Mummy Is It Magic Water?? (Tomy & Friends Aquadraw)

Member Name: jennyholdsworth

Product:	Tomy & Friends Aquadraw
Date:	24/04/07 (104 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: No Mess Great fun

Disadvantages: None At All

Magic Water Mummy ?? (Also Appears On Ciao Jenny76)

My three year old had his birthday on Saturday and one of the presents he received was Tomy Aqua draw which he is completely obsessed with and I must say out of all the toy’s and games he has and there are a few this is by far and away the most played with already. The real beauty of this is that it produces absolutely no mess at all and the pens are filled with water not ink. We bought it for him from Tesco at £19.99 and were very impressed ourselves.

What You Get:

Large Aqua Draw Mat

2 Stencil Boards

2 Water Pens


The Aqua draw system is a brilliant idea basically it consists of a huge mat which has a blue coloured layer beneath which is covered with a white sheet, around the edges are dotted outlined numbers and letters with colourful pictures all the way around. The mat look’s plain until you take one of the two pens included and fill it with water. The end of the pen twists off for filling with water and then just twists back on again. The nib is like a felt tip pen but sucks water from inside and wets the end for drawing onto the mat.


The magic comes when the wet end of the pen hits the mat and comes out play just like a felt tip pen but with the bonus of not being able to be used for drawing on the walls and carpets as well as no mess on the hands and face as is popular with my little ones. The set also comes with two sets of stencil templates which are made of bendable plastic so can’t be snapped, my boy loves to set it down and fill in the stencil with the pen creating loads of different patterns and pictures from clouds and the sun to hearts and circles.


The mat is also very tough and sturdy made from a very durable but soft plastic and well stitched with a lining around the edges. You can wash the mat in the washing machine on a low temperature but due to the nature of the water based pens I tend to just give it a wipe with a wet cloth to clean. Beware the little ones may try using real pens on it as mine has so I only get it out when he is being supervised and especially not when pens and pencils are in the same room.


The Aqua Draw is designed for children from the age of 18 months but perfectly safe for use from an earlier age, the educational benefits of the Aqua Draw are really good especially with the dotted lined numbers and letters which can be filled in with the water pens to encourage recognition of letters and numbers and how to draw them. The stencils are great and can be used all together to create some very nice pictures and scenes and the drawing lasts about 15 minutes or until dried out then it is blank again and ready for drawing on all over again.


This would provide any child with hours of fun and I highly recommend anybody who is thinking about it to buy it for their children or relatives with children. At the price of £19.99 it was a bargain and much more worth the money than the Teletubbies version which was very limited in comparison and more expensive. Thank you for taking the time to read my review.

**J76**

Summary: Value for money and hours of fun