GaltToys, Water Magic - Animals, Colouring Books Children, Ages 3 Years PlusThe Forest Stewardship Council

Purchased for a 3 year old as a safe option to paint, crayons or pens. The magic element means no mess and no damage or staining to carpets, walls or soft furnishings. The paint process is plain water added to the magic pen which is chunky for little hands to hold. Just paint over the cardboard pictures with the pen and hey presto the colour appears. There are also blank parts on each picture page that when painted it shows hidden items. Its quite a clever concept. Whilst our 3 year old was only able to paint roughly over the pages at this age, it was highly entertaining for him and for us to watch him do it. Once each picture has been painted and the hidden items have magically appeared, leave the page to dry and it can be painted all over again. The book has a plastic compartment to store the pen safely for each use. The only negative I can comment on is the page close to the spiral binding took a little longer than the rest of the page but a minor observation and not a problem. We also have some mellisa and doug magic painting books and they are of good quality and used in the same way. These magic paint books are one of the best things that has captured our toddlers attention for more than 5-10mins at a time. Lots of these books available with different themes. Good for educational, hand and eye coordination Would definitely purchase more of these in the future and they come at a good price.

My 3y old absolutely loves it, mess free the only downside is that you regularly need to refill but we love it.

My daughter has 4 of these and absolutely loves them. As written in another review, they’re an easy, no mess way of keeping little ones entertained from much younger than the recommended 3+ age. Lovely, bright illustrations, can be used over and over again, taken with you on journeys/holidays. Great gift for little ones.

5 year old and nearly 2 year old loved thisPositives- nice bold colours for hidden pictures, good thick board which doesn't easily warp.Negatives- wish the brush had flexible bristles- it has a cloth style top similar to a glue pen - which my boys have both already sucked. You can buy other brands that have brushes with proper brush bristles.Also, the brushed leaked a little when my 5 year old filled it himself as it needs to be v tightly screwed together after filling with water.Having said all this, it's reasonably priced, and of course if you have other water magic sets, brushes are interchangeable!Pretty good value and a good product to take to grandparents or car trips as no mess as such!

Great fun, everyone wanted a go at painting a picture. Just use the water pen and the colours show through and in an hour or so, it dries to use again.One word of warning though. I don't know if it was my son or my overenthusiastic nieces and nephews but where someone had scribbled maybe a little too hard, or where the water took too long to dry, the paper has worn away in places throughout the book showing the colours through.No one used the pen too hard as far as I could tell but it was used a few times throughout the day. By Boxing day, the magic is gone. Not durable - but great fun while it lasted! I'm thinking about ordering another one.

Arrived quickly. Look good. Granddaughter loves these books.

Lovely book for little children.

Easy to use. Great gift for parties too