New Crayola?? Color WonderT Sprayer
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Toys and Games Reviews of New Crayola?? Color WonderT Sprayer
Customer Review: So if its Bright Colors youre lookin' for....
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been reading several reviews for the spray-type coloring toys. And it seems most are just disappointed in the bright colors, and the refills and buying refills. Well, I would give a suggestion that I read from another reviewer(would give credit if I could remember her name). Though here it is:
These couple of items should be in your kitchen cupboard, or buy them for less than five bucks:
1) Food Coloring.
2) Corn Starch.
3) Water.
First> Mix 50% Water to 50 % Cornstarch.
Then > Drop several drops of a food coloring into the mixing bottle(Would probably use a lot of coloring to get a bright color)
Shake> The bottle to mix thoroughly.
Pour > The colored mix into the sprayer, and there you go.
Clean : remember to clean well and to mix the ingredients or else it will get clogged up very easily.
Customer Review: young kids can create pretty art work
Summary: 5 Stars
The kids played with it for hours, and the resulting pictures are really nice. The kids loved it.Customer Review: Really Fun
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this for my 7 year old son, and he really enjoys it. I do however wish that it came with more color for the sprayers and more paper. He ran out of both very quickly. Customer Review: Doesn't hold their attention
Summary: 3 Stars
We've had this toy for awhile. Neat concept, but it's only good as a rainy day toy. Keep it hidden until the kids are deathly bored and bring it out. They get a kick out of it for an hour and then it's back in the box. Leave it out, and the kids never want to play with it. Bring it out once in a while and it's a hit.
It's easy to set up. My 5 and 7 year olds can do it without help. The kids like the special paper it comes with. They spray blank pages all over and pictures pop out like magic. Once that runs out, I just let them play with the standard Color Wonder refill paper. They use the stencils to create scenes and color them up with the Color Wonder markers.
The spray lasts a long time. We haven't had to replace it yet after quite a few uses.
I think the kids would like this sprayer better if the colors would come out more quickly when they spray, but this is a problem with all Color Wonder products. It's the lag time that kills the fun. It's sometimes hard to know if the sprayer is working or where we've sprayed. We have to wait to see if we see any colors. Despite that, this toy still has a life at this house.
Customer Review: Some limiting factors can affect enjoyment of this toy
Summary: 3 Stars
We are huge fans of Color Wonder. One thing I love about Color Wonder is that the items are mix and match. Luckily, we have several other colors of color wonder markers, several pads and coloring books, finger paints, and additional stencils which made this a better toy than what's included.
First, although this is "mess-free" it's really not 100% mess free. When using this toy you'll want to have a towel ready to wipe the stencils off because it will spray on the stencil as well as the paper.
My biggest complaint with this toy is that the 3 stencil sheets included don't work too well with an airbrush. You'll unfortunately end up stenciling nearby designs creating quite a mess on the paper. A set of individual stencils with wide borders might have pushed this up a star and made all the difference.
The only two markers included are yellow and black. I think Crayola, the company of many colors, should have included at least 4 markers. Luckily I had several more Color Wonder markers on hand so our creative juices were not stinted.
Considering the price of this toy, I would have expected more than one pad of 30 sheets. Two pads would have been great.
The batteries installed easily, it takes 4 size "C" batteries, which are not included. Luckily I had a pack of 6 on hand I had picked up at the dollar store to have on hand for occasions like this.
Overall, I think the toy is well-designed. It's fun to use but the accessories were a disappointment, most notably the stencils.
Creative children might just enjoy the regular color wonder pads and markers by themselves.