Hi friends, I have a fun new product to share with you today! We’ve been loving our Kwik Stix paint pens by The Pencil Grip and now they’ve come out with a thinner version. Since we’re all about art supplies over here, I wanted to give them a try.
The Thin Stix are about half the width of the original sticks which make them a little easier to use for writing and a bit more detail. My older daughter does a lot of art work and she would have liked them to be even thinner, but I’m not sure if that’s possible with the product itself.
We still like the regular sticks for covering larger areas, but these are a nice addition when you’re going for a little more detail in your artwork.
If you aren’t familiar with Kwik Stix they’re actually paint in a stick. So they glide on really smoothly, and can be blended somewhat as well. They go on wet, but dry within about 90 seconds which is nice. And one thing that that I definitely appreciate is that they come out in an even amount. So you don’t have any large globs of paint like when working with paint and brushes.
We found that they work best with thicker, painting paper as opposed to regular copy paper. Since they are wet, they do act just like paint and can soak through thinner paper.
Hopefully you can see in this close up that they dry with a rather interesting texture to them as well. They kind of remind me of an acrylic paint.
There is also relatively no mess with these unless your kiddos decide to color on something other than their paper!
And they come in a lovely variety of colors as well. I think these are the a great idea especially for younger kids who love to paint!
You can get Kwik Stix online here, and I’ve also seen them in Target stores as well!
Want to win a set for your family?
The Pencil Grip is hosting a giveaway for a 12 pack of their new Thin Kwik Stix to one of you! Just enter below!
Disclaimer: I received these products in exchange for review on my blog. The opinions expressed on my site are my own, and were not influenced by the company or free product provided.
I am going to purchase these (or hopefully win) and use these with my homeschool co op art class!
I love the ideas of using these pens in our homeschool. My kids love paint but makes such a HUGE mess that I rarely let my kids do it. If I won this would be an amazing thing for my kids.
Oh these would be a perfect Vday gift for kids! Would love to try them. Thank you for the giveaway.
This looks awesome. We love Kwik Stix
I would love to try these. We don’t have a designated art area so I would be less hesitant to let my boys paint. 🙂
My kids uses Kwik Stix for everything! My 2 yr old especially loves painting with them.
My kids would love these!
***Greetings, my daughter definitely loves art, drawing and colors. She is very special and totally a dreamer. 1st grade, homeschooling too. Blessings! ♥
We have the thicker version which is great for my 3 year old, but I’m sure my 8 year old would appreciate the thinner ones. We’re staring a new History Curriculum and these would be great for pictures.
If I won these, I would give them to my 6 year old daughter. She is very talented in art and I think she would love a new medium to work with!