Crayola Creativity Pack Giveaway #4

Oh how I would love to win these products. Our little girl is just starting to use crayons (TaDoodles). I am so thankful Crayola has washable products because I just know that our little one is going to more than likely take her artistic talent to the walls, herself, etc.

These would be so great when the grandkids come to visit

Several years ago, we had *white* furniture in the living room. It was passed along to us by family who had bought new furniture, and not a color that we would have picked if we had been choosing it ourselves! Very pretty, but not exactly a good color with little ones! Well, let’s just say that we had a big “incident” with a little red pen. I actually got all of it out with a lot of time, scrubbing, and “Goo Gone.”

We now have dark colored furniture with a tapestry fabric!

I sure wish the crayons that went through our washer and then our dryer a few years ago in “someone’s” pocket had been washable! We lost several clothing items in that incident!

Let’s just put it this way…my son is a paintbrush, and all the world’s his canvas… :O) He’s always leaving his “mark”.

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I am thankful for washable markers because one day my girls decided to play tic tac toe on each other. Thank goodness I was able to stick them in the tub and wash it off. We had to have a talk after that one.

My grandson loves to color his stuffed animals and so i’m thankful they do wash out! thanks
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We LOVE Crayola products in our home. My oldest son, who is now 8 years old, decided to shock me on several occassions when he was younger. One morning I zipped to the bathroom quickly to take care of business and upon returning to the living room there was no Ethan. I looked high and low and started to panic. I heard a little giggle and found, on the bottom shelf of the book shelf, a diapered boy covered in blue Crayola marker. He had sucked on it, drew on his belly, legs, arms and face, not to mention the white book shelf. Being the good mom that I am, I took a picture first, then removed the marker, and vowed never to pee without my son again.

On another occassion a young Ethan had his friend over to play. Both boys were 3 years old and partners in crime. They were playing in the bedroom one spring day and were watching the cars out the window. They had climbed upon a small bench that sat snugly under the window and when i would peek in on them there were two, blonde boys sitting in the window giggling and having a grand time. So cute. A moment where a mom goes “Awwww… isn’t that precious” until she realizes the giggles are because they each have a fistful of crayons and they are coloring the window pane, screen and molding. Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser as well as a razor blade helped that one.

Fast forward 5 years and now my second son, Uriah, is on the scene. Ethan is calm in comparison. Uriah is a spit fire and I have to pry markers from his pudgy little hands on a daily basis. I think Uriah was created with a stealth mode because he seems to not make noise while he is destructing things. He plots, schemes, and then carries out his plan which is usually to color something new every day. One morning it was the dining room floor, the next was the living room door, and today it was a square of linoleum in the kitchen. Yesterday he gave himself a nice tatoo on his thigh. I never know what each day will bring but I am thankful for running water, soap, and Crayola washable products. I am waiting for our white kitty to have colored fur… maybe that will be tomorrow. This wonderful giveaway would supply my life with more adventure and memories in the making. THanks for the opportunity to have a go at it.

My youngest drew all over his sheets and fortunately it was with washable markers. I would love to win this set.

oh, all 7 of my kids have done the let’s tattoo ourselves with markers many times – who left those markers out again????? And I have had at least 1 do the same to a comforter and the stair rail.
my kids have been into sending mail to each other and cousins lately too. but thankfully that has been on appropriate paper!

I’d love to win this! I’m thankful for washable products because I’m lazy and still haven’t managed to sew my son an art smock. Every art experience ends up with just as much paint on him as on the paper.

I wrote about this give-away in the same post as the Kroger gift card.
http://homeschooldawn.blogspot.com/2009/08/kroger-and-crayola-give-aways.html

Thanks for offering these. You have the BEST give-aways!

I blogged about this giveaway. Here – http://thesikesfamily.blogspot.com/2009/08/crayola-products.html

My fifteen month old daughter won’t let me use a writing utensil in peace unless she can have one herself. Pen ink isn’t much fun to scrub off of anything, even if it does give a few moments of quiet.

Love your children’s creativity

o.k. I confess I almost didn’t leave a comment because I truly believe that unlike most other companies that make children’s art supplies Crayola consistently improves their products every year and the markers we bought for school last year are STILL good. But who can turn down more of a great thing? Despite a family of 7 children and constant use by toddlers who leave the lids off for days at a time we are still able to make bright birthday banners that stretch for miles. Crayola markers do not leak through the butcher paper birthday banners to leave lasting impressions on cream colored carpets in the living room. So here is my comment in hopes that we will get the giveaway just in time for all our September birthday banners.

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When one of my teenagers was a toddler, he decided to decorate my younger brothers very shiny, very brand new silver Ziljan (sp?) drum set with the closest things on hand … a red crayon and a black sharpie: neither of which, despite my fervent hopes, were washable!!

Oh my! Thank goodness for washable markers. My little girl colored the inside of our sink with marker and I was sooo thankful that they were Crayola washables!!

When our oldest was 2 she colored all up and down the hallway on our beige carpet with dark brown “permanent wear” (long lasting) lipstick. That made me wish everything was washable! BTW – shaving cream got it out.

I am glad that children are washable! And I am thankful to Shaklee for Basic H because it helps get the clothes free of stains! Seriously, my kids are always drawing on their legs and faces. My 3yo thinks she is a kitty has usually sports wiskers. My 6yo helps her, then they both have lines down their legs as well. Thankfully, 9yo doesn’t really get into it. She draws on paper. Yay.

I wish my acrylic craft paint was a little more washable- when my youngest was smaller he got into it in my bedroom and decided to be Picasso all over my bedroom floor with a little on the walls, TV & alarm clock as well. Yeah- momma was *not* happy. Trying to use scrapers to pick up tons of extra paint out of the carpet is not my idea of a good time. Luckily the carpet was old & we planned on replacing it anyways!

Well, we are living in a brand new house that we do not own right now, so I’m pretty much glad for ANY messes I can wipe or scrub off.

We have found evidence of artistic pursuits on skin, clothing, floors, and walls.
My most petrified moment was when one of my children actually sucked on a marker!!!! Teeth, tongue, and lips…were all BLUE:) Thank God it was non-toxic AND washable:)

My kids have colored on walls, clothes and of course themselves. I’ve found crayons & markers in the wash, in couches and even in the kitchen cabinets. I love the washable stuff!