Magic Paint Posters

Magic Paint Posters

Before I mention what Magic Paint Posters are, if you don’t already gather by the photos, I think its success and appeal is evident in the story of how I came to see it for the first time. This twelve page booklet was lying amongst hundreds of other books, toys, and other things in a basket  beside the checkout line at Michael’s Craft Store when my 17-year-old sister and I were about to be serviced. It was close to 9 P.M. after a long day of work and school for the both of us and my sister was especially quiet and withdrawn as she was reluctant to come out with me but got dragged along anyway. The second set of words that came out of her mouth after an hour of shopping was exclaiming about this book as we waited in line. Book in hand, she called me and said “This is really cool!” After she told me what it was and we looked through the pages, we both agreed our Aunt with 5 and 7 year old kids would love this and the kids would rave about it themselves and decided it’d be a perfect little gift to give them the next time we saw them.

Magic Paint Posters is an inventive idea created especially for kids 4+, parents, grandparents, babysitters, day care providers and all other people who are kids or handle them. This multi-paged painting book has various pre-outlined “Mighty Dinosaurs” along with a set of corresponding color pads that turn into paint by simply adding water. The cover’s illustration is loaded with high contrast and vivid colors that lure children’s eyes, and even big children like my 17 year old sister, instantly encouraging them to have it. It makes for the perfect crafty, awe-inspiringly magical and clean activity for young ones that satisfies 3 valuable criteria for buyers. One: Affordability – As the book combines essentials for painting (paint and paper), consumers save by only having to by one inclusive book rather than two separate, likely more expensive, supplies. Two: Cleanliness- caregivers often refrain from engaging in potentially messy activities like painting with children because of the likelihood that they will stain their clothes, the carpet, table and other surrounding things, but Magic Paint Posters nearly eliminates the possibility of any mess because the only spill-able container necessary is the water added to the paint pads that contain the washable paint in a small, proportioned size and amount. And three: Fun- this booklet needs to be fun for kids to do if it intends to sell and painting is indeed fun for many kids.

The placement of the book in a craft store is another attribute to its effectiveness. I have yet to see my cousin’s paintings, but I assume the colors will be faint, so quality is probably a deficient (adequate, nonetheless) aspect of the idea/design. Also, they’ve combined paint and paper, but forgot to include paintbrushes! This is a definite downfall for the product that would easily make it come full circle.