Product Description

Spark kids' creativity with this magical Glow Board where your drawings appear and disappear, creating cool 3-D effects like a neon sign. The reusable surface provides hours of non-stop creative fun. The colors give an intense, glow-in-the-dark effect, and violet lights illuminate the ink. Includes: two drawing surfaces, six glow-in-the-dark markers and a tracing sheet. Easel back. Measures 12" x 13.5" x 2.5".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Binney & Smith
• Model: 74-7014
• Released on: 2007-08-01
• ESRB Rating: Early Childhood
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 13.30" h x 12.00" w x 2.60" l, 2.65 pounds

Features

• Glow board gives kids a unique and exciting way to display their artwork
• Illuminates ink drawings like neon sign; props up for easier display
• Drawing surface is reusable, making for hours of fun
• Comes with 6 dazzling neon markers -- red, blue, yellow, green, orange, and pink
• Drawings magically appear and disappear

Amazon.com Product Description
With the Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board, kids can take their creations to a whole new level of fun. The glow board comes with six vibrant neon markers, which can be used to draw on either of the board's two drawing surfaces. Once their drawing is complete, kids can illuminate the colored inks with the touch of a button, as the board's lights give the ink an intense glow.

Children can illuminate the colored inks with the touch of a button. View larger.

Kids are able to create a multitude of different drawings.

An Electronic Easel
The Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board offers a unique way for kids to display their art, as it lights up drawings much like a neon sign. It incorporates several violet lights under the drawing surface. When lit, these lights cause the ink to take on a vivid, striking glow. The board's surface is reusable -- ink erases in an instant -- making it good for hours of fun at a time. Children can easily display their artwork by using the easel back to prop the board in place. And the board's two separate drawing layers give kids even more room to doodle. Using the glow board's controls, kids can choose to display one layer, or flash between both for an exciting billboard-like effect.

Drawing with the Glow Board
The glow board's markers come in six dazzling neon colors -- red, blue, yellow, green, orange, and pink. With these colors at their command, kids will be able to create a multitude of different drawings. Perhaps they will envision a galaxy with stars and planets, or render an undersea adventure. The markers have medium tips, which can draw thickly but also offer the ability to draw finer images. A tracing sheet comes with the board to help kids get ideas for their artwork. This toy is recommended for children ages six and up, and requires three AAA batteries (not included.)

About Crayola
Crayola first began developing its world-famous crayons in 1903, with eight original colors. The company is now the world's most popular manufacturer of children's art supplies and it produces more than 120 different crayon colors. Crayola recently celebrated its 100th anniversary and continues to innovate in the field of children's art.

What's in the Box
Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board with two coloring surfaces, 6 glow board markers, and tracing sheet.

From the Manufacturer
Color Explosion Glow Board gives great 3D effects along with intense glow in the dark effects. Reusable surface for hours of fun. Drawings magically appear and disappear creating neon sign effect. Violet lights illuminate colored inks with two drawing surfaces. Comes with 6 glow board markers, 1 tracing sheet and easel back for child to display their drawings!

Customer Reviews

Disappointing gift left by Santa (I'm not taking credit)
We purchased this item for our daughter for Christmas. It was slated (by my wife) to be the best gift under the tree. While it was well received by our 4 year old daughter, there are some disappointing issues worth noting.

As other reviwers have mentioned, the cleaning of the board is a major design flaw. Using a soft tissue requires pretty heavy handed rubbing (impossible for a young child) - and this technique also led to scratching of the plastic board. Yes thats right - soft tissue scratched the board. Using a moistened wipe just creates a smudged board. As you can see - neither method is ideal. The instructions offer no suggestions on cleaning techniques.

Markers are very dry. A simple man would assert that less dry markers would result in a nicer glow. I can tell after 1 day of use these markers will not be useable much longer.

See the graphics on the box showing the board's drawings "glow"? Don't hold your breath. You can get a decent effect with the lights out - but even then its not brilliant.

Overall - this is just a major disappointment. The commercials for this product make it look great - heck - thats why we bought it! But the end result is a toy that will likely be discarded sooner rather than later.

I recommend moon sand - our daughter hasn't put that stuff down since she opened it! :-)

Great for creative children, but poor quality
My kids have had this toy for three days now, and they're still in love with it. However, there are some issues with the two plastic drawing surfaces--they are very difficult to clean and they scratch easily. Even extensive cleaning with baby wipes will still leave a lot of residue. The colors no longer stand out as much as a result.

Fun for everyone!
I am 24 years old and I received this as an xmas gift. It is so much fun for all ages! It was officially named "coolest gift ever" by everyone at the xmas party.
It is simple to use once you read the instructions, the glowing effect is amazing! I would recommend this for older children, as it may be hard for youngin's to understand the steps needed to make the animated picture effect, and a few drops on a tile floor might break this toy. As far as educational value, I suppose it teaches about light refraction, if you want to get into that with your kids. It cleans up great with a damp cloth. Also, make sure you have 3 AA batteries on hand, they do not come included.