Best crayons for kids according to redditors

Less than $5 is expensive?

Nope. This is even better.

My childhood would like a word.

I can also confirm they do in fact hand out $0.10 crayons to each kid who get's a kids menu.

https://www.amazon.com/CrayonKing-4-Packs-Crayons-Clear-Cello/dp/B06XTYV5B3?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_3

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Calling someone an asshole when you have no clue wtf you are talking about.... smh

Art Kit. We did this for my niece and nephew for Christmas last year and it kept them busy all week.

Fuck bruh what about the crayon maker

Where does one procure a telescoping crayon tower?! I had the 96 crayon set back in the day, but I've never even seen anything larger than that.

Found it! though I've never seen it in an actual store.

😆😆😆😆😆

Here. You can buy her a soldier's favorite meal.

https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Ultimate-Crayon-Collection-Pieces/dp/B00CI6J3HA/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1542335549&sr=8-2-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=crayons&psc=1

Before anyone freaks out, I'm an Air Force vet, and this is meant only as banter. His daughter probably would have roasted me too.

What about small, baby safe toys?

Finger puppets- a decent deal because one set would fill multiple eggs if you put one in each.

Sensory balls

Toy animals- as long as they're big enough to not pose a choking hazard

Crayons- toddler crayons come in all shapes these days!

Or if she's not big on putting stuff in her mouth, Fridge magnets if you don't already have them

I like the idea of cereal/puffs though! Can she have teddy grahams or goldfish? I know there are some dairy-free recipes for both on pinterest (Not sure if they're egg-free though)

Yes, get a pretty fountain pen or felt tip that makes writing fun! I like le pen, varsity disposable fountain and sharpie's calligraphy pens.

From cheapest to most expensive...

Art supplies are always appreciated because they're used up so quickly. They're a great default if you don't know what to get.

My favorite children's CD by Rachel Buchman.

Dapper Snappers are really nifty little things that most people don't know about.

Head to the bookstore and get the staff to recommend some fantastic children's books.

Get a family membership to the local zoo, aquarium, children's museum, nature center, etc. (although check first - many places let children 2 and under in for free, so a couple's membership might be a better value).

I teach mod/severe self-contained special ed and it is one of the main things we work on. I've created my own curriculum that works out pretty well. I have used Handwriting Without Tears (HWT). I just don't like how strict HWT is. I kind of let the kids guide me with what they need when it comes to writing.



Here's the thing about writing. If you do not have good control over the pencil, you cannot write well. You need to have proper grip on a pencil in order to manipulate a pencil. It just kind of works that way.



I get really pissed when people teach circles and lines. Its the wrong way to write and leads to a lot of problems. I go with the magic C, diagonal lines, straight lines, and some curves.



I have to start with basic basic basic with some of my kids. I start with wiki sticks place 1/8th inch apart and have them use egg crayons or triangle crayons to trace between them. Then they graduate to highlighted lines over dashed lines. Then dashed lines. Then I will do targets. I will put a dot on one side of the paper and a dot on the other side and they have to connect. I then take large 3 line paper and color each line a different color. I'll give them directions based on the color. (Bring the L up so it touches the green. The a needs to touch the pink line.) Then I'll just move to center line. And we go from there. I have a letter space for between the letters and to keep the letters together I tell them they have to hug.

Just remind yourself that being angry is a totally valid and perfectly healthy way of handling something that upsets you - the line is drawn at acting on the anger.

For example: Don't get angry and daydream about killing your mom, then snap at your kids for being kids, or kick your dog, or tear your husband's head off for not putting the dishes away. But if you "embrace the angry" you're feeling, and enjoy "treating yourself" to some fantasy about her empty funeral and pigs disposing of her body - then laugh and play and enjoy your life like she never did, and hug your kids, and passionately embrace your husband/wife - that's perfectly healthy and acceptable, because you're not harming anyone by doing it.

You don't have to be perfectly in control of everything at every minute. You need to be aware of your surroundings, and not harm anyone if you choose to do something to handle your emotions in a certain way. For another example, I used to love oil pastels. I would beg mom constantly to buy them for me, she'd always lecture me about how ungrateful I was, and if I posted the issue then I'd end up beaten whenever I got home. That's a prime example of not handling your emotions properly, but more than that, it never taught me what to do when I'm upset about something because all I know is "don't be like her", so like you I'd try bottling it up and just not being angry. I exploded on someone one day because it was just too much and I still didn't have any "tools" to deal with anger, because as far as I was concerned it was a bad emotion and I needed to try harder to be a good person and just never feel it, ever. So last week, I explained to my therapist what's going on and what happened when I blew up last year and we were talking about how to handle it (I love this new therapist!), but he asked why I'd never bought myself a box of oil pastels. I didn't have an answer of course because it was essentially due to believing I didn't deserve them, which is totally bullshit, but I've been dealing with much bigger issues and the oil pastel thing was buried deep (I only had told the therapist by accident even).

So instead of snapping at people and trying to avoid being angry (which just isn't possible BTW, don't be hard on yourself for feeling angry) - but instead of dealing with any of that, I bought a box of Crayola oil pastels off Amazon, and a couple of first drawing pads (if you or anyone else reading this is an artist of any kind, do not look at those links in the context of "art supplies"). I got them yesterday (cause I've got no memory and forgot to order them for a week), and ripped them out of the box - which is also a phenomenal release (if you don't often o order from Amazon you'll see what I mean, it's like the Christmas you never had, sitting right at your front door!)... But the first thing I did was break the end off of the brown one because I scrawled out "Fuck You Mom!!!" in huge letters that took up the whole page.

It's not about being perfect, or acting your agree, or "keeping up appearances". Being angry is part of being human, and suppressing or avoiding that anger won't end well for anyone around you (trust me on that one, I still feel bad about my blow up and it was nearly 18mos ago! Thankfully everyone around me now is very good at forgiving and being kind and understanding, but I still feel guilty about having snapped in the first place).

Good luck, and please remember to be kind to yourself, be understanding and empathetic - to you as well as others. I'd like to offer huge, warm, sincere hugs if you'd like some.

Sorry again for babbling, I'm apparently incapable of not being verbose :)

I hope you get to do something unplanned and unexpected this weekend, that you want to do for once, and you surprise yourself with how much you enjoy it! (I "sucked up" my fatigue and pain from my MS a couple of weeks ago and went to the "dinosaur museum" with the kids and husband, it was so much fun - even though I spent thirty mins scrubbing their hands/arms/faces with Wet Ones cause I'm also paranoid everyone's walking Petri dishes...

Cheers :)

Is anyone willing to share their kids' absolute favorite toys/games/crafting supplies? (We have two girls ages 4 & 7.) I'm trying to be a lot more selective to avoid the toymaggedon that invariably happens every year when we end up with a lot of crap they don't care about or play with. And I refuse to get on the LOL doll/Pikmi Pops bandwagon because they are fun for the 3 minutes they spend opening them and then zero interest afterwards.

I'll share a few of our favorites in case anyone else is in the same boat:

7 y.o. loves: Uno (card game), Math Slam game,

4 y.o. loves: Melissa & Doug housekeeping set, M&D play kitchen

Both girls are obsessed with drawing/coloring with oil pastels

Family games we all love playing together: HeadBanz, Zingo, Monopoly Junior,

Oh yeah....

Also this

1. crayons
   
   
2. Star Wars & Disney

I have a 120 box right now but I'm lusting after the telescoping tower of glory

Sonya, Your Momma wouldn't tell you this but remember to share to your classmates. Sharing is caring. Treat others how you would treat yourself.

http://www.amazon.com/Crayola-52-0064-64-Ct-Crayons/dp/B00004YO15/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395721397&sr=8-1&keywords=crayons

Crayola Bathtub Crayons 9 Count (2 Pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XD828HH/ref=cm_sw_r_fm_apa_7PN6Bb1JC65GC

Also keep these and these in mind. Oh yeah...and these

I have this and a great multitude of coloured pencils (I'm not good with markers). I also have some excellent colouring books (mostly dinosaurs).

This is the best party ever.

Buy these:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00062J99K?pc_redir=1398584429&robot_redir=1

and take back some of that lost childhood. They are so fun to use.

Signed,

34yo Dad, who loves to color with his kids.

P. S. As long as they keep their grubby mitts offa my crayons.

Cheapest physical item, although I do have some mp3s that are a little cheaper :) Anything is awesome! Also, buy yourself some crayons too--nothing cheers me up more than coloring!

cowpox

My item from my add-ons list.

Thanks for the contest!

Happiness is a warm gun
I hope your week gets better.
crayons

Twistable Crayons were a God send with my youngest. She would snap crayons, pencils, colored pencils, and ruin any and all markers.

Also Canvas Panel Boards with crayola washable paints and Apron

Yes! There called 'washables'

http://www.amazon.com/Crayola-52-3281-Washable-Crayons-16-pk/dp/B00178LYI6

They are amazing!

Oh, man... I would've loved to have the mega 120 Crayola Crayon box.

I would've instantly been the most popular kindergartner.

I'm going to need you to use each color in this box.
Crayola 120ct Original Crayons https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000J0NT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_3gdIxb633PEDH

Oh man, THIS! You can get so much art supplies for cheap off Amazon....and I'm sure you can get kids arts stuff for even cheaper.

If you want to be a realllly awesome gifter, and if you're going this route, you definitely need to get the GIANT pack of crayons. Who didn't want one of those when they were smaller?

Thank you for the contest!

add-ons are pesky

I could use either this for $3.99

Or this for $4.97

Happy Thursday to you too!

#1. Happy Cake Day!

#3. Book

#4. Eating Utensil

#5. Animal

#6. Purple

#7. A Game..all about the poker

#8. A Guilty Pleasure...I hate that I love her

#9. A Tool

#10. Something from my childhood...oh man is it

#11. An organizational item...a stretch but what/who's more organized than ants?!

#12. Hobby

#13. Nerdy/Geeky

#14. Something Natural

#15. Green

#16. Something I wear

#17. Funny

#19. Gardening

#20

Bonus

Thanks for this fun Contest!

I loved these giant bricks so much at that age! Superfun for basic stacking as well as advance building.

Should probably wait a bit on this one, but Cootie is the best game ever for the preK & K crowd. Another classic game is Memory.

Have some construction paper, brown paper bags (I cut the bottoms off, then down one seam and use the backside as kraft paper), markers, and crayons. Even the 2 year old can rip paper up and stick it to contact paper to make fun collages! Bonus, no need for scissors!

And please don't forget books! Board might be best for the little girl, but if she's not an eater/tearer, then go ahead and get paper or hard backs. Rikki Tikki Tembo, a Seuss collection, Where's Spot, some Eric Carle, Carl, Richard Scarry, Jamberry, and some Little Golden Books ought to be a good start! Protip: Thrift shops have tons of books for kids in great condition.

Maybe use this thing before you donate them? Could be cool.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00296QV1K?pc_redir=1404881713&robot_redir=1

>I had soo many of them

bet you didn't have a motherfucking crayon tower

[We always need markers.] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006IFJ4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=EQJTOLVDS2H1&coliid=I1R9VXMEOPD6AB&psc=1)

Crayons sprinkled with glitter?. That might be stretching it a bit. Lol.

Titty Sprinkles

Shit, that's fucking cheap.

In the U.K. Amazon it's £13 (like $20).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crayola-52-0064-Crayons-64-Count/dp/B00004YO15/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398780454&sr=8-1&keywords=crayola+64+ct+crayons

I think, aside from gift cards, this is cheapest thing on my lists. School supplies! WOO!

Pesky AddOns

Thank you!

http://www.amazon.com/Crayola-58-7812-12ct-Washable-Markers/dp/B00006IFJ4/

Calligraphy. Start with these.

> the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps

> I would have been more than willing to skip food for a couple of days if it meant we could spend the extra money on Crayola.

Roseart 64-pack: $3.99

Crayola 64-pack: $4.50

I hope for your sake that the price difference was much greater when you were a kid.

And you haven't gotten it for her why...?

I'll help you out, why go for 64 when you can make up for lost time with THIS mega box of 152 + sharpener + holder: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00CI6J3HA/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_0qVDDb8XE5PVA

1. These crayons have ALL the colors!
   
2. I drew these colorful chalk ballerinas and I want to dye my hair like this!
   
3. My favorite color is various shades of red! Mostly dark burgundy reds!)
   
   Edit: fixed picture

https://www.amazon.com/GiBot-Toddlers-Palm-Grip-Stackable-Non-Toxic/dp/B077D4Z9N1?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_8

i really think it's these "finger crayons"

each person has a different color and the tool's dialogues have a hand written quality to it.

These Crayola Oil Pastel Sticks for me and the boys to be more artsy. It's summertime which means the boys have lots of free time and drawing is something they like. And I like to doodle as well from time to time.

Thank you for this contest.

Tyler could use some new Crayons

Very, they're just oversized crayons w/ a plastic cover.

Amazon Link to Crayola Bath Crayons

Disclaimers apply: check your shower to make sure that they don't stain your specific tub/shower. Make sure to wash it off shortly after you're done w/ shower so that they are less likely to stain.

You can always have fun with an amusing coloring book and some crayons. Lots and lots of fun ideas for adult coloring books.