flower I drew worried that he’d get no reaction when the water was brushed over his coloring. He did get some but the saturation is much better when you can press hard with the crayon.

What my son liked:

All of it, he liked coloring with the crayons but he loved getting the paintbrush and dipping it in the water and brushing over the crayons. It only took me showing him once for him to catch on. We sat and did water colors for 20 minutes, I was shocked and elated! Also he loved putting the paintbrush in his mouth and unlike with liquid paint these left NO trace of paint on him.

What he didn’t like :

That mommy wouldn’t let him put his whole hand in the water .

I give this product a great big seal of approval, even though young children will need help to make the crayon marks dark enough to get good color saturation when they paint the water on. This would be a great product to take with you when you are camping or traveling because it really isn’t very messy, it packs up easily and won’t leak in your luggage!