CRAYOLA Color Wonder – Bluey Colouring Mess-Free Book

We are big fans of the Colour Wonder series. The series include a good choice of themes and the pens are really great for avoiding unnecessary mess/drawing on tables etc. They are branded as being for older children, due to the risk of choking with the lids, but the mess free component made them too good to pass up for our young toddler. Obviously we supervise her when she’s using them. I would say she gets less gratification from colouring with these pens than crayons, as there’s a slight lag to the colour developing. This lag makes it hard to be precise with staying in the lines, even as an adult. She does still get joy from them though. She particularly loves colouring the pictures of her favourite characters (and using felt tips – something she doesn’t use otherwise, far too risky)

The Bluey kit did not disappoint compared to other packs. The images are lovely, with a range of subjects. It was lovely to see so many beloved characters from the show in there.

With all of the Colour Wonder kits, the colours are often limited, as you usually only receive five pens. It’s impossible therefore to colour accurately, if that’s what your child is going for, unless you were to buy additional kits. The colour choices in this kit were particularly limited. I was especially surprised that they didn’t include an orange colour for Bingo. I feel this would have been a much better choice over the unusual pink/purple with the pen casing and lid of an almost completely different colour (dark blue/black?). Although, probably not a deal breaker for your unfussy child, as it wasn’t for ours.

My toddler is been writing all over my walls and I had to get something to make my life easier. This is perfect! At first I thought it was one of those with just water in the markers and that you can’t really control which color will come up but no! These markers have different colours and you can write only on the sheets they provide but baby is in control of where the colour goes! It’s so much better and also mess free. I have to mention that she did colour her dress and it did leave a mark, more like a halo really but it came off after I washed it so can’t really complain!