Our latest review product is a family favorite. We were able to use the new Thin Stix Creativity Pack from The Pencil Grip, Inc., which my kids were quite enthusiastic about.
My children love to do arts and crafts, but I hate dealing with the mess. With 5 kids, it can get out of control! That’s why I love these Thin Stix products. You’ve probably seen my review for them in the past, or for the shorter and fatter version, Kwik Stix. Thin Stix are a fabulous paint solution for children of all ages (3 and up is specifically listed on the box) that eliminates messy, drippy paint.
These guys work just like crayons or markers to use. The Thin Stix are tall and have a good size tip that is great for coloring large objects, or for writing words with a good level of precision and control. As your children use the colors and need more, they simply twist it up to reveal more paint. They last a very long time, in our experience.
The Creativity Pack includes 24 assorted colors. It has their 12 classic colors, 6 neon colors, and 6 Metalix. When you’re using them, they dry within 90 seconds. This is the key to their WOW factor for me! I no longer have to clear off all of my counters to make room for the little art creations of all of my children, waiting hours for them to dry. They’re basically instantly ready for the kids to hang up, hand out, and enjoy.
Last week, we unexpectedly found ourselves in the market for a new vehicle. We went in to get some repairs made on our van as we had encountered vehicle trouble while on a little staycation. We were expecting it to take a few hours, but once it was decided that we’d look at vehicles, those few hours turned into over eight hours with all 5 kids in tow. They were surprisingly good sports about it, but past their bedtime was when we were loading things from the old van into the new one before we could drive off.
As we were getting ready to go to bed, Heath (my 8 year old) revealed that he had left his wallet with all of his hard-earned money in the old van! I called the salesman, who had been so patient with us, and he decided to head back UP to the dealership to go retrieve the wallet for us. I couldn’t believe it! It was way out of his way after a very long day of work and he chose to help us out anyway.
I could have cried! I told the kids we needed to make some Thank You Cards for this man, stat. I had brought our package of Thin Stix with us and a pack of plain white paper. I knew my kids could be entertained for a long time with these babies, and now I was thrilled we’d decided to bring them. Their colors are so much bolder than crayons and they don’t get totally ruined on the off chance they get a little wet like markers do.
All of my kids, from age 3 all the way to age 12, were able to make beautiful cards for Henry. By the way, did I mention that they used PAINT in a hotel room? That’s right! Even though I knew we were going to be in a hotel room, Thin Stix don’t make me nervous to have on hand because I know that they’re washable and that my kids don’t get super messy while they use them.
As I expected, they were able to spread out and use them how they wanted on a little ottoman/table combo that the hotel had by the pull out couch. It was cool to see how different the cards were that they made. My 5 year old drew a picture of Henry the salesman to give to Henry the salesman. Ha!
My oldest son just wrote him a note to say thank you. My daughter drew a cute picture in the front and wrote a nice long thank you inside. The 3 year old scribbled, but it was vibrant and cute anyway! Heath, the dude with the missing wallet, did a combination picture with words card.
I never imagined this is how we would be using our Thin Stix in the hotel room, honestly. I thought that we would just be drawing pictures for fun. Fortunately, they were the perfect coloring tools for our cards of gratitude to a gentleman that really went that extra mile for our family.
We’ve used our Kwik Stix and Thin Stix on many surfaces in the past. We’ve made rock pets, drawn on poster boards, and even colored a few pumpkins with them. Anywhere you would use regular tempera paint, you can use Thin Stix with NO drips and NO long drying times. This massive variety package is perfect for kids who prefer certain shades, like my 5 year old who hoards all of the greens every time!
It’s also great for different effects, like if you’re wanting to go all out neon or use the Metalix. These will last your family a long time, even when you use them a lot!
These are truly my favorite arts and crafts supplies for my kids. They’re simple to use, affordable, last forever, and allow my kids to PAINT without me pulling my hair out worrying about the mess. They’re the perfect paint!
GIVEAWAY
Would you like to win your own set just like the one featured in this blog post? Simply reply below and tell me who you’d like to win Thin Stix for and what they would use them to make.
US only, must be 18+ years old to win. Closes 11/16/2017.
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My daughter would LOVE these!
I’ve got to get us some of these to try!
My son would love these and we could use them as part of art class.
MY 6 year old loves all things art and has declared she will be an art teacher when she grows up. I know she would love these!
This would be a great stress-free gift for my 3 ring circus!!
My daughter would like Thin Stix. She’s been into drawing all things Minecraft lately.
My children would use these for geography and art!!!
My 7 year old and her 2 little cousins would love this! They like to get together for what seems like wild arts and craft parties. Mess free creativity sounds so good!
My son loves art I would love less mess
I would love to win them for my kids. My daughter would draw flower and hearts and all things girly. My son would draw Minecraft, Pokemon and cars. Thanks you!
I’d love to win these for my 4 year old, but I bet my older kids would love them too. We’d probably just make some fun drawings.
My kiddos would love these! They love all things arts and crafts. Thanks for the chance!
Heather Robinson
My son would use them to make cards for his friends, teachers, and family. He is always drawing and his markers are always drying out and his crayons are all broken because he uses them so much. He loves drawing. These would defiantly get some use. Thanks for the opportunity to try to get these.
I would love these because I could use them with all my kids, ages 2-13! We love to do art, especially just letting them explore with color.
These would be awesome during the upcoming move! My 6 kiddos love to paint,I don’t so love the mess.
I have 5 kids and homeschool so my kids would create all kinds of things if we had a set!
My 8 and 14 year old would use these for school and cards.
Both of my boys have really started to enjoy art recently. These are actually on our wishlist!! They both really love making up and drawing their own game characters!
My younger kids always want to paint with the big kids but I can’t stand the mess they make when I say ‘yes’ so these would be perfect for the 6 and under crowd around here.
My daughter would absolutely love these!!!!
My daughter would use these in her drawings. It would be a great Christmas gift!
My three kids love to draw and paint, and these would be perfect for the days I don’t want the paint mess everywhere!
I would love these for both of my kids and their rock painting adventures!
I would love these for my littles! As a homeschooling mom to a 5 year old, with a 2 year old sidekick, we’re no strangers to a creative mess. I’d love a product that allows a little more creativity and a little less mess!
I legit want to win these for myself. (I will consider sharing with my kids) I would use them for “all the stuff”, but mostly for our homeschool art projects.
My Son, because honestly money is super tight and I know he would love these as a Christmas present
My daughter Sophia would love these to make pictures for her cousin Nehemiah
My eight year old son has been wanting to participate in our city’s small rock painting activity and these would be perfect to use on the go.
I would love these for my boys! They are super creative kids who will use these to make Christmas presents for the family. <3
My 3 year old loves to color, everything. He might love this. Or I might borrow it.
We are an arts&craft family and my young daughters would loooooove this. Right now drawing horses it the absolute favorite. Christmas is around the corner and we have already tons of projects planned. This is needed 🙂
My daughter would love these!
I’d love to win this for my cousin’s young son. He’s all about horses, so I know he’d make drawings of them.
I SO want to be the cool mom that says “YES!” when my daughter asks to paint during homeschool preschool lessons. She would absolutely love these.
We tried a sample a while back and i think i loved them just as much as my girls. They are pretty awesome! This would be a great christmas gift for them!
My daughter would absolutely love these! She is always coloring and making pictures for us.
These look awesome
I would love to win these for all of my kids to try out! My youngest is 5, and is always painting or coloring. It would be a relief on my part to have minimal mess to clean up!
I would love to win Thin Stix