Crayola Color Wonder Fingerpaint And Coloring Book
by Crayola
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Crayola Color Wonder Fingerpaint And Coloring Book
Customer Review: Not Recommended
Summary: 2 Stars
Although Crayola is a wonderful brand, I was not impressed with their Color Wonder fingerpaints. The time between when my children put it on the paper and the time it actually appears is too long for them, and they get frustrated. It is very hard to keep their attention long enough to make an entire picture. Also, it is not "mess free." The paints are very greasy and you end up cleaning it off of everything they touch (other than paper) anyways. I did not like how mushy the paint was...I am still finding globs of it everywhere!Customer Review: Only good for older kids
Summary: 2 Stars
This stuff is greasy and hard to wipe off tables and fingers. It's good for older kids who can keep their fingers on the paper but not good for little ones who smush their fingers into the wax and get it all under their finger nails on the table, chairs and walls.Customer Review: Parents beware
Summary: 1 Stars
A warning for all parents: The Color Wonder coloring book caused skill lost in our child.
We didn't see the harm....until we went back to using crayons and markers.
Before using Color Wonder, our daughter at 2 years old was extremely detail oriented in her work. She colored inside the lines and took great pleasure and pride in doing so. After one to two months of using color wonder exclusively, that attention to detail, along with her pride in doing so is completely gone. She smears color across the page with a focus now on speed instead of detail. Although I am certain this is a temporary setback, the amount of skill loss still disturbs me enough to never use any of the Color Wonder products again. Her attention to detail was something that was a part of her (my first child was never that way) and it is sad to me that that piece of her is now missing in her work.
Please note that we were using the coloring books, not the blank pages. For those of you that are not familiar with the product, chemicals on the paper react to chemicals in the marker and produce color. However, in the coloring books (not the blank page sets), only portions of the page have reactive areas so the picture always looks good because there is no ability to color outside the lines. Although this may seem rewarding to a very small child, the negative skills impact definitely outweighs the fun.
I wish I could give negative points on educational value.
I will never buy color wonder again. The loss of detailed skill in my child was too great a price to pay for the convenience it offered.
Customer Review: Ewww! A yucky, greasy mess.
Summary: 1 Stars
We had moderate success with the Color Wonder markers, and made the next logical leap to the paints. DON'T DO IT! First of all, your child will start out by digging their fingers all the way into the paint - it's just human nature - so the paints are used up very fast. They'll empty the little troughs within a half an hour.
Secondly, these paints are almost messier than colored paints. These aren't the hard-until-you-wet-them kinds of paints you're used to. These are soft paints all the way through, with the consistancy of ChapStick, and just as greasy.
After rubbing the paints all over the paper, the paper is left with a heavy, greasy, transparent feel - days later,the paper's still not dry. Weeks and months later, the paper is still too disgusting to pick up. Yuck!
I agree with prior reviews which site a child's lack of creativity, etc., but I think it's okay to just be messy sometimes. Having said that, this is just TOO messy and yucky to deal with. Go get some water color pencils or better yet, stick with grade-school acrylics.
Customer Review: A yucky, greasy mess...
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this for my daughter who is three. She loves to finger paint, and I thought that this would minimize the mess. Wrong!!! It was just as bad, if not worse, since the colors don't show up--cleaning is no easy task. As other readers said, it's like painting with Vaseline. We had to SCRUB my daughter to get this stuff off, and wash and rewash her hair (she scratched with icky, greasy fingers). The kitchen table was a greasy mess, and the paint box was a greasy mess. The colors on paper were pretty, but after leaving them to dry out for a day, which they didn't, the counter was a greasy mess too.
I'm very disappointed, as I do like Crayola's products, but this should be taken OFF of the market.