This bumper colouring book is guaranteed to keep you happy for hours on end. With 160 pages of animal, people, transport and scenery images, there's so much to colour in you won't know where to begin.

For ages 3 years and over.

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Create a rainbow of art! With the Rainbow AquaDraw, you can make amazing multi-coloured pictures with no ink, no brushes and no paint to run. The scenes magically fade so pictures can be created again and again. Simply fill the pen with water and draw to

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

The One and only original Etch a Sketch- Everyones favourite drawing tool! Made famous by appearing in both Toy Story films and the film Elf. Turn the knobs to draw horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines. When your done, simply shake to erase and start

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

Very disappointing, 27 Oct 2008
Bought this for my daughter last Christmas and frankly hasn't worked properly since. You can't get rid of the previous drawing. The new drawing line is so thin and faint you have to go over the line a number of times to see it. All in all very disappointing and not at all like the original one I had many years ago.

Is it really the world's favourite?, 16 Sep 2008
You have to struggle and perhaps tire yourself in order to clear the screen by shaking it. The drawing starts from any random location. However its not bad after all to an unusual kind of drawing.

Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 01 Apr 2008
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!

The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.

As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.

I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.

Doodle Daisy is the scribbly scrawly creepy crawly! "Hi, I'm Doodle Daisy! I'm a fun creepy crawly that loves to draw! Watch me spin and spiral as I create amazing doodles. You can decorate the patterns with my stencil hat and stamping boots and colour them in using the pens included. I can hold up to five pens at once, so mix 'n' match the colours to create loads of different designs!"

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

Very disappointing, 27 Oct 2008
Bought this for my daughter last Christmas and frankly hasn't worked properly since. You can't get rid of the previous drawing. The new drawing line is so thin and faint you have to go over the line a number of times to see it. All in all very disappointing and not at all like the original one I had many years ago.

Is it really the world's favourite?, 16 Sep 2008
You have to struggle and perhaps tire yourself in order to clear the screen by shaking it. The drawing starts from any random location. However its not bad after all to an unusual kind of drawing.

Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 01 Apr 2008
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!

The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.

As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.

I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.

Dont bother...., 07 Apr 2008
I bought this item as my 3 and a half year old daughter saw the advert on TV and asked if she could have one. I thought I would buy it for Easter instead of Easter eggs as she would get eggs from her grandparents and she would enjoy doodle daisy more. The parcel arrived and with much excitement we set it up. There are holes for 5 pens on the front arms, there are shape stamps on each of the 6 feet and the hat has 8 stencil shapes. The stamps and shapes are functional just as any other stamps and stencils are (they do what they're supposed to do). The main feature of doodle daisy is the spirograph function. We chose a setting on the dial underneath doodle daisy and set it going. My daughter watched in amazement as doodle daisy span round and round drawing lovely patterns on the paper. After playing with it for 10 mins one of the pen nibs broke (not good). After playing with it for less than 30 mins, the remaining pens began to run out of ink (not good at all). At this point my daughter lost complete interest in it and it now sits on her shelf gathering dust. She now creates her own spirographs using good old elbow grease, a pen and paper). I now wish I had bought her the Easter eggs, at least we could have had more fun burning off all those calories. My advice would be to try other spirograph products out there. I hope this helps you decide.

brilliant!, 28 Mar 2008
Bought this for my girls even though they are 7 and 9, they absolutely love it! Its easy to set up, uses 2 AAA batteries, turn the dial underneath for the design, slot the pen in one of the holders, press her back and off she spins! if your child is a fan of spirograph etc then thy'll like this. makes loads of different patterns.

Not impressed, 05 Jan 2008
After all the ads on the popular kids TV channels, Santa finally left my daughter "Daisy" to her delight. However this was short lived. She was fiddly too set up and work, not good for a excitable child on Christmas morning and the patterns were nothing like on the ads. The pens are rubbish and don't last long at all. It didn't live up to what she had seen and has since been left untouched - in all disapointing!

This magical product combines one of the top drawing toys on the market with one of the most loved characters by young children! Use the pen (filled only with water) to draw on the Thomas Aqua Draw mat, then turn on the Thomas train and which him magically follow the line you've just drawn.

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

Very disappointing, 27 Oct 2008
Bought this for my daughter last Christmas and frankly hasn't worked properly since. You can't get rid of the previous drawing. The new drawing line is so thin and faint you have to go over the line a number of times to see it. All in all very disappointing and not at all like the original one I had many years ago.

Is it really the world's favourite?, 16 Sep 2008
You have to struggle and perhaps tire yourself in order to clear the screen by shaking it. The drawing starts from any random location. However its not bad after all to an unusual kind of drawing.

Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 01 Apr 2008
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!

The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.

As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.

I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.

Dont bother...., 07 Apr 2008
I bought this item as my 3 and a half year old daughter saw the advert on TV and asked if she could have one. I thought I would buy it for Easter instead of Easter eggs as she would get eggs from her grandparents and she would enjoy doodle daisy more. The parcel arrived and with much excitement we set it up. There are holes for 5 pens on the front arms, there are shape stamps on each of the 6 feet and the hat has 8 stencil shapes. The stamps and shapes are functional just as any other stamps and stencils are (they do what they're supposed to do). The main feature of doodle daisy is the spirograph function. We chose a setting on the dial underneath doodle daisy and set it going. My daughter watched in amazement as doodle daisy span round and round drawing lovely patterns on the paper. After playing with it for 10 mins one of the pen nibs broke (not good). After playing with it for less than 30 mins, the remaining pens began to run out of ink (not good at all). At this point my daughter lost complete interest in it and it now sits on her shelf gathering dust. She now creates her own spirographs using good old elbow grease, a pen and paper). I now wish I had bought her the Easter eggs, at least we could have had more fun burning off all those calories. My advice would be to try other spirograph products out there. I hope this helps you decide.

brilliant!, 28 Mar 2008
Bought this for my girls even though they are 7 and 9, they absolutely love it! Its easy to set up, uses 2 AAA batteries, turn the dial underneath for the design, slot the pen in one of the holders, press her back and off she spins! if your child is a fan of spirograph etc then thy'll like this. makes loads of different patterns.

Not impressed, 05 Jan 2008
After all the ads on the popular kids TV channels, Santa finally left my daughter "Daisy" to her delight. However this was short lived. She was fiddly too set up and work, not good for a excitable child on Christmas morning and the patterns were nothing like on the ads. The pens are rubbish and don't last long at all. It didn't live up to what she had seen and has since been left untouched - in all disapointing!

It did not match expectations, 18 Feb 2008
This toy is not good value for money! The train is supposed to follow the pen's track but unless the track is really thick it will not know wehre to go, my boys found it frustrating. The Pens came apart almost immediately nad the train "lost" its sense of direction pretty quickly. A Christmas present that by the end of January was relegated to the bottom of the toybox.

not so great..., 31 Oct 2007
My children tired of this quite quickly and it fast degenerated into a crumpled heap! I think it has limited appeal, the pens (agree v v stingy on numbers)got dry and bunged up. It would have been better if it had more than one colour underneath, that insipid grey blue got v dull after a while. I do think Thomas engine made a nice tune though. I wouldn't buy another aqua draw product, My advice is to stick to the Brio wooden Thomas trains for Thomas fix and good old crayons and plain paper for artisic moments.

no mess art, 28 Dec 2006
both my 5 year old and my 15 month old like this toy. picture after picture is drawn. a stimulating and educational toy. the train music is fab. only negative comment is that the train will follow any mark on the mat, any crease or indentation. overall this is a toy that will keep kids entertained for ages.

Aquadraw, 25 Oct 2006
An excellent product - my two year old loves it, and even our eight month old son is fascinated by Thomas chugging round the track. I think in order to make full use of the set children would need to be a little older (3+ to use it unsupervised) as drawing a good track for Thomas to run on is not easy for little ones.

No ink, no paint, no mess to clear up - an excellent idea, and made even better by having Thomas and his cheery tune playing.

Thomas is Always a Winner, 26 Nov 2005
Getting crayons and felt tip pen off furniture and walls is an absolute nightmare, but one you do not need to worry about with this toy. The pen and the roller that creates the tracks will in effect only draw on the play mat.

A second bonus is that everything can be folded up and put away very quickly. That's the grown ups sorted, so lets get on to the children.

I do not know of any child who at some stage in their lives is not in love with Thomas the Tank Engine and this is an ideal toy for them. The roller provided draws train track on the play mat and to young children (and adults) this must seem almost magical. What is even better is that Thomas follows the tracks that have been drawn, even more magical. If it loses its way the train tries to find the tracks again and if it can't eventually switches itself off. How good is that?

There is also a 'pen' that is filled with water and allows freehand drawing on the mat and only on the mat.

The train makes the noise a real train makes and plays a little of the Thomas tune. Best of all the track eventually fades giving the children the opportunity to draw another track layout.

No small pieces to get lost, no paper to pick up and throw away. No pencils to sharpen, or new felt tips to buy and most importantly Happy Children. What more could you want!!

You will have great fun making funny faces with these sticker and colouring books. Simply colour in your funny face, then choose which stickers you want to make the drawings more wacky. Choose from Funny Face People or Funny Face Animals Sticker Books,

Nominated for a Hamleys Awards, this Aquadraw set will be loved by little princesses everywhere. Use the special Disney Princess Aquadraw pen to draw magical pretty pink pictures. The wonderful wand roller allows little ones to draw a pathway of stars whi

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

Very disappointing, 27 Oct 2008
Bought this for my daughter last Christmas and frankly hasn't worked properly since. You can't get rid of the previous drawing. The new drawing line is so thin and faint you have to go over the line a number of times to see it. All in all very disappointing and not at all like the original one I had many years ago.

Is it really the world's favourite?, 16 Sep 2008
You have to struggle and perhaps tire yourself in order to clear the screen by shaking it. The drawing starts from any random location. However its not bad after all to an unusual kind of drawing.

Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 01 Apr 2008
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!

The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.

As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.

I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.

Dont bother...., 07 Apr 2008
I bought this item as my 3 and a half year old daughter saw the advert on TV and asked if she could have one. I thought I would buy it for Easter instead of Easter eggs as she would get eggs from her grandparents and she would enjoy doodle daisy more. The parcel arrived and with much excitement we set it up. There are holes for 5 pens on the front arms, there are shape stamps on each of the 6 feet and the hat has 8 stencil shapes. The stamps and shapes are functional just as any other stamps and stencils are (they do what they're supposed to do). The main feature of doodle daisy is the spirograph function. We chose a setting on the dial underneath doodle daisy and set it going. My daughter watched in amazement as doodle daisy span round and round drawing lovely patterns on the paper. After playing with it for 10 mins one of the pen nibs broke (not good). After playing with it for less than 30 mins, the remaining pens began to run out of ink (not good at all). At this point my daughter lost complete interest in it and it now sits on her shelf gathering dust. She now creates her own spirographs using good old elbow grease, a pen and paper). I now wish I had bought her the Easter eggs, at least we could have had more fun burning off all those calories. My advice would be to try other spirograph products out there. I hope this helps you decide.

brilliant!, 28 Mar 2008
Bought this for my girls even though they are 7 and 9, they absolutely love it! Its easy to set up, uses 2 AAA batteries, turn the dial underneath for the design, slot the pen in one of the holders, press her back and off she spins! if your child is a fan of spirograph etc then thy'll like this. makes loads of different patterns.

Not impressed, 05 Jan 2008
After all the ads on the popular kids TV channels, Santa finally left my daughter "Daisy" to her delight. However this was short lived. She was fiddly too set up and work, not good for a excitable child on Christmas morning and the patterns were nothing like on the ads. The pens are rubbish and don't last long at all. It didn't live up to what she had seen and has since been left untouched - in all disapointing!

It did not match expectations, 18 Feb 2008
This toy is not good value for money! The train is supposed to follow the pen's track but unless the track is really thick it will not know wehre to go, my boys found it frustrating. The Pens came apart almost immediately nad the train "lost" its sense of direction pretty quickly. A Christmas present that by the end of January was relegated to the bottom of the toybox.

not so great..., 31 Oct 2007
My children tired of this quite quickly and it fast degenerated into a crumpled heap! I think it has limited appeal, the pens (agree v v stingy on numbers)got dry and bunged up. It would have been better if it had more than one colour underneath, that insipid grey blue got v dull after a while. I do think Thomas engine made a nice tune though. I wouldn't buy another aqua draw product, My advice is to stick to the Brio wooden Thomas trains for Thomas fix and good old crayons and plain paper for artisic moments.

no mess art, 28 Dec 2006
both my 5 year old and my 15 month old like this toy. picture after picture is drawn. a stimulating and educational toy. the train music is fab. only negative comment is that the train will follow any mark on the mat, any crease or indentation. overall this is a toy that will keep kids entertained for ages.

Aquadraw, 25 Oct 2006
An excellent product - my two year old loves it, and even our eight month old son is fascinated by Thomas chugging round the track. I think in order to make full use of the set children would need to be a little older (3+ to use it unsupervised) as drawing a good track for Thomas to run on is not easy for little ones.

No ink, no paint, no mess to clear up - an excellent idea, and made even better by having Thomas and his cheery tune playing.

Thomas is Always a Winner, 26 Nov 2005
Getting crayons and felt tip pen off furniture and walls is an absolute nightmare, but one you do not need to worry about with this toy. The pen and the roller that creates the tracks will in effect only draw on the play mat.

A second bonus is that everything can be folded up and put away very quickly. That's the grown ups sorted, so lets get on to the children.

I do not know of any child who at some stage in their lives is not in love with Thomas the Tank Engine and this is an ideal toy for them. The roller provided draws train track on the play mat and to young children (and adults) this must seem almost magical. What is even better is that Thomas follows the tracks that have been drawn, even more magical. If it loses its way the train tries to find the tracks again and if it can't eventually switches itself off. How good is that?

There is also a 'pen' that is filled with water and allows freehand drawing on the mat and only on the mat.

The train makes the noise a real train makes and plays a little of the Thomas tune. Best of all the track eventually fades giving the children the opportunity to draw another track layout.

No small pieces to get lost, no paper to pick up and throw away. No pencils to sharpen, or new felt tips to buy and most importantly Happy Children. What more could you want!!

Simply enchanting, 04 Nov 2008
A well made and beautiful toy any young Disney princess fan is sure to love.

Just add children and water for plenty of fun and once the mat is wet let it dry and you can start again.

The pens don't last forever but the rest seams quite durable.

Amazing!, 10 Aug 2007
My 3 year old really loves this toy. I love it because you only need to fill the pen with water, so there is no chance of ink on the floor or the table. The pen is then used to draw on the special white mat which then goes 'magically' pink (my daughter still can't work that one out!). The fun really starts when you switch on the Cinderella figure and watch as she follows the lines drawn on the mat and dances with her prince charming! The Cinderella theme tune is played and brings back a few memories for me too!! This really is a lovely toy.

A funky 3 in 1 Illumination station; light box, drawing desk and projector! Use the light box to draw fabulous background designs or borders! Unlock the light unit and pop in an image disc which will then project your choosen design or character! There are 20 image discs and 10 backgrounds for you to choose from, plenty of choice! Under the lightbox is a draw for storing everything! Add finishing touches to your pictures, notes and invites using the the colouring pens! Plus you can remove the light unit and use it as a mini torch! The Illumination Station is a wonderful way to develop drawing skills and creativity!

Drawing is clean and easy with Megasketcher! No mess, no pencils to sharpen or ink to run out! The magnetic Megasketcher drawing board has a unique special screen that allows budding artists to draw clear, crisp pictures . The pictures magically disappear with one sweep of the eraser ready to start again! Pen draws thick and thin lines and four shape stampers are also included.Children love to draw, and the Megasketcher from Tomy is a fun, clean and tidy variation on the traditional pencils and paper.

The Megasketcher measures roughly 45 cm x 30 cm (18 in x 12 in), with the magnetised "screen" taking up most of the surface area. A magic "pen" (attached by a piece of string to avoid losing it under the sofa) allows children to draw, scribble and write, while the four magnetised stamps--a star, a heart, a car and a circle--add a different dimension to youngsters' designs. Once a composition is complete, or if one too many mistakes has been made, just drag the "eraser" button down its slide and, hey presto, it slides back up automatically, wiping out the redundant drawings.

This kind of drawing aid has become a firm favourite, thanks mainly to its ability to be used over and over again, no matter how many mistakes are made. Not suitable for children under three years old due to safety restrictions, the Megasketcher is a fun, practical way of developing artistic awareness, creativity and fine and gross motor skills in children above that age. Perfect for long car journeys or rainy afternoons, this is a toy that will provide hours of play value--a must-have for every creative tot. --Lucie Naylor

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

Very disappointing, 27 Oct 2008
Bought this for my daughter last Christmas and frankly hasn't worked properly since. You can't get rid of the previous drawing. The new drawing line is so thin and faint you have to go over the line a number of times to see it. All in all very disappointing and not at all like the original one I had many years ago.

Is it really the world's favourite?, 16 Sep 2008
You have to struggle and perhaps tire yourself in order to clear the screen by shaking it. The drawing starts from any random location. However its not bad after all to an unusual kind of drawing.

Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 01 Apr 2008
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!

The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.

As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.

I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.

Dont bother...., 07 Apr 2008
I bought this item as my 3 and a half year old daughter saw the advert on TV and asked if she could have one. I thought I would buy it for Easter instead of Easter eggs as she would get eggs from her grandparents and she would enjoy doodle daisy more. The parcel arrived and with much excitement we set it up. There are holes for 5 pens on the front arms, there are shape stamps on each of the 6 feet and the hat has 8 stencil shapes. The stamps and shapes are functional just as any other stamps and stencils are (they do what they're supposed to do). The main feature of doodle daisy is the spirograph function. We chose a setting on the dial underneath doodle daisy and set it going. My daughter watched in amazement as doodle daisy span round and round drawing lovely patterns on the paper. After playing with it for 10 mins one of the pen nibs broke (not good). After playing with it for less than 30 mins, the remaining pens began to run out of ink (not good at all). At this point my daughter lost complete interest in it and it now sits on her shelf gathering dust. She now creates her own spirographs using good old elbow grease, a pen and paper). I now wish I had bought her the Easter eggs, at least we could have had more fun burning off all those calories. My advice would be to try other spirograph products out there. I hope this helps you decide.

brilliant!, 28 Mar 2008
Bought this for my girls even though they are 7 and 9, they absolutely love it! Its easy to set up, uses 2 AAA batteries, turn the dial underneath for the design, slot the pen in one of the holders, press her back and off she spins! if your child is a fan of spirograph etc then thy'll like this. makes loads of different patterns.

Not impressed, 05 Jan 2008
After all the ads on the popular kids TV channels, Santa finally left my daughter "Daisy" to her delight. However this was short lived. She was fiddly too set up and work, not good for a excitable child on Christmas morning and the patterns were nothing like on the ads. The pens are rubbish and don't last long at all. It didn't live up to what she had seen and has since been left untouched - in all disapointing!

It did not match expectations, 18 Feb 2008
This toy is not good value for money! The train is supposed to follow the pen's track but unless the track is really thick it will not know wehre to go, my boys found it frustrating. The Pens came apart almost immediately nad the train "lost" its sense of direction pretty quickly. A Christmas present that by the end of January was relegated to the bottom of the toybox.

not so great..., 31 Oct 2007
My children tired of this quite quickly and it fast degenerated into a crumpled heap! I think it has limited appeal, the pens (agree v v stingy on numbers)got dry and bunged up. It would have been better if it had more than one colour underneath, that insipid grey blue got v dull after a while. I do think Thomas engine made a nice tune though. I wouldn't buy another aqua draw product, My advice is to stick to the Brio wooden Thomas trains for Thomas fix and good old crayons and plain paper for artisic moments.

no mess art, 28 Dec 2006
both my 5 year old and my 15 month old like this toy. picture after picture is drawn. a stimulating and educational toy. the train music is fab. only negative comment is that the train will follow any mark on the mat, any crease or indentation. overall this is a toy that will keep kids entertained for ages.

Aquadraw, 25 Oct 2006
An excellent product - my two year old loves it, and even our eight month old son is fascinated by Thomas chugging round the track. I think in order to make full use of the set children would need to be a little older (3+ to use it unsupervised) as drawing a good track for Thomas to run on is not easy for little ones.

No ink, no paint, no mess to clear up - an excellent idea, and made even better by having Thomas and his cheery tune playing.

Thomas is Always a Winner, 26 Nov 2005
Getting crayons and felt tip pen off furniture and walls is an absolute nightmare, but one you do not need to worry about with this toy. The pen and the roller that creates the tracks will in effect only draw on the play mat.

A second bonus is that everything can be folded up and put away very quickly. That's the grown ups sorted, so lets get on to the children.

I do not know of any child who at some stage in their lives is not in love with Thomas the Tank Engine and this is an ideal toy for them. The roller provided draws train track on the play mat and to young children (and adults) this must seem almost magical. What is even better is that Thomas follows the tracks that have been drawn, even more magical. If it loses its way the train tries to find the tracks again and if it can't eventually switches itself off. How good is that?

There is also a 'pen' that is filled with water and allows freehand drawing on the mat and only on the mat.

The train makes the noise a real train makes and plays a little of the Thomas tune. Best of all the track eventually fades giving the children the opportunity to draw another track layout.

No small pieces to get lost, no paper to pick up and throw away. No pencils to sharpen, or new felt tips to buy and most importantly Happy Children. What more could you want!!

Simply enchanting, 04 Nov 2008
A well made and beautiful toy any young Disney princess fan is sure to love.

Just add children and water for plenty of fun and once the mat is wet let it dry and you can start again.

The pens don't last forever but the rest seams quite durable.

Amazing!, 10 Aug 2007
My 3 year old really loves this toy. I love it because you only need to fill the pen with water, so there is no chance of ink on the floor or the table. The pen is then used to draw on the special white mat which then goes 'magically' pink (my daughter still can't work that one out!). The fun really starts when you switch on the Cinderella figure and watch as she follows the lines drawn on the mat and dances with her prince charming! The Cinderella theme tune is played and brings back a few memories for me too!! This really is a lovely toy.

great fun - but the automatic eraser fell to bits..., 13 Mar 2008
withing weeks of getting it - and only played with by 2 fairly careful kids. But even so, it's been a brilliant buy.

Not as hard wearing as my 2 year old needs, 14 Nov 2007
I bought this for my 2 year old daughter's birthday and she loves it. It's just not hard wearing enough for her. She's got lumps and bumps and bubbles in the screen and the movement for the bar to pull down and clear the screen isn't smooth and easy to pull down,it's uneven and jerky and inefficient. I would have tried the Fisher Price doodle pro which works differently with little honeycombs too see if it works any better. Although she still plays with this I'm disappointed in the state of it after just one week.

Built to last, 30 Sep 2007
Solid, robust construction. Going well almost three years later. Educational toy - helping our daughter with her drawing and writing. No worries about drawing on walls with felt tips especially with a 2 year old brother.
They love it so much we had to buy another one for him.
Recommended for hours of fun and learning.

every child should have one of these, 01 Aug 2007
This sort of toy is absolutely superb. We have had one of these for years and it is STILL used almost every day by my boys aged 7 and 9....there are not many toys that last like this !Obviously great for encouraging handwriting but also great for playing games - look no further for the perfect toy.

Marvellous toy., 02 Jan 2004
This drawing board has provided hours of fun for our 7yr. old daughter who has downs syndrome. It is extremely durable and she takes it everywhere with her using it to communicate, to get people to draw on it for her& to amuse herself. Her dexterity has improved considerably and she just loves it. We now have it nine months and it is still going strong. Before we bought it we had other drawing boards which could not compete

Create your very own fantastic glow in the dark designs! This board comes with six fluorescent marker colours; pink, yellow, green, blue, red and orange. Not only can you create incredible images, but with the slide out lower drawing surface you can add an extra layer, giving your drawings a feeling of real depth. The board allows you to light up each surface individually or alternate between the two, creating moving neon signs!

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

Very disappointing, 27 Oct 2008
Bought this for my daughter last Christmas and frankly hasn't worked properly since. You can't get rid of the previous drawing. The new drawing line is so thin and faint you have to go over the line a number of times to see it. All in all very disappointing and not at all like the original one I had many years ago.

Is it really the world's favourite?, 16 Sep 2008
You have to struggle and perhaps tire yourself in order to clear the screen by shaking it. The drawing starts from any random location. However its not bad after all to an unusual kind of drawing.

Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 01 Apr 2008
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!

The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.

As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.

I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.

Dont bother...., 07 Apr 2008
I bought this item as my 3 and a half year old daughter saw the advert on TV and asked if she could have one. I thought I would buy it for Easter instead of Easter eggs as she would get eggs from her grandparents and she would enjoy doodle daisy more. The parcel arrived and with much excitement we set it up. There are holes for 5 pens on the front arms, there are shape stamps on each of the 6 feet and the hat has 8 stencil shapes. The stamps and shapes are functional just as any other stamps and stencils are (they do what they're supposed to do). The main feature of doodle daisy is the spirograph function. We chose a setting on the dial underneath doodle daisy and set it going. My daughter watched in amazement as doodle daisy span round and round drawing lovely patterns on the paper. After playing with it for 10 mins one of the pen nibs broke (not good). After playing with it for less than 30 mins, the remaining pens began to run out of ink (not good at all). At this point my daughter lost complete interest in it and it now sits on her shelf gathering dust. She now creates her own spirographs using good old elbow grease, a pen and paper). I now wish I had bought her the Easter eggs, at least we could have had more fun burning off all those calories. My advice would be to try other spirograph products out there. I hope this helps you decide.

brilliant!, 28 Mar 2008
Bought this for my girls even though they are 7 and 9, they absolutely love it! Its easy to set up, uses 2 AAA batteries, turn the dial underneath for the design, slot the pen in one of the holders, press her back and off she spins! if your child is a fan of spirograph etc then thy'll like this. makes loads of different patterns.

Not impressed, 05 Jan 2008
After all the ads on the popular kids TV channels, Santa finally left my daughter "Daisy" to her delight. However this was short lived. She was fiddly too set up and work, not good for a excitable child on Christmas morning and the patterns were nothing like on the ads. The pens are rubbish and don't last long at all. It didn't live up to what she had seen and has since been left untouched - in all disapointing!

It did not match expectations, 18 Feb 2008
This toy is not good value for money! The train is supposed to follow the pen's track but unless the track is really thick it will not know wehre to go, my boys found it frustrating. The Pens came apart almost immediately nad the train "lost" its sense of direction pretty quickly. A Christmas present that by the end of January was relegated to the bottom of the toybox.

not so great..., 31 Oct 2007
My children tired of this quite quickly and it fast degenerated into a crumpled heap! I think it has limited appeal, the pens (agree v v stingy on numbers)got dry and bunged up. It would have been better if it had more than one colour underneath, that insipid grey blue got v dull after a while. I do think Thomas engine made a nice tune though. I wouldn't buy another aqua draw product, My advice is to stick to the Brio wooden Thomas trains for Thomas fix and good old crayons and plain paper for artisic moments.

no mess art, 28 Dec 2006
both my 5 year old and my 15 month old like this toy. picture after picture is drawn. a stimulating and educational toy. the train music is fab. only negative comment is that the train will follow any mark on the mat, any crease or indentation. overall this is a toy that will keep kids entertained for ages.

Aquadraw, 25 Oct 2006
An excellent product - my two year old loves it, and even our eight month old son is fascinated by Thomas chugging round the track. I think in order to make full use of the set children would need to be a little older (3+ to use it unsupervised) as drawing a good track for Thomas to run on is not easy for little ones.

No ink, no paint, no mess to clear up - an excellent idea, and made even better by having Thomas and his cheery tune playing.

Thomas is Always a Winner, 26 Nov 2005
Getting crayons and felt tip pen off furniture and walls is an absolute nightmare, but one you do not need to worry about with this toy. The pen and the roller that creates the tracks will in effect only draw on the play mat.

A second bonus is that everything can be folded up and put away very quickly. That's the grown ups sorted, so lets get on to the children.

I do not know of any child who at some stage in their lives is not in love with Thomas the Tank Engine and this is an ideal toy for them. The roller provided draws train track on the play mat and to young children (and adults) this must seem almost magical. What is even better is that Thomas follows the tracks that have been drawn, even more magical. If it loses its way the train tries to find the tracks again and if it can't eventually switches itself off. How good is that?

There is also a 'pen' that is filled with water and allows freehand drawing on the mat and only on the mat.

The train makes the noise a real train makes and plays a little of the Thomas tune. Best of all the track eventually fades giving the children the opportunity to draw another track layout.

No small pieces to get lost, no paper to pick up and throw away. No pencils to sharpen, or new felt tips to buy and most importantly Happy Children. What more could you want!!

Simply enchanting, 04 Nov 2008
A well made and beautiful toy any young Disney princess fan is sure to love.

Just add children and water for plenty of fun and once the mat is wet let it dry and you can start again.

The pens don't last forever but the rest seams quite durable.

Amazing!, 10 Aug 2007
My 3 year old really loves this toy. I love it because you only need to fill the pen with water, so there is no chance of ink on the floor or the table. The pen is then used to draw on the special white mat which then goes 'magically' pink (my daughter still can't work that one out!). The fun really starts when you switch on the Cinderella figure and watch as she follows the lines drawn on the mat and dances with her prince charming! The Cinderella theme tune is played and brings back a few memories for me too!! This really is a lovely toy.

great fun - but the automatic eraser fell to bits..., 13 Mar 2008
withing weeks of getting it - and only played with by 2 fairly careful kids. But even so, it's been a brilliant buy.

Not as hard wearing as my 2 year old needs, 14 Nov 2007
I bought this for my 2 year old daughter's birthday and she loves it. It's just not hard wearing enough for her. She's got lumps and bumps and bubbles in the screen and the movement for the bar to pull down and clear the screen isn't smooth and easy to pull down,it's uneven and jerky and inefficient. I would have tried the Fisher Price doodle pro which works differently with little honeycombs too see if it works any better. Although she still plays with this I'm disappointed in the state of it after just one week.

Built to last, 30 Sep 2007
Solid, robust construction. Going well almost three years later. Educational toy - helping our daughter with her drawing and writing. No worries about drawing on walls with felt tips especially with a 2 year old brother.
They love it so much we had to buy another one for him.
Recommended for hours of fun and learning.

every child should have one of these, 01 Aug 2007
This sort of toy is absolutely superb. We have had one of these for years and it is STILL used almost every day by my boys aged 7 and 9....there are not many toys that last like this !Obviously great for encouraging handwriting but also great for playing games - look no further for the perfect toy.

Marvellous toy., 02 Jan 2004
This drawing board has provided hours of fun for our 7yr. old daughter who has downs syndrome. It is extremely durable and she takes it everywhere with her using it to communicate, to get people to draw on it for her& to amuse herself. Her dexterity has improved considerably and she just loves it. We now have it nine months and it is still going strong. Before we bought it we had other drawing boards which could not compete

Great 'til the pens run out., 28 Nov 2008
My 7 year old son was given this for Christmas and really enjoyed playing with it, until the Glow Markers quickly ran out. No shop sells the refills, you have to order them from Crayola, who are currently out of stock. The Glow board has sat for months on the shelf unused and has been a waste of money. I would have recommended it if the refills had been readily available, but without them it is useless.

With Super Grafix you can draw anything! Copy a cartoon or any picture you like, and then simply pull out the picture easel to draw a landscape, still life or your best friend! Includes an amazing patented optical viewer, and no power supply is required! Its also portable and lightweight, it just folds down - take on holidays and to sleepovers!Contains:

Supergrafix unit with patented optical viewer.

Black outline pen.

Design sheets.

Black paper.

Colour instructions. 7 Years +

Not gigantic!, 20 Nov 2008
This is a really good colouring book, lots of simple pictures to colour in. However this book is not gigantic in size, I think they mean gigantic in the number of pages. Its a normal A4 size book. But well worth the money.

Fun Colouring Book, 16 Nov 2008
Excellent colouring book with big bold line drawings. Team up with chunky Crayola crayons - keeps a 2 1/2 year old happy for the best part of an hour at a time on a wet day - and that takes some doing!

Something so simple!, 28 Sep 2008
I have got 2 of these for my 2year old, one at grandma's and one at mine.

Such a good idea. No other mess. The pens fill with water. My daughter first got hers aged 1... and no, that wasn't too early! She has loved it ever since.

They aren't perfect,but what is? the mats are susceptible to dirt, as are the pens. I read a couple of review from mums who didn't like them as their children threw juice over them or got the pens dirty, but seriously, keep other liquids away from your children whilst they are being played with, and the pens away when they aren't being used, and whats the problem?

These are with no doubt one of the best toys my daughter has ever had and I already have one in my basket as a Christmas present for another child.

oh... and because they fold up, they are great to take away with you too, great for trains, they cover the whole table! You can even get a travel one which is good for cars.

Drawing without the walls, 26 Jan 2008
we have found this item very useful for our 14 month old daughter, but we only bought it at Xmas and already the colours arent as strong as they used to be, it has now become very patchy, and I am not very pleased.
Will be looking to seek a replacement.

Brill, 16 Jan 2008
I have three daughters aged 10, 8 and 15 months and they all love this product it's the best christmas present I bought last year and the price was great too, it's good clean fun and the mat is durable it just washes and it looks brand new.

Excellent!!, 31 Dec 2007
What an excellent invention...... This is fantastic.
No mess, and keeps the kids happy for hours. What more could you ask?
This is more fun than the original aquadraw too, as it has the stampers and the 'paintbrush' type thing too - plus, it's a pretty rainbow colour.
The mat doesnt last excellently well, and the nib of the pens goes a bit manky after a while but for the amount of use ours gets it was well worth the price.

Very disappointing, 27 Oct 2008
Bought this for my daughter last Christmas and frankly hasn't worked properly since. You can't get rid of the previous drawing. The new drawing line is so thin and faint you have to go over the line a number of times to see it. All in all very disappointing and not at all like the original one I had many years ago.

Is it really the world's favourite?, 16 Sep 2008
You have to struggle and perhaps tire yourself in order to clear the screen by shaking it. The drawing starts from any random location. However its not bad after all to an unusual kind of drawing.

Chinese manufacture new models not up to previous standards, 01 Apr 2008
We bought one of these classic toys for our 7 year old. It was great for a couple of weeks until the vertical movement jammed. We sent off for a new one from the suppliers but it never arrived. Took three follow up phone calls and an extremely irate fax to get any response from the suppliers who finally supplied a new one nine months after the first one broke!

The quality of new models is not as good as the ones I remember when I was a kid. The plastic is not as strong and is more brittle. It can be cracked if dropped. The mechanism is not as good either. The knobs are more difficult to hold because they're smaller (not just because I'm older!) and are not as smooth in use.

As a toy it's still good fun but I felt let down by the poor construction quality and the lack of communication and response from the supplier. Nor did we get any recompense for the postage costs of returning the broken one.

I notice that these are now made in China and you can tell that they are built down to a price instead of up to a specification.

Dont bother...., 07 Apr 2008
I bought this item as my 3 and a half year old daughter saw the advert on TV and asked if she could have one. I thought I would buy it for Easter instead of Easter eggs as she would get eggs from her grandparents and she would enjoy doodle daisy more. The parcel arrived and with much excitement we set it up. There are holes for 5 pens on the front arms, there are shape stamps on each of the 6 feet and the hat has 8 stencil shapes. The stamps and shapes are functional just as any other stamps and stencils are (they do what they're supposed to do). The main feature of doodle daisy is the spirograph function. We chose a setting on the dial underneath doodle daisy and set it going. My daughter watched in amazement as doodle daisy span round and round drawing lovely patterns on the paper. After playing with it for 10 mins one of the pen nibs broke (not good). After playing with it for less than 30 mins, the remaining pens began to run out of ink (not good at all). At this point my daughter lost complete interest in it and it now sits on her shelf gathering dust. She now creates her own spirographs using good old elbow grease, a pen and paper). I now wish I had bought her the Easter eggs, at least we could have had more fun burning off all those calories. My advice would be to try other spirograph products out there. I hope this helps you decide.

brilliant!, 28 Mar 2008
Bought this for my girls even though they are 7 and 9, they absolutely love it! Its easy to set up, uses 2 AAA batteries, turn the dial underneath for the design, slot the pen in one of the holders, press her back and off she spins! if your child is a fan of spirograph etc then thy'll like this. makes loads of different patterns.

Not impressed, 05 Jan 2008
After all the ads on the popular kids TV channels, Santa finally left my daughter "Daisy" to her delight. However this was short lived. She was fiddly too set up and work, not good for a excitable child on Christmas morning and the patterns were nothing like on the ads. The pens are rubbish and don't last long at all. It didn't live up to what she had seen and has since been left untouched - in all disapointing!

It did not match expectations, 18 Feb 2008
This toy is not good value for money! The train is supposed to follow the pen's track but unless the track is really thick it will not know wehre to go, my boys found it frustrating. The Pens came apart almost immediately nad the train "lost" its sense of direction pretty quickly. A Christmas present that by the end of January was relegated to the bottom of the toybox.

not so great..., 31 Oct 2007
My children tired of this quite quickly and it fast degenerated into a crumpled heap! I think it has limited appeal, the pens (agree v v stingy on numbers)got dry and bunged up. It would have been better if it had more than one colour underneath, that insipid grey blue got v dull after a while. I do think Thomas engine made a nice tune though. I wouldn't buy another aqua draw product, My advice is to stick to the Brio wooden Thomas trains for Thomas fix and good old crayons and plain paper for artisic moments.

no mess art, 28 Dec 2006
both my 5 year old and my 15 month old like this toy. picture after picture is drawn. a stimulating and educational toy. the train music is fab. only negative comment is that the train will follow any mark on the mat, any crease or indentation. overall this is a toy that will keep kids entertained for ages.

Aquadraw, 25 Oct 2006
An excellent product - my two year old loves it, and even our eight month old son is fascinated by Thomas chugging round the track. I think in order to make full use of the set children would need to be a little older (3+ to use it unsupervised) as drawing a good track for Thomas to run on is not easy for little ones.

No ink, no paint, no mess to clear up - an excellent idea, and made even better by having Thomas and his cheery tune playing.

Thomas is Always a Winner, 26 Nov 2005
Getting crayons and felt tip pen off furniture and walls is an absolute nightmare, but one you do not need to worry about with this toy. The pen and the roller that creates the tracks will in effect only draw on the play mat.

A second bonus is that everything can be folded up and put away very quickly. That's the grown ups sorted, so lets get on to the children.

I do not know of any child who at some stage in their lives is not in love with Thomas the Tank Engine and this is an ideal toy for them. The roller provided draws train track on the play mat and to young children (and adults) this must seem almost magical. What is even better is that Thomas follows the tracks that have been drawn, even more magical. If it loses its way the train tries to find the tracks again and if it can't eventually switches itself off. How good is that?

There is also a 'pen' that is filled with water and allows freehand drawing on the mat and only on the mat.

The train makes the noise a real train makes and plays a little of the Thomas tune. Best of all the track eventually fades giving the children the opportunity to draw another track layout.

No small pieces to get lost, no paper to pick up and throw away. No pencils to sharpen, or new felt tips to buy and most importantly Happy Children. What more could you want!!

Simply enchanting, 04 Nov 2008
A well made and beautiful toy any young Disney princess fan is sure to love.

Just add children and water for plenty of fun and once the mat is wet let it dry and you can start again.

The pens don't last forever but the rest seams quite durable.

Amazing!, 10 Aug 2007
My 3 year old really loves this toy. I love it because you only need to fill the pen with water, so there is no chance of ink on the floor or the table. The pen is then used to draw on the special white mat which then goes 'magically' pink (my daughter still can't work that one out!). The fun really starts when you switch on the Cinderella figure and watch as she follows the lines drawn on the mat and dances with her prince charming! The Cinderella theme tune is played and brings back a few memories for me too!! This really is a lovely toy.

great fun - but the automatic eraser fell to bits..., 13 Mar 2008
withing weeks of getting it - and only played with by 2 fairly careful kids. But even so, it's been a brilliant buy.

Not as hard wearing as my 2 year old needs, 14 Nov 2007
I bought this for my 2 year old daughter's birthday and she loves it. It's just not hard wearing enough for her. She's got lumps and bumps and bubbles in the screen and the movement for the bar to pull down and clear the screen isn't smooth and easy to pull down,it's uneven and jerky and inefficient. I would have tried the Fisher Price doodle pro which works differently with little honeycombs too see if it works any better. Although she still plays with this I'm disappointed in the state of it after just one week.

Built to last, 30 Sep 2007
Solid, robust construction. Going well almost three years later. Educational toy - helping our daughter with her drawing and writing. No worries about drawing on walls with felt tips especially with a 2 year old brother.
They love it so much we had to buy another one for him.
Recommended for hours of fun and learning.

every child should have one of these, 01 Aug 2007
This sort of toy is absolutely superb. We have had one of these for years and it is STILL used almost every day by my boys aged 7 and 9....there are not many toys that last like this !Obviously great for encouraging handwriting but also great for playing games - look no further for the perfect toy.

Marvellous toy., 02 Jan 2004
This drawing board has provided hours of fun for our 7yr. old daughter who has downs syndrome. It is extremely durable and she takes it everywhere with her using it to communicate, to get people to draw on it for her& to amuse herself. Her dexterity has improved considerably and she just loves it. We now have it nine months and it is still going strong. Before we bought it we had other drawing boards which could not compete

Great 'til the pens run out., 28 Nov 2008
My 7 year old son was given this for Christmas and really enjoyed playing with it, until the Glow Markers quickly ran out. No shop sells the refills, you have to order them from Crayola, who are currently out of stock. The Glow board has sat for months on the shelf unused and has been a waste of money. I would have recommended it if the refills had been readily available, but without them it is useless.

Much better than expected!, 26 Dec 2007
I bought one of these for my 7 year old daughter before I saw the rather negative review here on Amazon. I was worried that I had bought a rubbish Christmas present, but was pleasantly surprised.

It took a few minutes to set up the first time but my little girl got to grips with it very quickly. The eyepiece comes with a removable cover which blacks out one eye. Out of the box, this cover is fitted and that's how we used it. If you remove it and use both eyes it seems to be much trickier to use, which sounds like the problem that the other reviewers were having.

You do need to be careful to keep still while tracing, but it is not too difficult to realign the projected image if you need to take a break.

After a little practice my daughter was turning out some really accurate drawings (even I managed to get it to work!)

Do not buy, complete waste of money, 12 Dec 2007
Please don't waste your money buying this item, it does not do what it claims to do on the adverts. I tried setting it up for my daughter and we were very dissapointed, she could darw better blindfolded. I wouldn't have given it any starts at all if that had been an option.

Just too much of a fiddle to use!, 09 Nov 2007
I bought this for my 11 year old daughter. It was tricky to set up and even more difficult to use. If your eye changes focus you change your line of drawing and the whole thing doesn't work. It is also a strain on the eyes trying to focus on two images at the same time. My daughter used it once then gave up on it. I used it once then gave up on it. My younger daughter age 8 tried to use it but could not keep her eye focused on the image. We put our Supergrafix in the bin. It certainly wasn't super and was a waste of money.