Crayola 50ct Washable Super Tips with Silly Scents

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5 Reviews

1. while Crayola have been my favorite art products since I was little, and even now Crayola crayons are the only crayons I will buy, I do not actually own these markers, nor can I. It’s too bad. While I am an adult, I still love to color, but won’t be buying Crayola markers anymore for the forseeable future. Why? Well, someone at Crayola decided that not only would it be a great idea to make Silly Scents and put them in the 20 and 50-packs of markers, but that packs with Silly Scents would be the only ones carried in the stores. This is a problem. I am extremely sensitive to chemical scents. I used to get sick in school when we had to color with the “wonderful” scented markers the teachers had, and to this day I literally throw up and get headaches if I’m in a small room with regular dry-erase markers. Please bring back markers that everyone can use! Until then, I am trying to find a new “favorite marker”.

2. This large set of markers would be fun for children who like having lots of choices, or for a group of kids to share while they work on projects at the same time.

   For my purposes, though, I was not very impressed. Besides the fact that the colors are not very colorful, and the actual hues do not warrant having so many pens. Some markers’ colors do not match the actual color of the marks they make, and some markers make virtually indistinguishable marks, although the pens themselves are colored differently.

   Also, one reason why I purchased this set was to use the gray markers. I wanted to do some monochromatic studies using just gray tones–three would have been enough. Unfortunately, it was not possible to use the grays like a simple grayscale, because the grays were not “neutral”–some had a “bluish” tint, others had a “warmer” tint. Fortunately, though, the set is not expensive, and I can donate it to a pre-school or something.

3. I love these markers and use them all the time. I use them so much I always have 4 sets handy, complete with a very chic little open-top craft tote I got at walmart that these fit perfectly in. You can’t beat the value (when purchased at walmart they’re only 6 or 7 bucks) for the variety.

   The ink is slightly ‘watery’, which with the correct type of strokes provides great coverage. You can create 1,000′s of different colors with these also just by using one color as a base and then coloring over it with another color. You can also do shading with these, creating darker versions of a color by adding another layer of the same color. The tips are fine line, but be careful using them with heavily textured paperboard…using slightly more than normal pressure can break the tip. On regular paper the tips are fine.

   I use these with all sorts of craft projects and pencil-by-number kits instead of the colored pencils. They work terrific with the thick board-like material the images come printed on and turn out as frame-able art.

   Years ago I made the mistake of spending over $200 for a large set of premium markers, which ran dry quickly, weren’t washable, didn’t provide good coverage, and left me that much poorer. Ever since these Crayola washables are all I buy with the exception of a small permanent marker set I use for outlining if I need to, but those too are the inexpensive ones (Bic) purchased at the store.

   If you use these for velvet posters though its best to work from the center outward, as the marker ink, even when dry, will rub off onto your hand if you rest your hand on a colored section. Its the type of paper velvet posters use that cause this type of ink to transfer onto skin.

   These markers are a great product!

4. I bought these markers for my four and a half year old niece before a recent trip. We spent a lot of time coloring with these markers over the course of a week, since sadly our weather was not great for outdoor activities.

   The markers provide bright, vibrant colors. However, the colors of a lot of these markers are very similar, especially between some of the scented colors and the non-scented ones. The colors are often not true to their cap color, so it’s hard to tell what color you are actually going to get–which is very upsetting for a four year old. The scented markers were not as vibrant as the non-scented ones, and did not hold up as well with prolonged coloring. The super tips were good for detail coloring, but be warned that we did get some bleed through when using thinner coloring book paper. Make sure you have thick art paper on hand when using these markers. The bleed through was really easy to clean up though–the markers easily washed off of table top surfaces and countertops, as well as hands and faces.

   I would recommend this type of marker, but I would probably recommend a smaller set. I don’t think the colors were different enough to warrant buying a 50 marker set, a set of half this size would have been sufficient.

5. Without a huge price tag, this is a good assortment of colors. Besides the shade variety, these markers work very easily, with little pressure. They deliver a nice look on paper. I like their durableness, and lasting longer,than other brand names. Crayola has the perfect formula!