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My First Crayola Review!!

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When you encourage your children to grow and develop through their first art experiences, some very important developmental milestones happen.  Large and fine motor skills like hand-eye coordination begin to develop, as well as self-confidence and early literacy skills. As significant as their first words, a child’s first scribbles represent the beginning of their journey for symbolic communication that’s needed to develop reading and writing skills.

When children discover that they can make a mark, their desire to create is unleashed.  And that’s where the fun and joyful moments begin for parent and child. Crayola wants all children to be creatively alive and so they’re helping parents begin the journey with a new line of products called My First CrayolaTM.
The My First Crayola line includes specially designed art supplies and activities for children as young as 12 months and features three inspiring ways through which little hands can create – with art tools, mess-free activities and creative activities that feature dry-erase crayons and music.

Tips on How to Celebrate Your Child’s First Scribbles

The first colorful mark your child creates is a milestone to be celebrated! Crayola’s child development expert Cheri Sterman offers tips on how to use wonderful, together-time moments to encourage a child’s development and sense of discovery.
  • Build their vocabulary. Not sure what to say about the page of dots or dashes your child created?  Describe the colors and shapes you see to help your child add new words to their vocabulary.
  • Tell me about your picture? Children’s drawings are their first communication well before they can read and write. Ask your child to tell you about the drawing they create. That blue blob you’re looking at may be a puppy, an elephant or a tiger.  It’s OK for the same blue blob to mean something different tomorrow. Resist the urge to tell your child what you see and listen to their interpretation.
  • Focus on the process.  Pudding paintings and rhythmically dotting colors on paper are part of the important journey to eventually creating more recognizable drawings. Emphasize the enjoyment of the process more than the end result.  The actual work is not as important as the joy your child felt when creating it.
  • Creative confidence. As your child grows into the toddler years, and their scribbles take shape creative confidence begins to bloom.  One of the best responses to your child’s artwork is, “Let’s hang it on the refrigerator together.”
Here are a few products from My First Crayola’s fun new line!


My opinions are in the bright-colored font after each product we’ve tried. I am new to this line and really fell in love (both as a mom and a future gift-giver). It’s a simple to use line that allows your child to be very creative – without all the mess! Most of My First Crayola’s line is washable and designed for 12+ or 24+ months, but I found that Charlie was just as enamored with many of the art supplies. I even made a special place in our closet just to hold all of it because I know this is something we will continue to use, probably on a daily basis!

My First CrayolaTM Washable Crayons, Markers and Stampers are designed to fit neatly in a toddler’s palm, and are just the right size and shape for a child to create their first artistic expression. For children age 12 mos +.

I love the basic art line of My First Crayola! The stampers, crayons, and markers are simple enough for Jack (16 months) to use, but Charlie (3 years old) loves playing with them also! They are not messy and they actually become toys around the house as well. They look like little characters which makes them the perfect fit for any pretend play!



Triangular Crayons & Washable Markers

My First CrayolaTM art tools progress from easy-to-grasp washable crayons, marker holders and stampers, to triangular shaped crayons that guide a child’s hand into a proper writing grip. The shape also makes it easier for little ones to draw in a more purposeful and controlled way.  For children age 24 mos +.

You had me at WASHABLE! One of the biggest things as a parent that I want (apart from something my kid loves) is something that either won’t take hours to clean up OR that won’t permanently damage things we own. I really like that my kids not only enjoy using the washable line, but also makes clean-up a breeze!

Mess-Free Activities

Toddlers can have clean, colorful and creative fun with My First Crayola Mess-Free Marker & Paper and My First CrayolaTM Mess-Free Fingerpaint and Paper. When used on magic mess-free paper, special markers and fingerpaints instantly reveal colorful patterns with no mess on skin, walls or fabric. Mess-Free Marker & Paper is recommended for children age 12 mos. + and Mess-Free Finger Paint for children 24 mos. +.

One of Charlie’s favorite things to do is fingerpaint, but with Jack in tow, it’s much harder to try and monitor his artistic side and make sure Jack stays out of trouble. The Mess-Free Fingerpaint and Paper make this very simple. I can simply pull out the paper and the clear-ish fingerpaint turns into beautiful rainbows on the paper! Charlie loved creating new designs and watching them “appear” like magic! The only downside to this product is that because it only works on specific paper, you may end up spending more money to keep this art habit going. However, I do think this would be a perfect birthday gift and comes with a decent amount of sheets to start with.


With the My First Crayola Mess-Free2-in-1 Doodle Board, little ones can enjoy twice the fun without all the mess. With no ink, paint or paper required, the double-sided board allows for reusability and endless creative doodling. The “water drawing” surface magically reveals bold colors, providing little ones with lots of space to create with the refillable water pen.  Flip it over to the sealed gel painting surface and children will get the feel of finger painting, but without the paint and the mess. For children age 24 mos +.

Creative Activities

My First Crayola Washable Dry-Erase Activity Mat is perfect for colorful on-the-go creativity. It features 12 activities that slide into place on the mat so little ones can draw, erase and draw again using washable My First Crayola Washable Triangular Dry-Erase Crayons. The crayons’ triangular shape guides little fingers into a writing grip, so toddlers can more easily trace and create broad sweeps of color. The mat folds up easily and features convenient carrying handles and built-in storage. For children age 24 mos +.

This Dry-Erase Activity Mat is easy to use and would be great for car rides. With quite a few pictures, children can recreate whatever their heart desires and then start all over again once they want something new. (And you don’t have to scrub to get the crayon off either, with the rag it comes with, it’s pretty simple!) Charlie enjoyed this quite a bit!

Your child will be captivated with surprising sounds while creating adorable farm-themed artwork with the My First Crayola Washable Musical Rub-Art Station! Select one of the dual-sided rubbing plates, place it in the frame with paper and then watch your toddler create a scene with the character rubbing tool. The crayon rubbing activates music and animal sounds for toddlers to enjoy while they create.  For children age 24 mos and up.

For more clean and creative fun, bring home My First Crayola Bath Crayons and Canvas and transform your bathtub into an art studio. The cute character-shaped, bath crayons are designed for little ones to easily grasp in their palm. Watch their creativity flow as your little one draws on the two-sided canvas. The canvas adheres to the tub wall and rinses clean for use again and again, with one side featuring a cute design to be filled in with color and the other, blank for free scribbling. Two crayon refills come with each set For children age 12 mos +.

Special Offer!

Crayola and Cheerios® cereal are offering up to $5.00 in coupon savings on My First CrayolaTMproducts, so you can enjoy a little colorful fun at the breakfast table!  Look for My First CrayolaTM on original Cheerios cereal boxes.

Learn more about the tools from Crayola that make it easy for parents to help children develop their creativity, by visiting Crayola and liking Crayola on Facebook!

Giveaway!!!

Crayola and Cheerios® cereal have teamed up to bring one of you fabulous readers an amazing gift pack!

 Your My First CrayolaTM gift pack will contain:

My First CrayolaTM Washable Crayons
My First CrayolaTM Washable Markers
My First CrayolaTM Washable Stampers
My First CrayolaTM Washable Dry-Erase Activity Mat
One specially marked box of original Cheerios® cereal

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Disclosure:  The information, products, coupon, video and additional My First CrayolaTM gift pack was provided by Crayola® and Cheerios through MyBlogSpark. All opinions expressed here are my own!

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