If you’re looking for a fun toy that will happily keep your kids entertained at home and away this holiday season, read on to learn about Crayola Virtual Design Pro (and enter to win your own!).
Toys that Travel: Crayola Virtual Design Pro Review and Giveaway
We’re big Crayola fans here (remember our trip to the Crayola Experience?) and my daughter loves to dress up so I had a feeling the Crayola Virtual Design Pro-Fashion Set
would keep her nicely entertained over Thanksgiving break. We tested it out at grandma’s house and it was a huge hit with everyone!
Toys that Travel: Crayola Virtual Design Pro Review and Giveaway
I loved that all the tools (vibrant pencils and markers, stencils, design book and pencil sharpener) came in a sturdy, easy to transport case. Arts and crafts projects can sometimes get unwieldy but this design portfolio really kept the mess and chaos to a minimum. My daughter quickly got to work as a budding fashion designer while I downloaded the free My Virtual Fashion Show app.
Toys that Travel: Crayola Virtual Design Pro Review and Giveaway
I love toys that let my daughter’s imagination run wild and this was a perfect example of that. She loved using the stars and stripes stencils to make a 4th of July outfit then she decorated a one-shoulder dress in orange and pink for New Year’s Eve. Although the book contains 20 templates, the options are really endless since you can download and print additional designs. Once the design is colored, you import it into the app via a photo and then the real fun begins.
Toys that Travel: Crayola Virtual Design Pro Review and Giveaway
The app lets the kiddie (and adult) designers choose details like hair color and styles, skin tones, shoe options and accessories like glasses. The age recommendation is 6+ but my 5-year old had no trouble navigating her way through the different fashion options, backgrounds, etc. As soon as you’re done, your design comes to “life” in 3D walking down the runway. It was really amazing how lifelike the models and their outfits looked on the virtual runway and I was also happy to see that it didn’t matter if kids colored out of the lines.
Toys that Travel: Crayola Virtual Design Pro Review and Giveaway
Every new design gets stored in the app and you can customize your fashion shows and model choices.
Toys that Travel: Crayola Virtual Design Pro Review and Giveaway
Toys that Travel: Crayola Virtual Design Pro Review and Giveaway
Overall, I was really happy with this toy but I would have liked a way to design our own dress templates (hint, hint Crayola). This toy happily kept my daughter busy longer than usual (I think she enjoyed accessorizing the models as much as she enjoyed coloring her designs) and I had a lot of fun with it too. If you’ve got a budding fashionista on your holiday shopping list, this toy is a really great pick and a nice option for family bonding over the holidays. And if you’ve got boys, check out the Crayola Virtual Design Pro-Cars Set
which allows kids to customize their own car designs.
I’ve got three Crayola Virtual Design Pro-Fashion Sets and a $50 gift card to give away!
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This giveaway is open to US residents and will run until midnight EST Friday December 12, 2014.
**Congratulations to the winners:
Amanda Sakovitz
Jessica
Nancy Miller
Bonnie P
I was not compensated for this post but the Crayola Virtual Design Pro, gift card, information and additional gift pack have been provided by Crayola. As always, all opinions are my own.
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