I’m pretty passionate about art. I’ve loved doing arts and crafts for as long as I can remember.I used to be a whiz at drawing portraits and I loved learning about art history. I took my love for art as far as OAC (I’m dating myself here – highschool used to have a 5th year called OAC). While my art career didn’t progress, I was excited to pass my love and passion to my older son. I found a lovely art class in our community by a passionate teacher and my son was hooked. His favourite activity at home is doing “arts and crafts”. He even has a whole cart of art supplies which he lovingly calls his “doodle drawers”. His doodle drawers are jam packed with paper, Craft Ribbon, stickers, scissors, beads, paint, dabbers and lots of Crayola markers and crayons. I find that we use everything so frequently that I often have to replenish our inventory every season. Of course, Crayola always comes out with new and funky products, who could resist.
Speaking of which… I recently got to try out the new Colour Alive colouring books that work together with the Color Alive App. I gave it to my boys as part of their Purim gift, and they were instantly hooked. Both of them got to work on colouring in the pages. My oldest son Kyle picked the Skylanders book and Ryan picked the Mythical Creatures (0ther Color Alive colouring books include Barbie & Enchanted Forest, which we gifted to our friends). It was great to see them both working hard at colouring in their books. Kyle, who is now in Junior Kindergarten, focused on staying in the lines while Ryan scribbled away, (wisely) making sure to use every single marker.
Once the boys were done colouring their pages, I showed them how the books worked with the App. Basically, their creation comes to life! I remember how we all watched in amazement and oohed and awed at their drawings turning 3D. They were so real, we called them our friends. Through the App, you can move the characters around, bring them to the foreground or make it smaller. The possibilities and fun are endless. I had just as much fun taking pictures of my boys with their creations as they did making them.
We also thought it would be fun to take pictures of our new friends during out various outings over March break. While I was the one that mostly played around with the App, I really think this is a great way that incorporates traditional art with digital media. I hope to see new creature-themed books in the near future so I can surprise my boys with some new colouring books.
At the Hockey Hall of Fame
At the Toronto Zoo
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My Nephew would be over the moon if I surprised him with this 🙂
I like the feel and control of a pencil crayon.
My favourite is pencil crayons. :o)
I love using crayons in colouring books, but for anything else I use pencil crayons!
LOL! I’m the complete opposite! I use pencil crayons in colouring books and markers for everything else!
I’ve just gotten into zentangles,which is coloring with markers. It’s coloring geometric shapes, really beautiful work.
It’s crayons for me!
Jeannie Lam
I like using crayons best
I really like paint
I like crayons best! You don’t see your strokes like with markers or pencil crayons.
I love doing arts and crafts with the kids too. My favourite medium is probably crayons but the kids always want the markers. Now if I could just get them to put the lids back on….
Crayons are the favorite but they’re all fun.
I love oil based crayons
I love using crayons and pencil crayon for colouring in colouring books. My granddaughter loves crauyon and markers.
I like pencil crayons the best.
I prefer pencil crayons. My youngest two prefer crayons though and my 7 year old prefers markers 🙂
I like crayons but the kids like markers.
pencil crayons
I am all about the crayons!
Is Dulcolax only available at the Bride Show?
Inspiring! My son and I love to paint!
I love crayons!
i like markers
I am a fan of all but prefer markers as my top choice.
My daughter prefers felt pens at moment. She likes the brightness of the colors. I prefer crayons and we make lots of creations together, often joint projects.
I prefer the pencil crayons.
for me it is pencil crayon
My daughter loves pencil crayons.
I like using pencil crayons.
pencil crayons
All 3 ! 🙂 Depends on my mood 😀
Definitely Pencil Crayons!
Crayons
I’d have to say markers are my favorite!
Love markers
Personally I’m fine with markers but for LOs – I “prefer” pencil crayons. Wax is hard to remove and markers can be hard to remove unless they’re Washables.
All 3 and paint included. Love all mediums for art.
I like crayons lol
I like crayons, my son loves pencil crayons. we are a house divided lol.
My 5-year-old daughter has transitioned from crayons to pencil crayons and now her favourite is markers (ugh). We only use Crayola products as the others are just a waste of money.
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I’d choose pencil crayons for myself and crayons for young children
i prefer pencil crayons.
I like to use pencil crayons.
I like pencils!
we prefer markers.
I love pencil crayons, they allow you to blend colours better