Whilst sorting out the attic to convert it into a bedroom for my middle daughter I stumbled across my Spiro graph from when I was a child and decided rather than throwing it out with the rest of the rubbish that had been in the attic I would donate it to my children to play with as they both love to draw and colour. Both of my daughters loved the concept of the Spiro graph but both found it very hard to use as it is a little too advanced for a 5 year old to do on there own so when I spotted this on play.com I thought it was a great idea as it is a lot more of a basic concept for then to use. This set comes in a nice sturdy box that is ideal for ...  Read the complete review

I bought the Crayola Spir' Animal for my five year old son because he really likes to go arts and crafts and so I'm always on the look out for things like this that will keep him occupied. Basically this kit comes with six different sized spiro wheels, together with three animal shapes (lion, elephant & monkey), some white drawing paper, six coloured pencils (red, green, brown, blue, yellow and orange) and a felt tip type pen (black). The pencils are half length and so are an easily managable size for children and the pen has a long nib so that it can be used by to create the spiral patterns. The idea is to choose one of the spiro ...  Read the complete review

Like lots of my toy reviews I'll start this one much in the same way as the others..... My daughter received the Crayola Spir'Animal for Christmas. It has been played with quite a bit in the last couple of months, here's why: The set is not overly large so it does not take up much room. When you open the box, everything is ready to go as it does include paper, pencils and a pen with a long nib! In addition to this you get your 3 animal shapes - lion, elephant and monkey. They are all brightly coloured so kids will ove them. Not only are these great to act as stencils and draw round but they have a large circle in the middle as well as a slightly smaller one ...  Read the complete review