So I saw these at Staples and because I'm an impulse buyer, I snagged them. We're a homeschooling family and dry erase markers are expensive, stinky and they dry out way too easily! Dry Erase Crayons were just too tempting to pass up.
When I got home, I starting wondering about the difference between the dry erase crayon and regular crayons. The Dry Erase Crayons are thicker and the colors are deeper. Regular crayons do come off your dry erase board just as easily, though. So if you are in a pinch and the student isn't too far from the dry erase board regular colors will do and are much cheaper.
We will purchase this product again. (I also like the mitt that came in the package) Crayola 8ct Dry Erase Crayons Large Size
We bought both the washable crayons and markers but the crayons worked sooo good and safe for my 3yr. old and 1 1/2yr. old that we haven't even bothered opening the markers yet. We simlpy use a baby wipe on the whiteboard or the kids to take the color off! And there is no mess on their clothes from the crayons. We highly recommend this product.
I bought 2 packs: home and office. How much fun would it be to do office work in crayon?! Little problem. They are very hard to erase. Erasing leaves a waxy residue that makes regular dry erase markers hard to erase. Fortunately you can remove them with the normal white board spray.
Too much hassle.
Edit: Can also remove with wet cloth. You have to be extremely thorough to remove all the waxy residue, otherwise dry erase marker over the waxy stuff won't erase.
I just picked up this product the other night and was pleasantly surprised at how bright the colors were. Like the other reviewers, I agree, they do not wipe off super easy - BUT I find that with children that is great. They enjoy making a picture without worrying that they are going to wipe off half of it with their sleeve.
I also think they are great for putting stuff on a white board for a chart. The kids made their chore charts with the crayons and they mark what is done with a regular marker. At the end of the week they can erase the marker (with a super light touch) while the crayon stays.
The crayon will come off with harder pressure. Best of both worlds.
I bought these for my kindergarten classroom because I was tired of dry erase markers drying out when the kids lost the caps. These are a great idea but are kind of hard for them to erase. They leave a greasy film on the dry erase boards which is hard to get off. On accident, I tried one of my son's washable crayola crayons (the big fat ones) and that actually wrote smoother and was easier to erase than these. Also, the washable crayons wipe off really easy with a wet paper towel if you want to really clean the dry erase board. As an added bonus, the washable crayons come in a pack of 16 for about the same price as these. I'm definitely going to get the washable crayons from now on instead of these. Just a tip: a square of felt works wonders as an eraser too. Who needs an eraser mitt!
Crayola Washable Crayons 16-pk.
I am a kindergarten teacher and came across these a year ago and decided to try them out. We use lap sized white boards daily in the classroom and have dealt with many dry erase marker issues in the past. I don't like the fumes of 25 open markers in a room, or the problems with stray marks on clothes, or the hassle of constantly checking caps and having pushed in tips. These dry erase crayons solve many of those issues. I have the children in color groups and give each color table their color (purple team gets purple etc.)to stop color picking fights. Also by giving each student just one crayon, it makes a package of 8 a bargain in comparison to markers. The yellow crayon is harder to see, so we didn't use that color. I was not pleased with the eraser mitt that comes with the product(it seems to erase better inside out) and instead bought a microfiber towel from the auto department and cut it into small rectangular pieces for each student to have their own. After a year of tough use, there are a few drawbacks. The product is a soft crayon that can be broken, good news is, it still writes even in two pieces. Once the labels have been removed or fallen off, the crayons can rub off onto hands and desks even with correct use, this is when I issued replacements(1/2 way through the year). The soft crayons can easily write on anything (think hard lipstick) including arms, faces, desks, clothes, carpet, etc. This is the same as markers, just not what regular crayons can do, so it requires a certain amount of training and supervision with young children. The harder the child pushes down on the crayon, the harder it will be for them to erase, so the proper amount of pressure needed is also a learned skill. After a year of use, it is easy to tell which boards were at which table because the edges of the boards have taken on the color of the crayon, but the wear to the boards is much better then that of the ones we used with markers in previous years. Bottom line: I used two crayons per student during the school year to practice anything from letters, numbers, spelling words, writing, etc. In previous years some students went through 5 or 7 markers each. Crayons write smoothly and dark enough to be seen easily. Writing comes off completely even after time has lapsed. I am buying them again for my next class.
We had so much trouble with traditional dry erase markers leaving stains on clothes that I thought we'd try these. We were very pleased! They write smoothly. You do have to rub a bit to erase them, but they don't stain the board, and even better they don't stain clothes! They are very washable!
I like this product because my daughter doesn't have to remember to put the cap back on and it doesn't make quite the mess that dry erase do when she graps the marker tips. What I don't like about it is that it takes a little bit of elbow grease to rub off. However, it comes right off with dry erase spray white board cleaner. - Crayola - Kindergarten - Childrens Art - Dry Erase Markers'
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