Living Life: Hour By Hour: Review: Thin Stix Creativity Pack

Our first introduction with The Pencil Grip, Inc. was when we were blessed to review the Thin Stix 6 pk of Classic Colors. The kids and I had never heard of these or seen them before. It was pretty exciting because it was tempera paint in the basic form of a marker. What a fantastic way to have paint quality with NO MESS!! What I was most excited about when the Thin Stix Creativity Pack arrived was the variety of colors! We received 12 classic colors, 6 neon and 6 metallic.

Look at these AMAZING colors included in this set!!

Issac immediately told me he felt he could do so much with the wide variety of colors. My children are old enough that I don't have to worry too much about the mess that can happen when your painting. Well, my 10 year old does have a habit of plopping in his chair, bumping the table, etc., so maybe I still do have to worry (LOL) The quality of these items is great and you can use them on so many surfaces. I have to admit that we typically only use them on paper, but Issac has used them on Popsicle sticks and they worked great. Something that jumped out to me this time was that they are nut, egg and gluten free. We don't have any food allergies in our family, but I know many that do. I know that they can be extremely serious for many. I had never thought that some families might have to worry about what craft products their children could use if they had allergies. Here's a few more interesting tidbits about the products:

Dries in 90 seconds

Uncap, twist and paint

No water, cups or smocks needed

Bright vibrant colors

Washable

Nontoxic

Nut-, egg- and gluten-free

Paint on paper, wood, pumpkins, poster board and more

Take the mess out of painting but keep all the fun

True paint finish that won't crack

Ages 3+

We have 3 children and have done many painting projects over the years. We used to have the little plastic containers that we'd keep the tempera paint in and even though we used them often they were messy and seemed to go "bad", so I finally gave them up. There is also lots of prep work to painting: Put paper on the table, get brushes and cups of water, put old shirts on the kids and hope that nobody dumps the cup of water all over a siblings new painting. Since The Pencil Grip, Inc. has come up with the Thin Stix Creativity Pack there is no need to deal with any of that anymore. Kids and adults can easily sit down and start a project in minutes! My son tends to leave the caps off markers when he's working and I'm always finding dried out markers. Even though these dry in 90 seconds I've noticed that the ones he's left the tops off of haven't dried out. That's a big plus to me because he's often put them back in the boxes and I find the tops on the floors. I remember as a child looking back at paintings that I'd done and finding them cracked and quite honestly not like I painted them. We have had NONE of that with these. The go on smooth and are really pretty fun to use. My daughter does wish there was a way there was a fine tip option because she likes to do lots of detail work in her art projects. I've used these along with the kids and I find they go on the paper much smoother than a marker and blend in really well. It looks like a wonderful, creamy texture in the tube and yet you touch the paper and there is NO mess on your hands!
Issac has been working in his "art book" for several months now. We sometimes aren't sure what he has drawn, but he's always happy to explain it to us. I've noticed that he just picks things he sees in the house and attempts to draw them. Here are a few he's drawn recently:
This is Issac the bear

A foot

Issac's drawing of his older brother, Zachary

Sunflower

Here are a few of the things I played around with drawing:

I tend to be thrifty when it comes to art supplies, but I really have enjoyed the Thin Stix Creativity Pack from The Pencil Grip, Inc. I really think they are a wonderful quality project and I would highly recommend them to all parents of children that enjoy arts and crafts. Check out what the rest of the crew did with their Thin Stix!