Customer Reviews

Melissa Doug Finger Paint Paper Pad (12"x18")

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The way I have always done fingerpainting is to pour a little glob of paint in the middle, smear it around and then trace lines, shapes, etc. in the paint. However, as soon as my child started smearing her little glob around, the paper buckled and had so many waves in it, it hindered her painting. If I didn't mind paper buckling, I wouldn't have specifically purchased "fingerpaint paper." It does have a glossy finish (why it has it on both sides is a mystery), so I gave it two stars for that.

I am really surprised that some reviewers commented on the strength and durability of this paper. Maybe they used it with a medium other than paint.

I wasn't very pleased with the quality of this paper.

Whether we used hands or paintbrushes, the paper got ridiculously soppy wet and started tearing and ripping when I untaped it from the table. When I put it out to dry in the sun, it was so wet that it stuck to the table after it had dried. I like to keep the pictures, and it just won't be possible with this kind of paper. True it is double-sided, but I couldn't use the otherside because of how thin and cheap the paper is. The paint shows through.

If it's just for the experience of fingerpainting, this would have been moderately acceptable. It is not so unusable that I'd throw it out, but when it runs out I will certainly not buy this company's again.

Very nice, big, strong paper. We use it for finger paints, paint, markers, everything pretty much!

I bought their easel, easel paper, their paint set, stamp set eraser, everything I have bought fromt his company has been greatly priced and great quality. I was skeptical at first cause of the cheap pricing but I adore their products, very much worth it!! If you plan on going for their easel, yes a 14 month old can use it on its lowest setting.

My 4 yr. old grandson had tons of fun finger painting. He really got into mixing the colors to see what happened ... red and yellow make orange, etc. And if you mix red, yellow, blue and green they make brown. He had so much fun he didn't want to stop. I had to keep his 20 month old sister busy finger painting with me so he could keep trying out different techniques ... hand and finger prints, letters and numbers, swirls and roads, ... you name it, he tried it and can't wait till the next time grandma brings her bag of craft goodies over. I was thrilled to find Melissa and Doug's finger painting pad here on Amazon.com as our local Walmart only had the finger paints. Go figure.

Purchased this for finger-painting with our toddler, but the paper disintegrates the minute you put watery paint.
You will do much better with ANY kind of paper [we ended up using regular laser-printing paper]
Don't waste your money: this product wrinkles, bends and ultimately disintegrates, it just doesn't do the trick.

We have bought Mellisa and Doug paper before. My kids are still pretty young and they don't finger paint nice pictures so much as poring the paint on one spot. It's thick and durable paper. I love the size, too.

This paper is great for painting because the paint doesn't soak through onto the next page or whatever's underneath. The only thing I don't like is that when you fold the page over to get to the next one, it automatically rips so you have to tear the sheet off. Which is great if you have paint on the page but if you just draw on it with crayons or anything you still need to tear it off. So, great for finger painting but that's all you can use this paper for.

I ordered this paper to give to my daughter for her first birthday along with some crayons. Honestly, its a cute gift idea, but the quality of the paper is either equal to or slightly less than the paper I buy for my printer. I won't repurchase.
The only way that I can see it being of greater quality is if you are comparing it to the grey-ish colored thin paper drawing pads.

Purchased this for my 3 year old. The paper is great. I've tried others and they usually soak through the paper. This paper held up well allowing my little artist to paint with as much paint as she wanted without a ton of clean up. The paper is glossy and thick which made great pieces I could frame and display. Definately a must if you have a budding artist that is a little heavy handed with the paint.