Color Wonder - Is it so great?  

ewhh I would agree, my kids would make such a mess and they are too young to realize the concept still of what is actually happening here.
I too will not be buying this one - it seems to me that crayola yeah has a great idea, but needs to remember we have little ones at home still too. so make something more fun for all us to use plus sales will be much better too.
Crayola is great though with all of their lovely colors.

I have thought about purchasing them a time or two but I agree with your thought s about teaching your children not to write where they are not supposed too.I think that is lesson all parents have to go through and the marks on the walls are the rite of passage.

I agree, it's a nice idea but is not going to teach children there are right places to color and wrong places. My grandson saw this on TV and of course wanted it, saying "Grandma I need that so I don't make messes on your walls". I told him no he doesn't need that he just needs to remember where the coloring books are and only color in those - he went to the shelf and found his coloring books :)

Well I think they are great, not because they don't mark anything else but the paper, but because a marker that looks white comes out as a different colour, my daughter loves them and calls them her magic markers LOL. Though we don't use them often, we stick to the more standard non-magical variety more often then not.

Personally I love them. We use them alot when we travel to my husband's grandparents. They live about 4 hours from our house. My little one can sit in her seat and color in the coloring books. We as parents have no worry about her accidently getting marker on the leather seats or her clothes that we want to look nice when we get there.
I think like most products in the world some people need them and some people think they are a waste. They must be selling and Crayola making money on them though because a year ago you could barely find anything and now they have a whole section of product at the store.

I agree this product is wonderful but expensive.. luckily we have several sets of grandparents and the only grandchildren in the family so they get plenty of it for gifts. I only wish they had developed it about 11 yrs ago when i had my first child. I also love the Mr clean magic eraser ... dont know how it works but will remove permanent markers from the walls when the little ones become ambitious.

They're nice for certain times, like when you're in a car. But I agree that for everyday use, they're far too expensive. I think for normal coloring & painting, you're best to just set your child up in a safe, cleanable area.

My son got one of the Color Wonder coloring books and set of markers for Christmas this past year, and while it's nice to know the markers will not mark on anything but that paper, I agree that (by itself) it doesn't really teach children about where they should and should not color.

I also think these markers somewhat stifle a child's creativity if it's the only type of coloring/writing utensil ever given to the child to use. And yes, they're rather expensive, too.

However, if children are given a variety of writing/ coloring utensils and are taught from the start that they're not to color on anything but paper/coloring books, then I see no real problem with allowing children to also use the Color Wonder markers.

We had some to try, ok if you can get the kids to understand, but once the pens get into each other they can change colour and if you run out of book you have left over pens you cannot use anywhere else.
I found that the book and pens became separated unless I was really careful, I thought it would be good for my special needs child but it didn't work out as well as Id hoped.
I'd rather have cheap felt tips as it is easier to keep track of them but a very good idea for in the car or on holidays.

I always thought it was a good idea but I didnt really think about it. You are right because children should know what their boundaries are and they should learn not to make a mess. However, I think it is a great idea for kids who are really young, like a year old because they dont know how NOT to make a mess. I've been thinking about getting it for my 16 month old so she can learn to make drawings without the worry of the mess. However, as she gets to be 2 or 3 years old I will buy just regular paper and pens and crayons and she will know what her boundaries are. In the commercials for this product they always show older kids and I think they should show younger kids.