Crayola 50ct Washable Super Tips with Silly Scents

by Crayola

Product Features

• Crayola Washable Super Tips markers are perfect for drawing, coloring and writing
• Great value
• Will not bleed through paper
• Portable, reusable clear pouch
• 50 color variety

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.4 x 12.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004UFOO
• Item model number: 58-5050
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,378 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #12 in Toys & Games > Arts & Crafts > Drawing & Painting Supplies > Coloring Pens & Markers
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Yes, this pack really does contain 50 distinct colors. Each 6.5-inch felt-tipped pen has a white barrel and a color-coordinated cap, and variations of pink through red alone require about 10 different pens. (It depends on where you think purple ends, or orange begins.) Each pen has a conical tip that makes drawing thick or thin lines easy. And when you have all 50 colors on your best white shirt, it's nice to know that the inks are washable. The only drawback is that the pens come in a thin transparent plastic case that will probably not survive daily use. --Richard Farr

Product Description

Crayola Super Tips Markers have unique, durable tips for drawing thick or thin lines. Use the sides for coloring in large areas and the tips for adding details. Super Tips are great for school projects, doodling, and coloring fun.These markers use ink thats formulated to easily wash from skin and most childrens clothing. Crayola Washable Markers are the worlds most washable markers!As an added bonus, these sets include some Silly Scent markers. The set of 20 contains five markers with silly scents and the set of 50 contains twelve.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of the 20-Count Version, April 2, 2007

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Janet Boyer "Author, Blogger, Mystic" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crayola 50ct Washable Super Tips with Silly Scents (Toy)

Do the "silly scents" markers really smell--and smell good? You betcha!

In the 20-count version my son has, there are 5 that are "silly scented". (From the picture here at Amazon.com, it would appear that the 50-count version has at LEAST 12 "silly scented" markers. I can tell because those markers have black tips rather than white ones.)

The five scents that are in the 20-count version are:

* Burnt Marshmallow (Black)

* Cherry (Red)

* Wildberry (Magenta)

* Orange (Orange)

* LEmon (Yellow)

The black marker is especially delicious smelling--but I have a concern (and thus the four stars): doesn't this encourage kids to smell markers--which can be potentially dangerous...or fatal...if they smelled the wrong kind of markers?

The reason I'm even *writing* this review is that I'm sitting here composing an article and I hear my son behind me saying "Mmmm...smells like S'mores..." I then thought "Oh geez...what if kids get the idea that smelling markers is a good idea...thinking that ANY marker can smell, potentially, like a yummy dessert or fruit?"

Other than that concern (which didn't occur to me at the time of purchase), these washable markers are quite colorful and great for writing, drawing, and coloring because of their narrowed "super tips"--which means they can draw both thick and thin.

And yes, they are (thankfully!) washable. My son accidentally graced the antique white wall in the living room with one of these markers and it washed right off--and I know they do the same if they get on clothes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's a Super Tip- Buy These Super Tips!, March 18, 2011

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Amy Steele "quirky mama" (Western NC, Land of the Mullets With Tails) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Crayola 50ct Washable Super Tips with Silly Scents (Toy)

First off- do pricing homework...prices differ vastly. Some peeps are sayin' that some color groups and individual colors are too alike, and I hate to rock the boat, but this is not true. All you have to do to prove this is compare similar colors drawn on white paper and hold up the results in the sunlight...you will see that the colors are indeed different from one another. (I too, first thought that some colors were alike at first glance, so please perform this little "experiment". I could see even in indirect, late afternoon light at my kitchen table that the colors differed. Besides, think of the paint chip samples in hardware stores...a lot seem very similar, but once you experiment with them or view them in different levels of light, you can see how one would be perfect for your living room, and how another would be perfect for a doctor's office.) Skin tones are included. Washability rocks- my three-year-old colored herself through a dress with two light layers, then through her PJ pants, then on through to her skin with the darkest blue that she could find. All I did was soak the clothing articles overnight with a little water and detergent, and the clothes came out good as new, even before a regular wash cycle. Ditto for durability- my husband recently witnessed my tot pounding the tips of our older batch of Crayola markers to death, but they held up. In fact, when I checked the older batch for color strength, I was suprised that so many were still going strong...I believe that we purchased the older batch a little less than two years ago, and they have been used frequently. Apparently, they will outlive us.

The scoop on the scented markers:

Cherry- smells like it.
Wild Berry- yum!
Orange- yep.
Lemon- can inhale all day.
Honeysuckle- just O.K., not exactly like the real stuff.
Green Apple- kids will love it.
Forest Pine- Pine-Sol, anyone?
Fresh Air- bad air freshener.
Bay Breeze- nice, but I can see it producing a headache if sniffed too much.
Vanilla- Sorta, has beeswax scent notes.
Burnt Marshmallow- makes ya hungry.
Spice- accurate, will clear your sinuses.

As far as anybody gettin' ill (I am using that adjective as opposed to another word that we are all thinking of) from inhaling these suckers...well, I survived my "Mr. Sketchy" smelly markers back in '83, and I propose that maybe after three hours of continuous sniffing that the most you would get is a bad headache. Listen, the most our kids will do is take a quick snuff here or there when they actually remember that the markers smell, do their art thing, then run off to make another mess in another location. All in all, my daughters love these markers (my little one has even rejected her "Pipsqueaks" and her Pre-K type markers and prefers these) because they are easy to use, vibrant, include a huge selection of hues, and encourage their artistic expression. Used everyday in my joint to create "wallpaper" for my kitchen and computer/office/play/storage/alleyway room.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Washable Markers, But Some of the Colors Look the Same, September 1, 2008

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B. A. Chaney (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Crayola 50ct Washable Super Tips with Silly Scents (Toy)

I bought these markers for my four and a half year old niece before a recent trip. We spent a lot of time coloring with these markers over the course of a week, since sadly our weather was not great for outdoor activities.

The markers provide bright, vibrant colors. However, the colors of a lot of these markers are very similar, especially between some of the scented colors and the non-scented ones. The colors are often not true to their cap color, so it's hard to tell what color you are actually going to get--which is very upsetting for a four year old. The scented markers were not as vibrant as the non-scented ones, and did not hold up as well with prolonged coloring. The super tips were good for detail coloring, but be warned that we did get some bleed through when using thinner coloring book paper. Make sure you have thick art paper on hand when using these markers. The bleed through was really easy to clean up though--the markers easily washed off of table top surfaces and countertops, as well as hands and faces.

I would recommend this type of marker, but I would probably recommend a smaller set. I don't think the colors were different enough to warrant buying a 50 marker set, a set of half this size would have been sufficient.