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(More customer reviews)I'll admit my kid is younger than the suggested age for these... he just turned 2... but I'm sure I'm not the only parent thinking this looks like a good way to keep toddlers entertained. ;-)
MAYBE you'd have better luck with an older child. Bear that in mind.
I bought a bunch of Color Wonder markers, paints, paper, and coloring books back in August when we were flying from CA to MI. I thought it would keep my kid occupied on the plane. It didn't... but that's another story.
We got all this stuff out again recently thinking he might be more into it. He seems to like the markers now, more or less. But not the paint.
The problem with the color wonder stuff in general is, it takes time for the color to appear on the page. It's a very weird sensation... you are coloring with a marker and nothing is happening. The color starts to appear in about a second, but it takes a few seconds for the colors to *fully* develop. The paints seem to take longer to develop than the markers.
The other problem with the paints is they are really soft. Kind of like a tub of lip gloss... very tempting for little fingers to dig around in. It seems my kid gets more fun out of digging in the paint than he does painting with these.
I am thinking an older child *might* be inclined to paint rather than dig. But then I am thinking an older child could be trusted better with normal paints so why would you get these in that case anyway?
The time delay plus squish factor made these a big disappointment for us. Your milage may very and it's not like you're going to need to take out a second mortgage to try these out. They're cheap enough. If they're a hit, great. If they flop, not a huge deal.
I suggest the markers over the paints, though.
And I suggest the plain paper over the coloring books, FWIW. The coloring books are kind of weird in that only the area inside the lines defining the picture can be colored. At least with the books we have. Say you have a picture of a seal. You can only color inside the seal. You can't draw a fish or a ball or your name or anything outside the seal, because only the paper inside the drawing is coated with whatever it is that makes the Color Wonder colors show up. The coloring books aren't terrible... it's just kind of weird/frustrating that you CAN'T color outside the lines. Sometimes you want to add a little extra.
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Color Wonder Fingerpaints and Coloring Book Set offers a fun way to paint without the mess. Color Wonder is a mess-free creative system of inks and paints, developed by Crayola scientists. Color Wonder inks and paints are clear, and colors appear only on the special Color Wonder paper. Colors seem to appear magically. Color Wonder inks and paints will not appear on skin, walls or carpet. Great for craft projects. Color Wonder Fingerpaints and Coloring Book set includes six colorless Color Wonder Fingerpaints and 8" x 10" Color Wonder Coloring Book.
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