Have you ever purchased a product and been somewhat underwhelmed with it's performance? Heard all kinds of hype and realized there was no way any product could possibly live up to the marketer's promises? Well, who hasn't? And I bet there are countless blogs out there vomiting words, complaining about one failed promise or another. It might surprise you then that this post is completely unsponsored and unsolicited, because I have found a product that not only lives up to it's claims, but that has surprised me by being even more amazing than advertised.
I am talking about Crayola's Color Wonder markers. I purchased them, because I knew my baby girl would draw all over the whole house if she could, so the appeal of a marker that would only stain their special paper was undeniable. Granted, I bought them for her before the recommended age, so what happened next is probably my own fault. My daughter cleverly separated all the markers from their caps and lost them in random crevices and corners in the house. I didn't even start looking for them for several days, realizing my investment in markers was down the drain. After all I have never found a single marker that could survive even a couple hours uncapped before it dried up completely.
Imagine my surprise and absolute glee, then when I finally built up the courage to dig those markers back out of their respective hiding places, and they still worked! I have no idea what the chemical content of these markers is, and I'm sure it's probably not something you want your kid eating. They also put warnings on the package to ensure you don't let your kids draw on furniture and things as they can't guarantee the markers won't stain things other than their paper, but, so far baby girl hasn't destroyed anything in our house with them. I do keep a close eye on her when she's using them, though, as I don't want her eating them, but at least I know that if she lets them roll under the couch without their cap, I don't have to find them within an hour or so!
I am talking about Crayola's Color Wonder markers. I purchased them, because I knew my baby girl would draw all over the whole house if she could, so the appeal of a marker that would only stain their special paper was undeniable. Granted, I bought them for her before the recommended age, so what happened next is probably my own fault. My daughter cleverly separated all the markers from their caps and lost them in random crevices and corners in the house. I didn't even start looking for them for several days, realizing my investment in markers was down the drain. After all I have never found a single marker that could survive even a couple hours uncapped before it dried up completely.
Imagine my surprise and absolute glee, then when I finally built up the courage to dig those markers back out of their respective hiding places, and they still worked! I have no idea what the chemical content of these markers is, and I'm sure it's probably not something you want your kid eating. They also put warnings on the package to ensure you don't let your kids draw on furniture and things as they can't guarantee the markers won't stain things other than their paper, but, so far baby girl hasn't destroyed anything in our house with them. I do keep a close eye on her when she's using them, though, as I don't want her eating them, but at least I know that if she lets them roll under the couch without their cap, I don't have to find them within an hour or so!
You're a brave soul! Once something has rolled under the couch in our house we tell our daughter it's "all gone" and it's possibly forever!
ReplyDeleteLOL, yeah. I get this anxious feeling that new lifeforms may be spawning and plotting to take over the world from under my couch...makes me feel heroic that I am putting the welfare of the world above my own fears of the things that lurk in the dark.
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