Ok, so the recommended minimum age for these crayons is two years, but I really don't think there's any reason why younger children should not be able to use them, with adequate adult supervision. In fact I'd go as far as to say that as soon as a child (or baby) is able to sit unaided and has a good pincer grip, then they're old enough to start learning to express themselves through art. Freddy is only nine months old, has pretty good fine motor control and loves painting and drawing. When I started stocking up on different art equipment for him, the ELC was my first port of call, simply because I was looking for quality art supplies, that were also non-toxic. These ...  Read the complete review

ELC Chubby Crayons are just what they say on the pack.....no more and no less. Each pack contains 20 wax crayons (I don't think they do the pack with 36 crayons anymore) of a variety of colours, namely purple, red, yellow, green, navy blue, pale blue, medium blue, black, orange and brown. The main traditional primary and secondary colours are represented. The crayons are bought in a cardboard package which aren't great to keep them stored in and so we actually use an old biscuit tin to store the crayons in. The pack costs £1.50 - which I feel is a very good price for 20 crayons. The wax crayons are indeed chunky and they are about 3 inches in length and so ...  Read the complete review

As someone who is very house proud I have been very pleased that my twin boys go to a lot of toddler groups and sessions where messy and creative play is a part of these sessions. My boys have regularly experienced drawing, painting (with fingers) and sticking hands into various sorts of gloopy mixtures but this has not been in the comfort of our own home, so as a parent I have not had to worry about trying to keep two paint wielding toddlers in one place rather than allow them to draw on our cream walls when on my own with them. But over the summer holidays many of the groups we go to do not run and with the lack of good weather I found myself searching for indoor ...  Read the complete review

Lately my 15 month old son has been showing some interest in his older sister's drawing materials; mainly as a medium with which he tries to 'decorate' the kitchen floor, but as standard crayons are too fragile, felt pens too messy, and coloured pencils too darn pointy-ended for him, I have not been encouraging this. When I read a dooyoo review of these ELC 'stubby' crayons however, it seemed like these would be a good choice for him. I find Early Learning Centre a bit pricey as a toy shop, if I'm honest, so we generally go in mainly to 'use the facilities' - purchasing only a small pocket-money type toy to save embarrassment on the way out. So these ...  Read the complete review

Although the review does state 36 crayons, the ones that I purchased from Early Learning Centre contained only 20. As these are the only ones for sale I take it that they have cut back. These crayons come in 10 colours with 2 of each colour. This is handy as you can split the pack and share it with someone else, as in my case my daughter. These crayons are roughly around 2 inches tall, but are quite chunky. Perfect for those tiny chubbie fingers, I really couldn't imagine my grandson being able to break these is half. Coming with no paper wrapped around them they are really quite plain. They come in a variety of colours with some being really bright and others ...  Read the complete review