Paper Mate Flair Scented and Flair Bold 16 Count Review

Guess what? This journal page smells as pretty as it looks! I was so excited to have the opportunity to try out the new Paper Mate Flair Scented Brunch Scents and Flair Bold  Pens. They both come in 16 beautiful colors. I have not reviewed much of Flair Pens yet on the blog, but I do have a pack from Christmas that I will put up soon. Flair pens are a felt tip gold standard pen. I say gold standard because EVERY teacher swears by them. Also I recently bought this planner to put all my swatches in and I love it especially because it has the dots so I can make straight lines (or at least try to).

I happily received these from Flair in exchange for an honest review. The paper for the Flair Bold was provided by Hahnemuhle. This blog post contains affiliate links.

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Crayola 72 Silly Scents Crayons and Colored Pencils

The other day in our facebook group someone asked about the 72 Silly Scents Crayons and Colored Pencils. I knew I had to get them because there were new colors in the box. I bought them on Amazon. The other day I did a YouTube video showing the colors and the swatches for all the colors. The crayons were easy to match up with the colors on the back of the box, but the colored pencils were really hard. I would have thought I could tell by the smell, but alas, the scents are not very easy to tell apart. They do not "smell" like their color very strongly.

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Here are all the colors included in the box.

Color Information

Here are all the color names for the Crayola 72 Silly Scents Crayons and Colored Pencils.

  • Crayons: roses, birthday cake, cherry, strawberry, cinnamon, mango, orange, popcorn, peach, flower, banana, pineapple, lime, grass, watermelon, apple, spearmint, pine, bay breeze, blueberry, cola, wild berry, plum, lavender, grape, fruit smoothie, cotton candy, fruit punch, bubble gum, root beer, pumpkin pie, chocolate, licorice, vanilla, coconut, fresh air
  • Colored Pencils: fruit punch, cherry, banana, peach, cinnamon, orange, popcorn, flower, mango, pineapple, lime, grass, spearmint, watermelon, apple, pine, bay breeze, cola, blue berry, grape, wild berry, plum, lavender, fruit smoothie, cotton candy, bubble gum, birthday cake, roses, strawberry, pumpkin pie, chocolate, root beer, licorice, coconut, vanilla, fresh air

Here are the swatches for the crayons and colored pencils. The colors did not match up very well with each other. For example the pine crayon color and pine colored pencils did not match up at all. Some of the crayons did not want to color on the paper either such as the cola. This set was nice, but not as cool at the Magic Scents.

Click here to get this swatch chart.

Collecting Information
This is a great box to collect because it contains unique colors.

Boxes: Crayola 72 Silly Scents Crayons and Colored Pencils Twistables
Other Boxes: There are other boxes of Silly Scents Twistables
Year: 2018
Style Numbers:  52-9706
Code Numbers:  52-9706-0-200
UPC Numbers: 071662097066
Manufacturing Location: Product of China with crayons and colored pencils from South Korea
Where to buy:  Amazon

Here are the back and sides of the boxes.






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Silly Scents Aroma Putty

I first saw Silly Putty Aroma Putty at Toy Fair 2019. They had it on display with other Silly Scents products. Crayola owns Silly Putty and has really revamped the Silly Putty Line. They have incorporated Silly Scents into the Silly Putty and even have a Poop Silly Putty. Aroma Putty comes in Fall and Holiday Scents. I was given the Holiday Scents Silly Putty from Crayola. It feels just like regular Silly Putty except it is scented. The scents are not too overwhelming and are very nice.

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The Scents in the Holiday Aroma Putty are Candy Cane, Sugar Cookie, Ginger Bread, and Pine. The scents in the Fall Aroma Putty set are Cranberry, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Spice, and Autumn Leaf.

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Color Information
Boxes:  Silly Putty Aroma Putty 
What's inside the box: 
Holiday: Candy Cane, Sugar Cookie, Ginger Bread, and Pine
Fall: Cranberry, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Spice, Autumn Leaf
Purchase Information: Gift from Crayola
Where to buy: crayola.com

Collecting Information
Other Boxes: There is a Fall Aroma Putty set. I only have the detailed information on the Holiday set.
Year: 2019
Style Numbers: 08-0045
Code Numbers:  08-0045-0-200
UPC Numbers: 071662066369 (Glitter Highlighters), 071662066352 (Pens), 071662065560 (Erasable Highlighters), 071662065416 (Dry-Erase)
Manufacturing Location:  China
Where to buy: crayola.com

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Crayola Silly Scents with Pineapple

Crayola brought new life to the Silly Scents line in 2017. In 2018 they revamped all the boxes of Silly Scents by introducing Pineapple into their boxes. Many times it replaced lemon in the boxes. I was able to get the colored pencils, thin washable markers, and twistable crayons. Crayola also introduced Pineapple into the chisel tip markers, the washable paint and the mini twistable crayons. I will put those in this post as I get them.

The Silly Scents are great markers because of their fun scents. My kids love to color for them and always reach for the scented markers when coloring.

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Crayola Color 'n Smell Crayons

I am so excited I finally got my hands on a box of Crayola Color 'n Smell crayons. Color 'n Smell crayons were a continuation of Crayola's Magic Scent line. The Magic Scent line started out with edible crayon scents, but apparently Crayola received complaints of children eating crayons and changed them to non edible scented crayons. Crayola even asked on this box of Color 'n Smell crayons what other scents people would want. Sadly this was the last scented box of actual crayons Crayola would put out. They have since come out with a Silly Scents line, but there are no scented crayons.

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Review: Crayola Color Wonder Scented Stampers and Markers

The cool thing about the Color Wonder line is it only colors on special paper. That way the marker does not stain everything around the house. Crayola Color Wonder has been around for a while, but this year Crayola introduced scented color wonder markers and a scented color wonder stamping pad.  Crayola sent me the new scented Color Wonder set to review and we loved it, especially my son.

What Comes In the Box?
Here is the back of the box showing all the contents. The set includes 5 scented markers; cherry, blueberry, orange, lime, and banana, 1 chocolate scented stamp pad, 5 stamp pads: donuts, lollipop, ice cream cone, cookie, and cupcake, 1 stamp holder, and 12 sheets of Color Wonder paper.
How Does It Work?
Color Wonder ink only reacts with color wonder paper. It appears clear at first and then the color transforms to whatever color was used. I used both markers and the stamp pad to color the page below. Any color wonder markers can be used with the set, but they will not be scented.


What Did I Think?
Color Wonder is really neat. My son LOVED it and kept begging to color more pages. He loved the way the color appeared before his eyes magically. It worked out really good because we had to take a road trip and it entertained him wonderfully. Here is one of the pages he colored.

He has had other color wonder sets, the character sets and a Planes coloring book. He liked this one the best because he got to create his own images and color everything the color he wanted.

One of the things I would change about this set is to include more paper, it only comes with 12 sheets. I would also make the sheets easily removable from the pad. I have two kids and they both wanted to color at the same time. We ended up tearing and cutting some sheets out.

Do I think Color Wonder is worth it? Definitely, it is a great sensory activity for kids. If it were up to me I would emphasize the Magic Ink more than Mess Free because honestly it is not very hard to clean up washable markers. I just cleaned up some red Silly Scents off the kids coloring station today with just water. I had to use windex for the pencil markers. My kids LOVED that it magically appeared.
Collecting Information
Boxes: Crayola Color Wonder Scented Stampers & Markers
Year: 2017
What's Inside the Box: 5 scented markers; cherry, blueberry, orange, lime, and banana, 1 chocolate scented stamp pad, 5 stamp pads: donuts, lollipop, ice cream cone, cookie, and cupcake, 1 stamp holder, and 12 sheets of Color Wonder paper
Purchase Information: Received from Crayola
Where to buy: Crayola.com
Style Numbers: 75-2452
Code Numbers: 75-2452-0-200
UPC Numbers: 071662224523
Manufacturing Location: Product of China with Coloring Pad from Vietnam

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Crayola Silly Scents Stinky and Sweet Marker Activity Kits: What's Inside the Box

Overview and Review
When I heard about the Silly Scents Marker Activity Kits earlier this year I immediately wanted them. They each contain 8 "Sweet" scents and 8 "Stinky" scents. The Stinky scents can not be found anywhere else. Some of the stinky scents are really bad like; smoke, dead rose, mud, barn, rotten fruit, and dirty potatoes. Some of them smelled so bad i had to put the cap on right away. Some of the stinky scents are not so bad like: pizza, cheese, grass, garlic, pickle and onion. Once the scents are all on the page they kind of mix together and do not smell as bad.

My kids and I loved using this kit. It comes with funny coloring books and cards. They colored lots of fun things. There is a great color variety in both kits. They have asked to use them lots of times even though it was my Christmas present :)

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Crayola Scented Markers: What's Inside the Box

In 1993 Crayola came out with a line of Scented Markers. At the same time they were releasing a line of scented crayons, the Magic Scents. Crayola stopped making scented crayons a few years later until 2017 when they came out with the new Silly Scent line of Twistable crayons. Crayola has been making scented markers for a long time since. Even when they stopped making specific boxes they still included scented markers with Super Tips markers.

These boxes include many fun scents. The outdoor scents even include calamine lotion. Why anyone would want to smell that is beyond me, but that is what they put in.

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Crayola Scentsations Markers

Crayola came out with the Scentsations in the early 2000's. These markers were not available in the US as far as I can tel. There are some very fun scents in the package I have not seen before like Marigold. I can not wait for these to come to the US if they ever do so I can get some. The pictures in this blog post were provided by Stacy Hodges.

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Mr. Sketch Scented Crayons

Overview and Review
I absolutely love scented crayons. The Mr. Sketch Scented crayons did not disappoint. The crayon come in twistable form. The colors were super vibrant when applied to the paper and the smell was very distinct. I do have to admit when there was more than 3 or 4 colors on the paper the scents started to combine and smell like a bowl full of fruit loops. I especially like the scents, black raspberry, mint and white vanilla icing. I even compared them to the Crayola Silly Scents, check it out here.

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2017 Crayola Silly Scents Review: Markers, Twistable Crayons & Colored Pencils, Slim Markers Review: What's Inside the Box

Overview
I am SO excited to review the 2017 Silly Scents line from Crayola. I received these items from Crayola. The Silly Scents line was introduced during back to school in 2017. The lines includes: chisel tips markers, Twistables Crayons, Twistables Colored Pencils and Slim Markers. The scents are mostly food items and outdoor scents. The activity sets (not pictured here) will include eight stinky smells, including Old Shoe and Garlic and eight sweet smells. They will be available at Christmas time. The Silly Scents line is similar to the Doodle Scents line in that it includes faces on the front on pictures of the different scents. There is also a Silly Scents Marker Maker!
Crayola has been making scented art supplies for years now. They started with the Magic Scents line back in 1993. The magic scent line consisted of many of the same colors in the Silly Scents line. The crayons came in 8 and 16 count boxes. The 1993 Magic scents had food items, the 1994 set had non food items in it to prevent kids from eating the crayons. This 2017 Silly Scents line has a bittering agent added to the crayons to discourage consumption. I am so excited Crayola is making scented crayons again!

In 1997 Crayola came out with Color 'n Smell crayons. These were scented non food crayons.

In 2006 and 2007 with a Silly Scents line which included crayons, markers and colored pencils. This silly scents line was very silly. It had gross smells in it, ie alien armpit and ogre odor. This is very different than the current line except for the activity sets which will come out later this year that will include stinky smells.

Crayola has been making scented markers for a while. It had been including them with SuperTips Markers. Over the last couple of years they introduced the Doodle Scents, Pip Scents, Powerlines and Scented Mighty Marks.

Review
What did I think? I loved using all of them. Scented crayons, markers and colored pencils are some of my favorite things. They take me back to when I was young. And they are a hit with all my preschool kids. They always go for the scented markers and crayons. When I opened my package I could definitely smell the scents. I have gotten scented crayons and markers from Crayola before and these were definitely the strongest smelling packaging. I think it is the Twistables that smell. It was a pleasant smell, like opening a box of fruit loops.

The colors were very vibrant and the smells were mostly very strong. It seemed the crayons were not as strong at the colored pencils and markers, but they were still smelly. My kids loved the crayons and we will happily use them and I am sure they will be a favorite. My favorite will probably be the Slim Tip markers and the colored pencils.

Color Information
Boxes: Crayola Silly Scents: 12 Chisel Tip Washable Markers, 6 Chisel Tip Washable Markers, 12 Twistable Crayons, 24 Twistable Crayons, 10 Slim Markers, 12 Twistables Colored Pencils
What's inside the box:
12 Chisel Tip Washable Markers: root beer, cotton candy, fruit punch, cherry, orange, lemon, green apple, fresh air, blueberry, grape, coconut, marshmallow
6 Chisel Tip Washable Markers: cherry, orange, lemon, green apple, blueberry, marshmallow
12 Twistable Crayons: cherry, fruit punch, orange, lemon, green apple, beach, blueberry, grape, cotton candy, licorice, coconut, rootbeer
24 Twistable Crayons: cherry, strawberry, cinnamon, orange, popcorn, lemon, banana, lime, watermelon, green apple, pine, beach, blueberry, cola, wild berry, grape, fruit smoothie, fruit punch, cotton candy, licorice, coconut, fresh air, root beer, flower
10 Slim Markers: strawberry, watermelon, cotton candy, lemon, lime, fresh air, blueberry, caramel, marshmallow, root beer
12 Colored Pencil: cherry, fruit punch, orange, lemon, green apple, beach, blueberry, grape, cotton candy, licorice, coconut, root beer
Purchase Information: Received from Crayola for review
Where to buy:  Any place that sells Crayola Products


2017 Crayola Silly Scents: 6 Scented Markers
2017 Crayola Silly Scents: 10 Scented Slim Markers

2017 Crayola Silly Scents: 12 Twistables Colored Pencils
2017 Crayola Silly Scents: 12 Scented Twistables Crayons
2016 Crayola Silly Scents: 12 Scented Chisel Tip Markers
2017 Crayola Silly Scents: 24 Scented Twistables Crayons

Collecting Information
Other boxes: These are all the current boxes. There are activity sets: Gone Campin' and Goin' to the Beach. There is a Silly Scents Marker Maker toy with Cherry, Blueberry, and Pineapple scents which will make 16 markers.
Year: 2016 (12 chisel tip markers) and 2017 (twistables, slim markers, colored pencils and 6 chisel tip markers)
Style Numbers: 58-8199 (12 Chisel Tip Washable Markers), 58-8197 (6 Chisel Tip Washable Markers), 52-9612 (12 Twistable Crayons), 52-9624 (24 Twistable Crayons), 58-5071 (10 Slim Markers), 68-7402 (12 Colored Pencils)
Code Numbers: 58-8199-0-200 (12 Chisel Tip Washable Markers), 58-8197-0-200 (6 Chisel Tip Washable Markers), 52-9612-0-200 (12 Twistable Crayons), 52-9624-0-200 (24 Twistable Crayons), 58-5071-0-200 (10 Slim Markers), 68-7402-0-200 (12 Colored Pencils)
UPC Numbers: 071662081997 (12 Chisel Tip Washable Markers), 071662081973 (6 Chisel Tip Washable Markers), 071662196127 (12 Twistable Crayons), 071662096243 (24 Twistable Crayons), 071662650711 10 Slim Markers, 071662074029 (12 Colored Pencils)
Manufacturing Location: China (Twistables crayons), China (chisel markers), Korea (pencils), Malaysia with ink from USA (slim markers)
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