Crayola Glow Station can create with Light!

Crayola Glow Station can create with Light!
by Binney & Smith

Crayola Glow Station can create with Light!
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Product Summary

Manufacturer: Binney & Smith
Brand: Crayola
Release Date: 2008-08-01
Model: 95-1000
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.
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Toys and Games Reviews of Crayola Glow Station can create with Light!

Customer Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars

Kinda' cool, BUT the picture fades way to fast for this to be any fun.
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Ok above is my initial review, in all fairness I had to come back and say we've discovered that in a really dark room the picture doesn't fade quite as fast. But it's still not as much fun as I envisioned.

Description of Crayola Glow Station can create with Light!

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.
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

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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

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