My mother in law has this thing that children need to be doing lots of different activities, so when we were recently with her over christmas she produced one of these crayola painting kits to entertain the kidlets while the males of the house were having a lie in. We were going for quiet activity that would engage both my 2 and 4 year old boys, as we were, shall we say also a little bit delicate round the edges as it was New Years Day. The colour magic range from crayola is something i have never noticed in the shop, but the mother in law has produced a marker kit from the range before, so i was familiar with the range and the principle. This ...  Read the complete review

If you have read my other reviews you will know that in July last year I got a new car. Not brand new but new for me. I look after my cars and try to keep them clean. A hardship with two young children, but none the less I still try! :) One problem I had to face when the car had only been in my possession for 3 weeks was a trip to Cornwall. There were a few aspects I needed to think about ... * What needed to be taken along (plus I was pregnant and near ready to pop so baby stuff just to be safe!) * What snacks * What toys to keep my 5 year old busy We have a portable DVD player which attaches to the rear of the ...  Read the complete review

When a whole pile of toys is ignored for an entire hour on Christmas day in favour of this painting set you have clearly got a winning product on your hands! Thsi crayola magic painting set promises to be mess free - and remarkably it actually lives up to that promise whilst proving to be lots of fun. My two and a half year old got one of these for Christmas, but I have since bought another set as it has proved so popular. The age guidlines say 3+ but I can't see anything that would be unsafe for children below this age, although you might want to watch that they don't eat the invisible "paint". The set consists of a ...  Read the complete review

These are a god send, car journey, plane trips, restaurants, and trips to the friends that have white carpets (they obviously dont have kids), you can take these along for little ones to create art work and there is not a scrap of evidence anywhere. I have purchased numerous sets of these, the paints come in a tray and are like vasoline to the touch, there is a sponge applicator however, my daughter prefers digging her fingers in and a book which has a good range of pictures for her to test her art skills on. When used together, and the gel is applied to the page the colours magically appear. An additonal advantage that i have found with this is ...  Read the complete review