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So I saw these at Staples and because I'm an impulse buyer, I snagged them. We're a homeschooling family and dry erase markers are expensive, stinky and they dry out way too easily! Dry Erase Crayons were just too tempting to pass up.

When I got home, I starting wondering about the difference between the dry erase crayon and regular crayons. The Dry Erase Crayons are thicker and the colors are deeper. Regular crayons do come off your dry erase board just as easily, though. So if you are in a pinch and the student isn't too far from the dry erase board regular colors will do and are much cheaper.

We will purchase this product again. (I also like the mitt that came in the package)

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I bought 2 packs: home and office. How much fun would it be to do office work in crayon?! Little problem. They are very hard to erase. Erasing leaves a waxy residue that makes regular dry erase markers hard to erase. Fortunately you can remove them with the normal white board spray.

Too much hassle.

Edit: Can also remove with wet cloth. You have to be extremely thorough to remove all the waxy residue, otherwise dry erase marker over the waxy stuff won't erase.

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We bought both the washable crayons and markers but the crayons worked sooo good and safe for my 3yr. old and 1 1/2yr. old that we haven't even bothered opening the markers yet. We simlpy use a baby wipe on the whiteboard or the kids to take the color off! And there is no mess on their clothes from the crayons. We highly recommend this product.

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I've given these a pretty thorough test drive, and here's my assessment and some tips for their use.

The set of regular colors is best for a white board. The set labeled `brights' are better for dark surfaces upon which the white and light colors will show up much better.

These are indeed dry-erase crayons. The microfiber mitt that comes with each package does a good job of erasing off of a dry-erase surface. That being said, I find that using the mitt at the front of a classroom involves a LOT of scrubbing with the mitt or other microfiber cloth.

These are also damp-erase, and are MUCH easier to clean off a large board with a pretty damp microfiber cloth. I use the cloths that either Costco or WalMart sell for auto-detailing. Find them in the auto departments. Any rag ought to do. I've only tested the auto detailing cloths.

Where dry-erase markers refuse to write on a damp surfaces, the crayons don't mind so much. They won't work so well on a wet surface, but if you've just used a damp cloth to rub your markings off then you can write immediately with your dry-erase crayon.

These are crayons! They are waxy like crayons, they lay down color like crayons. If you hold them in your hand they'll get a bit soft and make bold marks more easily. Don't leave them in a warm vehicle!

They are completely washable. You can take your microfiber cloth to a sink, suds it up a bit with any variety of soap, and wash much of the crayon out of it. Laundering gets the rest. I wash my eraser cloths with my whites and a bit of bleach. A sink washing makes your cloth reusable if you've done a lot of erasing with it. If you hold the crayons in your hand then you may find crayon on your hand. Just wash your hands with soap and water. The crayon comes out of your clothes in the laundry.

Do wash your eraser cloths. A cloth that's been used and reused for a few days tends to smell like an old dishrag.

These are environmentally friendly. There's no empty marker tube to throw into a landfill somewhere.

These leave no dust. It's all gathered into the eraser cloth.

These have less odor than the low-odor dry-erase markers.

You ALWAYS know how much `ink' you have left in your crayon.

Only ONE suggestion for Crayola. We used to be able to get a tube to hold chalk that would advance the chalk with a slider on the side of the tube. Please make these for the crayons. I find that a crayon warmed by my hand breaks easily. A tube would prevent the crayon from breaking and my hand from collecting crayon wax.

Nice work, Crayola! This is a simple, beautiful invention for education. I LOVE these!

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I am a kindergarten teacher and came across these a year ago and decided to try them out. We use lap sized white boards daily in the classroom and have dealt with many dry erase marker issues in the past. I don't like the fumes of 25 open markers in a room, or the problems with stray marks on clothes, or the hassle of constantly checking caps and having pushed in tips. These dry erase crayons solve many of those issues. I have the children in color groups and give each color table their color (purple team gets purple etc.)to stop color picking fights. Also by giving each student just one crayon, it makes a package of 8 a bargain in comparison to markers. The yellow crayon is harder to see, so we didn't use that color. I was not pleased with the eraser mitt that comes with the product(it seems to erase better inside out) and instead bought a microfiber towel from the auto department and cut it into small rectangular pieces for each student to have their own. After a year of tough use, there are a few drawbacks. The product is a soft crayon that can be broken, good news is, it still writes even in two pieces. Once the labels have been removed or fallen off, the crayons can rub off onto hands and desks even with correct use, this is when I issued replacements(1/2 way through the year). The soft crayons can easily write on anything (think hard lipstick) including arms, faces, desks, clothes, carpet, etc. This is the same as markers, just not what regular crayons can do, so it requires a certain amount of training and supervision with young children. The harder the child pushes down on the crayon, the harder it will be for them to erase, so the proper amount of pressure needed is also a learned skill. After a year of use, it is easy to tell which boards were at which table because the edges of the boards have taken on the color of the crayon, but the wear to the boards is much better then that of the ones we used with markers in previous years. Bottom line: I used two crayons per student during the school year to practice anything from letters, numbers, spelling words, writing, etc. In previous years some students went through 5 or 7 markers each. Crayons write smoothly and dark enough to be seen easily. Writing comes off completely even after time has lapsed. I am buying them again for my next class.