Crayola Color Wonder Fingerpaint And Coloring Book

by Crayola

Product Features

• 6 'colorless Inch Color Wonder Fingerpaints
• 8 Inch x10 Inch Color Wonder Coloring Book

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 12 x 1 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• ASIN: B00012BSOY
• Item model number: 75-2008-0-301
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,158 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

Product Description

Color Wonder Fingerpaints and Coloring Book Set offers a fun way to paint without the mess. Color Wonder is a mess-free creative system of inks and paints, developed by Crayola scientists. Color Wonder inks and paints are clear, and colors appear only on the special Color Wonder paper. Colors seem to appear magically. Color Wonder inks and paints will not appear on skin, walls or carpet. Great for craft projects. Color Wonder Fingerpaints and Coloring Book set includes six colorless Color Wonder Fingerpaints and 8" x 10" Color Wonder Coloring Book.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Messy and not much fun, November 20, 2005

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PghYinzer "more of myself after winter" (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crayola Color Wonder Fingerpaint And Coloring Book (Toy)

I'll admit my kid is younger than the suggested age for these... he just turned 2... but I'm sure I'm not the only parent thinking this looks like a good way to keep toddlers entertained. ;-)

MAYBE you'd have better luck with an older child. Bear that in mind.

I bought a bunch of Color Wonder markers, paints, paper, and coloring books back in August when we were flying from CA to MI. I thought it would keep my kid occupied on the plane. It didn't... but that's another story.

We got all this stuff out again recently thinking he might be more into it. He seems to like the markers now, more or less. But not the paint.

The problem with the color wonder stuff in general is, it takes time for the color to appear on the page. It's a very weird sensation... you are coloring with a marker and nothing is happening. The color starts to appear in about a second, but it takes a few seconds for the colors to *fully* develop. The paints seem to take longer to develop than the markers.

The other problem with the paints is they are really soft. Kind of like a tub of lip gloss... very tempting for little fingers to dig around in. It seems my kid gets more fun out of digging in the paint than he does painting with these.

I am thinking an older child *might* be inclined to paint rather than dig. But then I am thinking an older child could be trusted better with normal paints so why would you get these in that case anyway?

The time delay plus squish factor made these a big disappointment for us. Your milage may very and it's not like you're going to need to take out a second mortgage to try these out. They're cheap enough. If they're a hit, great. If they flop, not a huge deal.

I suggest the markers over the paints, though.

And I suggest the plain paper over the coloring books, FWIW. The coloring books are kind of weird in that only the area inside the lines defining the picture can be colored. At least with the books we have. Say you have a picture of a seal. You can only color inside the seal. You can't draw a fish or a ball or your name or anything outside the seal, because only the paper inside the drawing is coated with whatever it is that makes the Color Wonder colors show up. The coloring books aren't terrible... it's just kind of weird/frustrating that you CAN'T color outside the lines. Sometimes you want to add a little extra.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for any age, except maybe under 2!!, November 24, 2005

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S. Karmally (dallas, tx) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Crayola Color Wonder Fingerpaint And Coloring Book (Toy)

I read a negative review and had to respond. I've bought several of these for my friends' kids, all ages 3 and up and they don't dig in the paint - they paint with it. I do too~ It takes less than 1 second for the paint to appear, and it's mesmerizing. This is a terrific gift, one of my favorite to give, kids love it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 9 year old loves this product!, November 28, 2005

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K. Niehaus (Fullerton, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Crayola Color Wonder Fingerpaint And Coloring Book (Toy)

My 9 year old receieved this as a gift and absolutely loves it. She took it with her to an "adult" event to play with, and a 5 year old at that event loved it so much that together they used it all up. Time to buy more!!!!!