From the moment my 3 year old wakes up she is already on a search for her iPad. If your asking yourself why she is in a search and why isn’t it put in a place where she can find it, I can help you out with that. Daily I hide the iPad in the nearest spot I can find, a closet, a sock drawer, or in a box of cereal! Don’t judge! Please understand I think the iPad is amazing, just not when my little girl attempts to watch tv shows all day on it.
Then Crayola throws a monkey wrench in my game of hide and seek. As a family we enjoy countless hours of coloring. I’m talking kids and adults set up around the table, with Crayola pencils and crayons alike and imagining ourselves in the story being unfolded within the coloring books of our favorite characters.
We attended an event to celebrate the release of Crayola’s latest invention, Color Alive. Which made coloring an action adventure activity for us all, as it brang our coloring to life. It also has taken away my game of hide the iPad as I am a fan of this new technology.
Color Alive is available in four color books: Skylanders, Barbie, Enchanted Garden, and Mythical Creatures at Crayola.com, and Toys R Us and retail for $5.99 each! Each book includes 16 coloring pages, with each containing a unique feature character and animation as well as seven crayons one of which is magical and will unlock special virtual effects.
How does it work?
- First you Download the FREE Crayola Color Alive app which is available on iOS, Android and Windows devices.
- Scan the Magic crayon to release the virtual coloring effect
- Color a page from the coloring book, and then scan it using the Color Alive App, to bring the character to life
- Interact and take photos, Selfies! with the character as they come to life
- Be sure to Save your character so you can see, share and play with them again later. (you can retrieve them anywhere, coloring pages are not needed.
We are excited to also give away a backpack filled with Crayola goodies! Comment below to enter to win..
Dominic would love this. I’m a huge fan of the Crayola apps, we use the car designer and make your own storybook all the time, so I’ll definitely have to check this one out too!
Wow, this is really neat. I wasn’t aware of this, but know a couple of kids at my house that would have a blast with this! Thanks for sharing this awesome product!
Wow! Are these available for purchase yet? This would be perfect to have on hand over February break next week, they look so cool!
This would be something my girls would have adored when they were little. We used to spend hours coloring, each of us lost in our own pictures and then excited to share what we had made. This takes it to the next level. Nice!
Wow, the kids I work with would love these! Crayola is coming up with some fantastic and innovative products!
HAHAHAHA you hide the iPad in a box of cereal sometimes. I love it.
OMG I love this!! Is it available now? I dont have kids but i have a niece n nephew who are obsessed with their ipad and love to color so this would be great thanks for the share!
Yes it is available now, follow the links above to purchase!
Even as an adult I like to color. These items look like ones my kids would be thrilled over!
You will be thrilled with it as well! I love it for myself
Genius to hide the iPad!!!!! this app is a great reason to have the kids on it. I will be happy to share it
It is a struggle, I am running out of hiding spots! So thrilled to have this new app for them to use. Thank you for sharing! xo
How smart of you to hide the iPad, kids today are so into technically and at such a young age! It’s so important for kids to do things like color and play <3
This sounds like a really neat product. My kids just love pretty much anything Crayola makes.
Wow! that is so neat! A nice way to get children to get creative..
My problem is my kids don’t care too much to use the ipad but they also don’t love to colour, lol!!! My daughter lines up the crayons and my son colours for abour 2 seconds and then takes off, lol!
Jealous of your three year old — I don’t have an ipad myself!! Sounds like a fun app. Crayola has great products.
Is it wrong to say I would probably love this! Hahaha. I love coloring so I think this is awesome! I am such a child at times! Crayola is amazing! Such a great company with great products!
I love Crayola products. Whenever I buy gifts for nieces, nephews, and the kids of my friends, I favor getting them the creative activities from Crayola. I love encouraging kids to use and sharpen their motor skills. 🙂
Crayola has been the favorite for me & my kids as well & it is so great to know they have come up with such a great idea to download their free App & scan the Magic Crayon & do the rest of process easily. Just love it & will try for my kids.
How cool! We only use Crayola products because we think they’re the best quality. My son just really got into coloring and using markers and crayons so this would be so fun for him to try! Thanks for sharing this!
It’s nice to see a new product that kids love that doesn’t need electricity! I worry sometimes about the amount of “digital entertainment” our children have in their lives these days.
This is such a great activity to do especially with kids – brighten ups their creativity too which is always nice.
Crayola makes so many neat things for kids. I even like to color.
What a great giveaway, I wish I could enter. We love Crayola and my son is just getting into arts and crafts so I’ve just bought him his first Crayola chunky chalks and crayons.
My Kids would LOVE To try this! Just downloaded the app!
Wow! We love crayola products. My kids got the air marker sprayer from crayola for Christmas and it’s been a big hit. Thanks for the chance to win.