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The Crayola Table Top Easel lets you set up an artist's studio on almost any table or counter top. This portable workstation comes with Super Tips markers and paper for permanent masterpieces and dry-erase crayons with two wipe-off surfaces for temporary designs. Recommended for kids aged 3 years and up, the tabletop easel will have young artists creating colorful art wherever they are.
Designed for portability, the tabletop easel is easy to use in any room of the home or on the go. Its folding panels are easy to position and provide a convenient location to store markers. A slide clasp on front allows each durable vinyl panel to fold open, while a plastic sleeve on back secures the base for quick setup.
To keep the easel from sliding on surfaces, non-skid rubber feet provide stability. When it's time to travel, the tabletop easel folds up and can be carried by the handle on top.
The tabletop easel comes with three drawing surfaces for creating colorful works of art. The double-sided dry-erase board works well for temporary designs, since kids can wipe it clean between art projects. One side is white laminate and the other side is black laminate, providing background options. The board slides up and down within the easel holder for removal, and the dry-erase mitt makes cleaning easy.
To create permanent designs, your artists can use the paper clamps to hold loose papers in place on the rear of the easel.
Since no artist's studio is complete without drawing tools, the tabletop easel comes with several crayons and markers. Dry-erase crayons are included for use on the dry-erase board, while Super Tips markers are included for use on paper surfaces. Drawing tools can be neatly stored in removable clear pouches that attach to the inside flaps of the easel.
The vinyl construction may pose an issue with heavy use since the edges are prone to tearing. Still, with a little care, the tabletop easel should provide years of fun use for young artists.
Crayola Table Top Easel, 5 dry-erase crayons, 10 Super Tips markers, 10 sheets of paper, 2 storage pouches, dry-erase mitt, and instructions.
Crayola Tabletop Easel allows you to create colorful art wherever you sit. The Tabletop Easel lets you set up a real artist's studio on almost any table or countertop. Use regular paper or the dry erase surface.
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Crayola Crayon Maker with Story Studio Review
The Crayola Crayon Maker with Studio Story lets you turn crayon pieces into new color-swirled crayon creations. Kids aged 8 years and up can make original drawing utensils by melting down different colored crayons in the Crayon Maker. With new mixed-color combinations kids can get even more creative and more invested in their works of art. Also, this set comes with a promotional code that allows you to access the Story Studio at Crayola's Web site for even more creative fun.
Constructed with durable blue plastic, the crayon maker looks like a little laboratory. Brightly colored decals feature science-experiment-themed scenes. The kit comes with four colored crayons (red, blue, yellow, and green), which you can break into pieces and mix together in the machine's melting trays.
A safety-latch lid locks in place to keep fingers away from hot surfaces during the melting process. The lid is clear so kids and adults can watch while the crayons melt in the metal trays--an almost hypnotic process.
When the crayons have melted and blended together, a yellow lever on the side of the crayon maker lets you tilt the tray to pour the melted crayons into the molds. When the crayons have hardened, the flexible plastic mold frame easily snaps open to reveal four newly formed crayons. Kids will be ready and excited to color with their new homemade crayons creations.
While the crayon maker is designed well for child safety, adult supervision is necessary.
Inside this specially marked crayon maker box, you'll find a promotional code to enter the Story Studio Play Zone at the Crayola Web site. At the Story Studio Play Zone you can transform a photo into a cartoon character and create, print, and color your own story. Simply upload a photo and use the automatic face editor to make your photograph into a colorful cartoon character.
You can also insert your character outline into a selected story that you can print and color. The stories range in theme from a baseball game to a haunted house to a pirate adventure.
Crayola Crayon Maker with Story Studio, one crayon mold, eight Crayola crayons, two crayon holders, and instructions.
Crayola Crayon Maker can melt your favorite crayons down and re-form them into one-of-a-kind designer crayons. Simply place crayon bits into the melting tray, pour the melted wax into molds and let them harden into brand-new crayon combinations. The locking see-through dome lets you watch the process in complete safety -- from melting through molding. The melting tray is coated for easy clean-up. The dual-ended crayon holder eliminates the need for crayon wrappers. The Crayola Crayon Maker takes one clear 60-watt candelabra bulb.
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Qwirkle Board Game Review
An addictive strategy game in the tradition of Sequence, Scrabble, and Othello, the Qwirkle Board Game from MindWare has a simple, straightforward premise: match tiles and win points. But the real joy of the game lies in plotting and scheming your way to victory. Winner of the Parent's Choice Gold Award and a Mensa Select National Competition Winner, Qwirkle is destined to be a family game night favorite. This game is designed for ages six and up and for two to four players.
Qwirkle consists of 108 wooden blocks with six different shapes in six colors. Using the blocks, players attempt to score the most points by building lines that share the same shape or color. The simple setup makes this an instant winner for younger kids, while adults will enjoy strategizing to win.
A typical game of Qwirkle lasts about 45 minutes--longer when you're first learning how to play--and players will likely catch on to the rules in no time at all. The game can be set up anywhere, although a large tabletop is best to accommodate the generous number of tiles. The only other thing you'll need is a pencil and paper to keep track of everyone's point count.
Each tile has an illustration on the back (circle, eight-point star, four-point star, square, clover, or diamond). Each of these symbols appears in six different colors (red, yellow, orange, green, blue, and purple). In total, the game has three tiles each of the 36 possible color-symbol combinations. To help make sure you don't lose any tiles in between games, Qwirkle comes with a drawstring storage pouch.
As in Scrabble, the game starts with players drawing their own "hand" of six tiles. The player with the most tiles that share something in common (color or symbol) plays their pieces and wins points. And so it goes until the pieces make up a giant grid. One rule adults will likely need to reiterate to little ones is that duplicate tiles don't count. For instance, if someone has three diamonds, and two of them are green, they can only count one of those diamonds for points.
As play continues and the stakes get higher, younger kids may need some help deciding where to build to maximize their points. Our testers found that the length of the game may make younger kids squirmy halfway through. To keep them engaged, parents can always distribute half the number of tiles to start. The game is over when all the tiles have been played and all the points have been tallied.
108 wooden tiles, cloth drawstring bag, and instruction booklet.
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