Crayola Glow Station can create with Light!

Other products by Crayola

Product Features

• Glow Station is an empowering way for kids to create in a way they never could before.
• Glow in the dark poster sized canvas with built in hanging features.
• Canvas rolls up for easy storage.
• Has a light wand with a crystal tip attachment for magic coloring effects.
• Includes stencil sheets and light texture sheets with a dry erase BL marker for image save on plain transparency sheet.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 13.9 x 16.8 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0018Z7XO2
• Item model number: 95-1000
• Our Recommended Age: 6 - 15 years
• Manufacturer Recommended Age: 6 - 15 years
• Batteries: 3 AAA batteries required.
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #398 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)

  Popular in this category: (What's this?)

  #22 in

  Toys & Games > Arts & Crafts

• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review
Perfect for dark winter afternoons or late-night campouts in the backyard, the Crayola Glow Station provides kids with unique, glow-in-the-dark fun. With a "light wand," a light-sensitive canvas, and cool stencils, the Glow Station lets kids ages 6 and up get creative using just light and their imaginations.

Children can let their imaginations run wild on the blank canvas. View larger.

The jewel tip lets you make starburst patterns. View larger.

What We Think Fun Factor: Durability: (what this means) The Good: Fosters creativity in children with unique artistic tools The Bad: Artwork isn't preservable In a Nutshell: Using light to create images, the Crayola Glow Station gives kids an imaginative, fresh artistic outlet At a Glance Ages: 6 and up Requires: Three AAA batteries (not included)

Creating Art with Light
The Glow Station is a flat, smooth surface made from glow-in-the-dark, light-sensitive material. It was easy enough for us to set up: the Glow Station is designed to hang from a nail or hook on the wall. Just make sure that it's in a room that can be completely darkened. Install three AAA batteries in the light wand, and hang the stencils and other accessories from the Glow Station's pegs to keep them in easy reach. We did have to manipulate the Glow Station a bit by rolling it -- you could also place it under a dictionary -- to make it stay flat, as it comes folded in the packaging. If you're traveling, or you don't have a convenient place to hang the Glow Station, it works just as well laid flat on a table or the floor; you just won't be able to store the accessories on it.

The light wand is shaped like a large pen and has a small light bulb at the tip. Use the light wand to "draw" on the Glow Station canvas to create artwork that glows brightly from the light-activated canvas. The darker the room, the more brightly artwork glows against the canvas surface.

We found that drawing "freehand" with the light wand renders pleasing, softer-edged images; for crisper, well-defined images, use the stencils to create shapes and scenes, such as animals safaris or solar systems. The stencils can be used with the "textured sheets," which are printed with opaque designs -- stripes, feathers, spots -- to give cool detail to the images. We had great fun, for example, peppering the canvas with a herd of spotted giraffes, all made with a stencil and textured sheet. The light wand also comes with a "crystal" attachment that causes the light to refract, creating rather beautiful starburst patterns when applied to the Glow Station canvas.

Be Original!
For kids who want to make their own, original designs, the Glow Station comes with a plain, clear acetate sheet and a dry marker. Artists can draw their own pictures and designs on the sheet with the dry marker, then hold the sheet against the canvas and trace over it with the light wand. The acetate sheet is easy to clean with a dry cloth for easy re-use.

Artwork lasts for about 5 minutes, during which it will gradually fade away completely -- leaving room for creating all over again. This also creates the unavoidable drawback of being unable to save the glow-in-the-dark masterpieces. But then again, it's comparable to other works of childhood artistry -- sandcastles and snowmen, for example -- which have perennial appeal despite their temporary quality. And watching the pictures fade away is actually part of the artistic process.

What's in the Box
1 Glow Station, 1 light wand with crystal attachment, 1 acetate sheet, 1 dry erase marker, 2 sheets of stencil, 2 textured sheets


Product Description
The Crayola Glow Station lets kids create cool, glowing masterpieces using a glow-in-the-dark, poster-sized canvas and one Light Wand with crystal-tip attachment for magical coloring effects. Supplies include 2 stencil sheets, 13 stencil "light-resist" shapes, 2 light texture sheets and one dry erase broadline marker.

See all Product Description

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Artistic Fun In The Dark, November 29, 2008

By	Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

"Crayola" has been around since 1885 (then known as `Binney & Smith'), so you know they understand kid's toys. The `GlowStation' says it for ages 6 to 15, but I can easily see younger kids enjoying this cool gift. Like a glowing `canvas' kids can use the battery powered `wand' of light to create their own shapes, designs and drawings. The kit also contains stencils, tracer shapes and stencil sheets. Its fun in the dark, and as kids create glowing drawings, they can watch them as they slowly fade away over time - magically. Creativity is only limited by your child's imagination. This is a great start for kids who are artistically inclined. Not for everyone, but if your child likes to draw on the walls, this is a much better option.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great gift for the artist in your child, December 2, 2008

By	Bob Waskiewicz (Wintersville, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

I saw the Crayola Glow Station at my Godchilds house last week and was amazed.This 5 year old girl was having the time of her life creating figures,and was nevered bored.
I would have LOVED this gift when I was young.
This is a wonderfull toy for a child to create the artist inside of them, without the mess of Crayons.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun!, December 8, 2008

By	N. Syzdek "vegasworkingmom" (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

Our daughter received this for her fifth birthday and LOVES IT! I have to say that the concept is so simple that I'm amazed they didn't come up with it sooner. We hung it up in her room and it was very easy for her to play with. She kept asking me for an eraser and I had to explain that the designs would fade. [Take note: The toy comes with a dry erase marker. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD USE IT TO MARK THE SCREEN! You're supposed to use it to mark a plain sheet of clear plastic. the marked up plastic then creates an image/pattern on the screen. We're not going to risk it. The dry erase marker is put away.] I liked how it had built-in storage for all of stencils, plastic sheets, and pieces. Very nice! Definately a keeper