Crafty Product Review: Crayola Twistables Colored Pencils
Crafty Product Review:
Crayola ® Twistables Colored
Pencils
I recently walked around at my local Walmart ® and came
across the Crayola ® Twistables Colored Pencils. I remembered having something like this when
I was a teenager and they interested me and felt different enough. So I bought a set, with 30 thin Twistables. I
have mixed reviews about this product, a part of me wants to like it and
another dislikes many things about it.
The
Good
You never have to sharpen, just twist the end to get some
more lead. That is why most people buy this in the first place (I suspect)! You can simply throw them in your bag for a
road trip and not have to worry about a pencil sharpener or shavings spilling
and getting stuff dirty. I like to use these with my adult coloring books.

Which brings me to the
next point; they are rather inexpensive, when compared to other professional
colored pencils that work at the same level.
A box cost less than $5.
Overall, these colored pencils feel like crayons but for
grownups!
The Bad
Some of the colored pencils won’t stay put while
coloring. If you put any pressure on the
lead they will twist back into the pencil “case”. This is very annoying and impossible to work
with. I have had to hold the twist top
with one hand, while trying to color with the other. This gets tiring and cumbersome after a
while!
The Twistables don’t have color names on them. This makes it hard to come back to a project and
pick the correct color where you left off (I have mistaken colors more than
once!). To make matters worse, the pencil “case” or the plastic pencil that
holds the lead, is colored to somewhat resemble the color in it. The “somewhat” is the problem!
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Top two brown colors look different but are not and cases have no names! |
My advice would be have a test page ready and try your
colors our every time before you begin!
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You can hardly tell the difference between the top two yellow pencils. |
At least two pencils in my pack color with a grainy texture.
You can be creating a masterpiece with nice deep colors and all of the sudden
one pencil gives the look of sand on your paper! Not cool.
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Grainy Purple in the Middle while other colors give dark rich textures. |
Just in case, I realize these are not marketed for adults,
which may explain many of the negative points. However, I still think that each
colored pencils should at least have names on them. But, knowing all that I know, I still love my
Twistables and use them often. I avoid
the pencils that don’t work, or look grainy and test all my pencils right
before using them. You decide but first take a look at a page I colored with Crayola (R) Twistable Colored Pencils below!
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Happy Coloring! |
Have used Crayola ® Twistables Colored Pencils? What did you think about them? I would love to read your review!
Who should use this product?
Beginner Crafters
Should I buy this tool? If you want it.
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