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Crayola All Grown Up Alcohol Markers; New in 2026

To say I liked the Crayola alcohol markers as I saw the booth at Toy Fair 2026 is an understatement. I LOVED the alcohol markers when I saw them at Toy Fair. My jaw about hit the floor when I saw them. The poor Crayola representative showing me around had to deal with my gross excitement. I have been waiting for this moment for years.

There are many things Crayola did right with this launch, but there are a couple desires for the markers. I was able to talk to Crayola about these things and I hope they improve them. That will make them a great entry point alcohol marker! They are calling them the Crayola All Grown up market to target the adult audience.

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These will be coming out on Amazon on Amazon prime day in June and then at retailers around the holiday season.

Here is the presentation table of all the markers. There are also acrylic markers too that come in a bold and brush tip.

The markers come in 8 packs, a 20 count box, a 40 count box, a 60 count box and a 120 count box. There are also 8 coloring books that teach how to use alcohol markers and are adult themed. Each size count box also turns into a carrying case. I love the reusability of the packaging to turn into a storage case. That means less wasted packaging and not having to buy another container to store them.

I was able to talk to a Crayola representative about a couple of concerns I had about the markers. The markers that I saw were prototypes and there may be improvements being made between now and then that will make them even better. I am going to review them in depth when they come out.

Here are some of the couple areas I noted:

The number one thing is they are not sold individually. I often run out of markers and if I was using this set and ran out I would not want to buy another full set to get the color I need. I talked to Crayola about this and they said it really depends on the individual retailers. I hope Michaels and Staples decide to sell these individually.
The numbering system is not easy to understand. Yes these markers have color names and color numbers. But it does not seem like there is a pattern to the colors numbers. At first I thought there was but there are so many different letters. Like 70 different color letters combos in front of the numbers. If they were sorting by color families there would be like 12-15 color family names, not 70! I am not sure if this will be an addressed at this point, but it would be great if it was.

Let me know if you have any other questions and I will try to get the information.

Color Information

That said here are all the colors and sizes. I will update with the names when those are known. One thing I want to say about these boxes is I hope they used real art and computer generated art for the artwork on the packaging. Some of the artwork on the Crayola paint markers packaging can not be made with the supplies. I hope that is not the case with these.

The 8 count Crayola alcohol markers come in the following packs: GARDEN HARVEST, PASTELS, SAND & SEA, and SUNSET FLOW.

Here is the 20 count box.

The colors in the 20 count Crayola alcohol markers box include:

R348, R247, R08, P410, A01, OR46, Y114, BY05, YG13, G356, AQ56, B52, B87, BV11, V267, BR39, BR23, DG88, SG27, B82

Here is the top of the box.

Here is the 40 count box.

The colors in the 40 count Crayola All Grown Up alcohol markers box include:

20 original colors: R348-Merlot, R247-Cerise, R08-Pink Sherbet, P410-Flamingo, A01-Eggshell, OR46-Clementine, Y114-Goldenrod, BY05-Banana cream, YG13-Key Lime, G356-seaweed, AQ56-Jade, B52-Azure, B87-Cornflower, BV11-Lavender, V267-Violet, BR39-Espresso Martini, BR23-Bare Minimum, DG88-Manatee, SG27-Taupeful, B82-The Void
40 count additions: L03-Melon, BP4-Magenta, BR32-Chestnut, DR35-Maroon, OB42-Paprika, DY09-Sedona, Y044-Sweet Potato, LG7-Pear, DGR5-Rainforest, DG32-Slate, TB4-Arctic Breeze, B45-Serenity, DB51-Cosmos, DV28-Pinot Noir, PV3-Fuchsia, LB32-Mudslide, WB15-Lucky Penny, WG4-Timberwolf, WG33-Mind Fog, CLR0-Clear

Here is the 60 count box.

The colors in the 60 count Crayola alcohol markers box include:

20 original colors: R348-Merlot, R247-Cerise, R08-Pink Sherbet, P410-Flamingo, A01-Eggshell, OR46-Clementine, Y114-Goldenrod, BY05-Banana cream, YG13-Key Lime, G356-seaweed, AQ56-Jade, B52-Azure, B87-Cornflower, BV11-Lavender, V267-Violet, BR39-Espresso Martini, BR23-Bare Minimum, DG88-Manatee, SG27-Taupeful, B82-The Void
40 count additions: L03-Melon, BP4-Magenta, BR32-Chestnut, DR35-Maroon, OB42-Paprika, DY09-Sedona, Y044-Sweet Potato, LG7-Pear, DGR5-Rainforest, DG32-Slate, TB4-Arctic Breeze, B45-Serenity, DB51-Cosmos, DV28-Pinot Noir, PV3-Fuchsia, LB32-Mudslide, WB15-Lucky Penny, WG4-Timberwolf, WG33-Mind Fog, CLR0-Clear
60 count additions: RV66-Drama Queen, CP10-Hibiscus, SR19-Watermelon, R40-Scarlet, C23-Mango Tango, BRY5-Lemon Drop, LLY9-Butter, YG12-Pesto, GG21-Fern, GR35-Fairway, GGR5-Gray Area, BG36-Sea Glass, C27-Calm Waters, DB32-Ultramarine, DG11-Cloud Nine, V135-Wisteria, P25-Whisper Pink, LB4-Merinque, Y017-Apricot, BB69-Soft Goth

The colors in the 120 count Crayola alcohol markers box includes:

20 original colors: R348-Merlot, R247-Cerise, R08-Pink Sherbet, P410-Flamingo, A01-Eggshell, OR46-Clementine, Y114-Goldenrod, BY05-Banana cream, YG13-Key Lime, G356-seaweed, AQ56-Jade, B52-Azure, B87-Cornflower, BV11-Lavender, V267-Violet, BR39-Espresso Martini, BR23-Bare Minimum, DG88-Manatee, SG27-Taupeful, B82-The Void
40 count additions: L03-Melon, BP4-Magenta, BR32-Chestnut, DR35-Maroon, OB42-Paprika, DY09-Sedona, Y044-Sweet Potato, LG7-Pear, DGR5-Rainforest, DG32-Slate, TB4-Arctic Breeze, B45-Serenity, DB51-Cosmos, DV28-Pinot Noir, PV3-Fuchsia, LB32-Mudslide, WB15-Lucky Penny, WG4-Timberwolf, WG33-Mind Fog, CLR0-Clear
60 count additions: RV66-Drama Queen, CP10-Hibiscus, SR19-Watermelon, R40-Scarlet, C23-Mango Tango, BRY5-Lemon Drop, LLY9-Butter, YG12-Pesto, GG21-Fern, GR35-Fairway, GGR5-Gray Area, BG36-Sea Glass, C27-Calm Waters, DB32-Ultramarine, DG11-Cloud Nine, V135-Wisteria, P25-Whisper Pink, LB4-Merinque, Y017-Apricot, BB69-Soft Goth
120 count additions: DC55-Strawberry Field, R62-Hibiscus, FR21-Blush, RP8-Spellbound, LP7-Cherry Blossom, PP3-Cotton Candy, RV13-Hot Magenta, FP34-Cherry Bomb, DP17-Hot Pink, CR37-Dahlia, RV12-Wildberry, V59-Pink Topaz, RV60-African Violet, V31-Plum, DV23-Amethyst, MV17-Hydrangea, LRY4-Pink Quartz, VB10-Indigo, VB5-Rising Tide, VB51-Blueberry, VB62-Lapis Blue, BRB1-Majestic, CB37-Denim, BS22-Navy, OB13-Sky Gazing, B62-Ebb Tide, WB3-Clear Blue Sky, LB20-Surf, BB22-Breezy, BG9-Turquoise, GB11-Aquamarine, FG42-Blue Spruce, G18-Pine Green, G20-Wasabi, LG20-Asaragus, YG69-Mallard, G11-Seafoam, L76-Matcha, LY15-Unmellow Yellow, FY15-Summer Corn, LM7-Dandelion, MY68-Tuscany, LC11-Teracotta, BL32-Redwood, BR54-Burnt Sienna, RBR8-Cranberry, BR64-Coffee Bean, PY7-Beach Please, CY7-Victorian Lace, CY20-Bronzed, LB28-Spot of Tea, YG27-Khaki, WG22-Smoky Eye, EG2-Silver Lining, TG6-Millenial Gray, DG1-Stormy, CG23-Sooty, BG27-Monday Blues, DG59-Blue Moon, MB1-Black Dress, SP4

What do you think of the Crayola alcohol markers?

Posca Green Shade Makers with Two New Colors!

Did you know that Posca came out with 2 brand new colors in 2025? The new colors Posca colors are Grape Green and Forest Green. This brings the total number of Posca colors to 71 colors.

The new colors are available in the Posca Green Shade M box that has 7 shades of green and one black color. Posca also came out with different shades and palettes; yellow shade, purple shade, warm tones, monotone, earth tones, darks and cool tones.

Here are all the markers.

Here is the back of the box. The colors in the Posca green shade set include: grape green 87, light green 5, apple green 72, green 6, forest green 88, english green 83, khaki green 7 and black 24.

Sharpie Creative Earth Tone Acrylic Markers

Sharpie has definitely gone to town with releasing paint/acrylic markers which they term the Sharpie Creative marker. In 2025 along Sharpie came up with two more palette sets, warm and Earth Tone for the bullet tip and 36 fine tip colors. I am not sure why they have not made more brush colors. Maybe there was something wrong with the marker and they had to figure it out? This is the Earth Tone set of Sharpie Creative markers in the bullet tip from 2025.

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The colors are not on the marker unfortunately. I am going to label them with B, Basic, E, Earth Tone and W, Warm. Sharpie provided me names for these markers.

Color Information

The colors in the Earth Tone Sharpie Creative marker set are: Rose Quartz, Crimson, Terracotta, Golden Clay, Moss Green, Eucalyptus, Topaz, Cerulean, Indigo, Sandstone, Amethyst, and Lilac.

Here are the Creative Markers on black paper. The colors excel on the white paper, but some of the colors are lost on the black paper.

Here is what the tips look like.

Here is some artwork I made with the markers. I combined with the other color palette set.

I made this one with lots of hearts in honor of Valentine's Day hearts.

This one was made for the Wicked movie For Good made entirely with the Earth Tone set.

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Faber Castell Pitt Dual Ended Markers Colors and Review

When I first saw the Pitt Artist Dual markers I knew that I wanted to get them. The marker features a dual tip, a brush nib and a fine point .8mm. The colors are super vibrant. One of the coolest things about these markers is they are lightfast, unlike most markers because they use India Ink. They are odorless and they do not bleed through pages. They are also super juicy and acid free.

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Here are all the colors and examples of both tips. This swatch book was provided by Coloring Bliss. The *** are the best light fast and * is the worst for lightfastness. I wish these came in more colors for sure.

Here is some lettering I did with these markers. I love how the color came out different based on the pressure I was using. the little splotches on the page was because I accidently got a splotch on the page an then I did it intentionally on the page.

Here is some more lettering I did with these. I tried to blend them. I think I could practice that a bit more.

Here was a prompt I got from the Moriah Elizabeth Create This book. It is definitely interesting.

I made this in honor of Taylor Swift getting all her masters for her albums back.

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Color Information:

Here are the colors for the Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen Dual Marker: Green gold 268**, Cinnamon 189***, Beige red 132**, Sanguine 188***, Raw Umber 180***, India red 192***, Dark Sepia 175***, Cold grey III 232***, Warm Grey III 272***, Black 199***, Leaf green 112**, May green 170***, Light yellow glaze 104*, Cadmium yellow 107***, Dark chrome yellow 109***, Orange glaze 113***, Scarlet red 118***, Coral 131***, Deep Scarlet Red 219***, Middle purple pink 125***, Purple violet 136***, Skyblue 146**, Ultramarine 120***, Ice blue 148**, Phthalo blue 110***, Light cobalt turquoise 154***, Phthalo green 161***, Dark phthalo green 264**, chromium green opaque 174***, Permanent green olive 167**

Crayola Paint Markers are the Worst Paint Markers

One of the great things about Crayola is that they were one of the front runners and innovators for crayons, chalk, colored pencils and markers. Their products are the beginner products that are used in classrooms across the world. It is the first supply company that people are introduced to. But in the past 25 years they have really missed the mark with innovative products and their attempts at paint markers is case in point.

I had high hopes for the metallic outline markers and liquid metal markers that came out in the 2020's. They have really pretty packaging and the artwork on the boxes looks amazing. But alas Crayola really miss missed the mark with paint markers.

The biggest problem is the markers is some of them take FORVER to activate. I was activating some of these for 5-10 minutes. Instead of making 4 types of markers, Crayola should focus on making one marker type really well.

For example, the glitter and metallic activate differently. One does not need to be shaken and the tip does not compress to let more ink out, but the other does. I make the mistake of trying to compress one of the one that did not and the marker tip got stuck.
The metallic outline markers are good in theory, but really gimmicky.
The liquid metal markers are okay. Those were the hardest to activate. I think some of the ink got stuck and it did not want to come out.
The color palette is horrible too. They should just do a basic color palette without the glitter and sparkles especially in the signature line.

Overall the markers are just really bad and do not come close to competing with other paint markers.

The liquid metal definitely look better on black paper. The meallic look okay on black paper and the glitter which I thought would be the best looks the worst. The metallic outline just looks white on the paper. (The titles were written using a posca marker)

Here are all the markers. The presentation is nice. They all have names, but Crayola should really focus on what is inside of the marker instead of the outside right now. If the product does not work it does not matter what it looks like.

Crayola Signature Liquid Metal Markers

Crayola Metallic Markers

Crayola Glitter Markers

36 Posca Oil Based Colored Pencils

These are 36 uni Posca Pencils. They are oil based pencils, 4.0mm thick lead. On the Posca website it says these have a creamy glide with vivid colors. They are certainly vivid. They can be layered, blended and the website says they are fade resistant. I am not sure how lightfast they are. I do not think they have been verified lightfast because there are no numbers. And when something is lightfast it has been tested and there is documentation for the customer.

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Posca says they can also be used on various surfaces. I would like to try it. I used them on black paper above and black paper below. The colors are very opaque and keep their color on the black paper something not all art supplies do. I think it would be interesting to compare these to their paint marker counter parts and see if the colors match.

Here is the box for pencils. They come in a plastic case and then three plastic trays that stack on one another. I photographed it without the outer plastic, but to keep the trays from falling apart I keep them in the outer plastic.

The pencils unfortunately do not have the name of the pencil on them which is disappointing. The pencils are about $1 each, midrange for art supplies. I would think the company could put the name of the color on the pencil.

Here is the outer plastic. Another reason to keep it is the color names are on the back of the plastic case as well as the description of the pencil. Overall these pencils were really fun to use. I wish the names were on the pencils and there were more colors.

The Coolest Crafts and Toys I found at Sweet Suite 2025

I had the opportunity to go to Sweet Suite 2025 in New York City. It was really special this year because Sweet Suite was turning 16 years old this year. At Sweet Suite I was able to see all the cool toys coming out this year just in time for holiday and back to school. Come with me as I show you the coolest things, toys and crafts I saw at Sweet Suite 2025

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First off I was super excited that Sharpie and Elmer's came for the first time ever. They brought their Sharpie Creative Markers. The Sharpie Creative markers come in brush and bullet tips. The bullet tips come in 24 colors and the brush come in 12 colors for now. It would be great if they expanded the line. They are a paint marker and can go on any surface.

Here is some of the artwork created with the Sharpie Creative markers. They are super vibrant and pretty.

And this really cool drawing made mostly in line art but accentuated by Creative Markers.

Here is my autograph with them. Forgive me if it is the the best, ti was a little hard to write on the surface and I did not have a proper black paint marker. The outline was with a regular Sharpie and it does not like wet paint.

Here is the newest pack of Sharpie Creative Markers.

Crayola was also at the party and promoting tons of art supplies and promotions going on this year. They have a new contest called "What's Your Favorite Color?". The voting will be open this summer.

They have colored pencils, watercolors, markers and crayons boxes to promote the contest. I need to go and find them.

Crayola is also releasing a neon line of crayons/colored pencils and markers. The other time Crayola did this was with the retired colors and those matched. Usually the supplies do not mach in color. I will have to see if these match in color.

Next up was Doodle face. It is a specialized surface and crayon that acts like a dry erase board. They had some huge one there. I wonder if teachers could use them in a class room setting.

Next up was Lego. Their display is always top notch and super fun to visit.

This is a really cool sign they made with Lego's to celebrate Sweet Suite 2025.

This is one of my favorite Lego art pieces. It is Van Gogh's Sunflower in Lego form.

This telephone was also fun and super cute.

Next up was RoseArt. They had some really pretty Gem Creations. These are not out yet, but will come out soon.

Here are some of the Crystal Gem Creations that have already been released.

One of the coolest things I saw at Toy Fair and what they had on display for Sweet Suite was the Coolmaker Self-Clasping Studio! It was so much fun to make a bracelet.

Elmer's was there too. This was the best picture I could get of the table because so many people were playing with the slime. There were slime kits to add colors to, smell, and lots and lots of glitter. It was so satisfying playing at this table.

This was a new company at Sweet Suite. It was Woof & Co. They are a new brand coming out with cute as can be dressed dogs unique to lots of different personalities.

Magna-tile was there and had a really cute Pet Playhouse.

Pokemon had a new expansion set, Mega Evolution.

Care Bears had Wicked themed Care Bears that will come out just in time for Wicked 2 this year.

Jazwares was there too with all things Squishmallow. They even had squishmallow lip gloss coming out this year.

Doesn't this look so comfy to sit on?

Just Play had a Stitch that moves around almost like Elmo, but he definitely has the Stitch personality.

I always wanted an Easy-Bake even when I was little, but never had one. They are bringing it back. My kids skipped over this and went straight to baking during the pandemic, but my 7 year old might like it.

They are also coming out with a Freezy-Bake to make ice cream. This is a cool invention and one I have not seen before.

Look at these two super cute Our Generation dolls. We also got lots of cute dogs as part of the swag from Our Generation.

One of my favorite things I saw there was the Disney and Star Wars Adorbs! I love any kind of doll that is Disney themed.

We got the news that BabiesRUs is coming back and coming to Kohl's. I'm still sad they had to close all the stores.

Lastly there was a really cool Zelda Chess set from Nintendo. My oldest daughter loves Zelda.

And that is a wrap on Sweet Suite 2025. Unfortunately I came home from NYC with Covid. I do not know if it is from the event or from being in NYC. Next time I go to an event I am going to be a lot more careful. But that aside it was fun to see all the toys and friends in the toy industry!