I’ve been eager to get to the age where Aiden and I can sit and draw together. I love drawing and arts and crafts projects. We spend some time with crafts at playgroups, and Aiden’s interest is really starting to develop. When I saw that there were products designed to introduce younger toddlers to drawing, I jumped on board. We have 3 TaDoodles sets – crayons, markers and bath crayons. The only hit has been the bath crayons. The rest are basically worthless.
The TaDoodles forces Aiden to hold the marker in a particular way, and it seems rather unintuitive for him. Plus, it’s a completely different way of drawing than he will later use for markers & crayons, so what’s the point? His ability to grip fine things has been developed for months.
Ok, I get that the TaDoodles markers won’t dry out. But, at this age, Aiden isn’t drawing on his own and I can easily replace caps. Plus, the ink on those suckers was so profuse that it smudged all over the paper and onto his hands. Aiden has an easier time using real crayons vs TaDoodle crayons.
And while we’re on the topic of first art projects, markers are WAY easier for little toddler to use than crayons. Much more instant gratification. Look at the art that Aiden was able to create with his *first* experience with markers!!