Susan in KY Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We prefer colored pencils here, too! (But for crayons, I do like Crayola. :) ) There's always a diplomat in every group. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I definitely prefer Stockmar- I have my own box. :001_rolleyes: My kids do use Crayola when they need skinny crayons. My MIL is always confused and offended when we aren't delighted to bring home freebie off-brand crayons from restaurants. I feel like such a snob if I try to explain why. Perhaps, "They're free because they stink, but thanks anyway?" I think my diplomat button broke :lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I spank my circumcised former fetuses if they use anything but Crayola ;). :smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5: I'm dying here. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineW Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 My kids like crayola. They love the fat jumbo crayons from Lakeshore even better though--I think its because you have to stomp on them to break them and they are bright. However, I have to admit that they have no taste--they hated the stockmar block crayons that their music teacher uses. No explanation--just a couple of marks and they were done. My oldest is 5 and I'm not sure he believed that they were real crayons. Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveBaby Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Okay, I agree they're better than RoseArt, but have you tried Stockmar? :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveBaby Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 It's a Waldorf-y brand. High quality, beeswax, thick, good for large areas and the soft, low-detail kind of drawing that the Waldorf method teaches. They are lovely. :) And the sweet beeswax smell on your hands when you are done is even more lovely! Of course...we just installed 3 beehives, so we are feeling extra love for anything bee related! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyinND Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 WOW! I can't believe you broached this topic on these boards! Might get ya banned! You better duck & cover!:lol: PS. I prefer crayola, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_JWM Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Don't use the cheap-o ones you get at restaurants in any sort of craft or project that involves melting them...they give off a horrible odor. It was so bad my kid and I had to sleep at my dad's while the husband aired out the house. Our eyes were literally burning. I mean, not with FIRE, but with CHEMICALS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I definitely prefer Stockmar- I have my own box. :001_rolleyes: My kids do use Crayola when they need skinny crayons. My MIL is always confused and offended when we aren't delighted to bring home freebie off-brand crayons from restaurants. I feel like such a snob if I try to explain why. :iagree:I cringe (inside) when my inlaws buy the boys those big boxes of cheap crayons from the dollar store. Maybe if I made them color with them they wouldn't get them anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in WI Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We make our own crayons from scratch because we're real homeschoolers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We make our own crayons from scratch because we're real homeschoolers. Do you have your own bees? All of the people I know with bees are unschoolers. Do you think there is a direct correlation? ;) I prefer Stockmar crayons, but will make do with crayola. Eta: stockmar crayons are not all in block form, they come in regular crayon shapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Okay, now THAT one nearly made me spit my gatorade all over the screen!! You drink gatorade?:tongue_smilie: Don't you know that is full of HFCS? :lol: I could never confine myself or my children to a box of crayons. Although I have considered larger boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcelmer Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We make our own crayons from scratch because we're real homeschoolers. :lol: and real homeschoolers only use "real" art supplies, not fake store bought ones with artifical coloring and chemicals!.... :D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I must be the only person on the board who likes the Roseart crayons. OMG. What am I doing to my children's intellectual development by letting them use Roseart???? I must be a bad mommy. :(:crying::crying::crying: ETA: Maybe there's hope? Can I supplement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in WI Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Do you have your own bees? All of the people I know with bees are unschoolers. Yes, of course, we have our own bees. We made our own beehive (from scratch) and the caught a feral swarm. Well, we unschool on the weekends and in the summer. During the regular school year we use the most rigorous classical curricula there is (everything is in Latin, Hebrew, Greek, or French; it's OOP from the 1700s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 What's wrong with you people? Only colored pencils for me and they have to be Prismacolor. I'm a preschool art snob. :iagree: My kids are far too cultured to touch those nasty things. :p (I am not so cultured, and I do love the way they smell though. ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest momk2000 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 We make our own crayons from scratch because we're real homeschoolers. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I like Melissa and Doug's triangle crayons best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschooltoone Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I prefer Crayola crayons over other brands. :iagree:I prefer them over roseart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 LOVE Crayola! In fact, if any other brand enters the house by way of gift, or restaurant crayons, they immediately go into the trash because they are just not good for coloring. DD7 prefers Crayola as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Yes, of course, we have our own bees. We made our own beehive (from scratch) and the caught a feral swarm. Well, we unschool on the weekends and in the summer. During the regular school year we use the most rigorous classical curricula there is (everything is in Latin, Hebrew, Greek, or French; it's OOP from the 1700s). Just seeing this thread. Excuse me while I change...:lol::lol: I'm dying here! ETA--oh geez, perhaps you aren't kidding about the feral swarm--it's just the words are so funny, along with the concept! Off to buy Stockmars for a little friend of mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 :lol: I wrote an entire blog post once about being a Crayola Snob because it's the only brand I tend to buy. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Us too. Crayola. Done buying the cheap generic crayons. I also love the Melissa and Doug Triangular crayons for my youngest. You can't beat those either. http://www.melissaanddoug.com/two-dozen-triangular-crayons-art-and-crafts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWSJ Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Crayola? Try oil pastels and you'll never go back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_melody_ Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Crayola all the way here. Preferably Crayola WASHABLE. Don't ask why. :tongue_smilie: No other washable comes off of things (many, MANY things) as well as the Crayolas do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I looked up these wonderful Stockmar crayons. $28.00 for a box of 16???? We definitely won't be trying them until "Little Miss Destructo" dd is past her - peel the paper and break the crayons - phase. My kids will be getting high quality, expensive art products when they're teenagers. Maybe. Crayolas all the way around here. Definitely Washable Crayolas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I prefer Crayola crayons over other brands. Anything is better than Rose Art. :tongue_smilie: Hope this doesn't hurt any feelings. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 :iagree: crayola....I try to buy made in USA..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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