3D MagnaColor Review (Giveaway)
Usually around February we hear about the new toys and products that will be released in the upcoming year. I plan lots of editorial around what’s coming. However, every year there seems to be a toy or product that ends up on my door step, completely unannounced, which amazes me how something so cool was completely off my radar.
With the 3D Magna Color toy, small dots are dispensed from various pens onto a template or a blank surface. Once the design is finished or during the process kids wear 3D glasses and watch their design pop off the page. When the child is finished looking at the design, they use a swiper tool to push the dots into the top of the toy. The pens securely fit into the back of the toy for storage, but how the dots return back into the dots is really unique.
Once the dots are pushed into the back, you shake the toy from right to left and the dots will sort by color/size. Once the pens are inserted into the back, small doors can be slid open and the dots will then return back inside the pen.
When I brought the 3D Magna Color into school, I’m not kidding, each and every child, about 7 or 8 in total, mostly boys, were so excited. They all stated how they had seen it on television and had been begging their parents for one. Kids are resourceful, they ALL asked where they could tell their parents to buy it. One kid asked me about making a “cascading line” so I knew he had definitely seen the commercial, and I finally decided I should look on online to see what he was talking about.
Dots can be stacked on each other and released in a “cascading line.” Not only can kids design freely, I’ve also used it to help kids learn about letters and place dots over a line to make the letters in their name.
The toy comes with the magnetic surface, 4 templates, and 4 different pens that hold the corresponding dots (red, yellow, green, and orange). There are additional pens that can be purchased (pink and blue).
Would you like to win your own MagnaColor? Enter the Rafflecopter Giveaway below. Winner must follow 2 mandatory entries. Winner must be 18 years of age or older and can reside in the United States or Canada. Delivery not guaranteed before Christmas.
Tech 4 Kids provided the 3D Magna Color free for review and an additional item for a giveaway. Any opinions are my own.