Raise your hand if you are the kind of parent who buys kid art supplies and then obsesses over them yourself, rather than have your kids use them! My hand is raised all the way up! So this week when I, and I mean we, received a new box from Ooly, I excitedly opened it while Lexi was at school, went through all the fun colorful art supplies, smelled them, marveled at them and sealed the box back up! Am I weird?
If you know anything about our family, it’s that like most parents I am not a huge fan of sitting kids in front of a TV for entertainment. We rarely watch television (maybe just a movie on the weekends) and we limit time on the iPad or the computer unless it’s for research on a project, educational or for homeschooling. Except for when I fail and she spends 2 hours playing Minecraft because “I just can’t” ( we all have those moments). So it makes me super happy when she has new shiny, smelly, colorful art supplies to create with! And to be completely honest, sometimes I sneak into her room and draw with her, too.
We have been huge fans of Ooly for years. If you have been following me for a while, you know that I talk about them often and that’s simply because I just love their products (for both me and Lexi!). Ooly has a wide range of art supplies, including markers, gel pens, crayons, paper products, craft items, and even DIY projects. And these aren’t just your regular old markers and pens – these are super cute products with different shapes, scents, themes, and colors. They have a huge range of products including accessories like dinosaur-shaped erasers that smell like strawberries and pencil pouches or unique drawing supplies like window markers or watercolor pens.
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Our Favorite Art Supplies to Help Ditch Screen Time from Ooly
Chalk-O-Rama Chalk Crayons
These dustless chalk crayons can be used on several different types of surfaces like wood, whiteboards, and glass. They come in a variety of color combinations, too!
DIY Window Art Creatibles
With these window markers, you can create your own fun designs or use one of the 6 enclosed stencils. Let the light shine through and create beautiful landscapes.
Smooth Stix Watercolor Gel Crayons
These watercolor gel crayons are a great way to create gorgeous watercolor-like pictures without the fuss of water. With 24 different colors and an included paintbrush, you can smooth and blend as much as you’d like to create the pictures of your dreams.
Ooly Fab Fountain Pens
These fountain pens by Ooly are my absolute favorites! I am somewhat picky about pens I like to use. I love writing in my to-do lists and my planners with these Ooly fountain pens. My handwriting looks so much nicer using the fountain pens than any other pen I have ever tried. And if your child is a writer, these fine-tip fountain pens by Ooly will have your budding writer creating beautiful prose in beautiful handwriting in no time. They all have black ink but the soft silicone lining makes them comfortable to hold- and pretty to look at.
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Stay Sharp Mechanical Pencils
These pencils bring me back to grade school! With No. 2 graphite and pretty rainbow colors they are one of our go-to’s for school work at home and at the co-op.
6-Click Multicolor Gel Pens
Another blast from the past! This set of gel pens comes with 6 different colors in each, giving you 24 colors to work with for homework, writing, or just for fun!
Modern Script Fountain Pen
My other favorite fountain pens by Ooly that I always use in my personal arsenal of pens. These Ooly fountain pens are so pretty, they make you feel fancy and will match your jewerly! If you’re obsessed with rose gold, this is for you!! With three metallic colors- silver, gold, and rose gold- they are gorgeous to write with and flow effortlessly onto the paper.
Bright Writers Colored Pens
Who doesn’t love writing in different colors? With these ballpoint pens you can write in 6 different colors with vibrant ink that are perfect for doodling or writing.
Totally Taffy Scented Gel Pens
Pens that smell like candy? What more can you ask for?! These gel pens are fun to write with and smell amazing. They come in 6 yummy candy scents like Orange, Lemon, Grape, Strawberry, Apple and Cherry.
Tutti Frutti Scented Gel Pens
If you just can’t get enough of those yummy scents, another fun set of gel pens are the Tutti Frutti scented gel pens. They come in Orange, Lemon, Grape, Strawberry, Apple, and Cherry and even work well on black paper!
Stack of Stars Crayons
These crayons are not your normal crayons. Each one is shaped like a starfish. Not only are they fun to color with but they are also good for little hands working on their fine motor skills.
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Cat Cafe Scented Stickers
These cute stickers are all chocolate scented and they are fun to add to pictures, notebook, journals, and other creations. Plus, peeling and sticking stickers are great for fine motor skills.
Cat Cafe Party Pack
If the Cat Cafe stickers just aren’t enough, you can take it one step further with this cool party pack. Included in the pack are the Cat Cafe chocolate scented stickers, Rainbow Glitter Wand Pen, and Color Cats Sticky Tabs and sticky notes.
3D Colorables Dress Up Butterfly Wings
These sweet butterfly wings are not only fun to color, but they are also fun to wear! Once you have finished coloring them with the enclosed markers, you can inflate them and add them to your dress up closet. We had these at one of our birthday parties and they were a huge hit!
3D Colorables Unicorn Shield and Sword
Another fun coloring activity that can be taken straight into imaginative play! Little girls and guys can color in the unicorn shield and sword and protect their kingdom from evil do-ers.
BFF Scented Eraser Bracelets
Your kid and their BFF can have matching bracelets only these ones are cute AND functional. They are erasers and they are scented making them a fun surprise gift for your child’s best friend.
Enchanting Unicorn Coloring Book
If your child loves unicorns then they will easily spend all their time coloring in this Enchanted Unicorn coloring book. With over 50 pages of coloring that can be used with a variety of mediums (watercolor, crayons, markers, and more) they won’t even think about looking at a screen.
Outer Space Coloring Book
Another fun option for a coloring book that can be used with a variety of mediums is the Outer Space Coloring Book. The pictures are just out of this world (see what I did there?)! Catstronauts fans unite!
3D Colorables Rockin’ Guitar
Ready to rock out? Your child can with this 3D Colorables Rockin’ Guitar. They can color, inflate, and then jam out with all their friends.
Icy Pop Puzzle Erasers
Bring on summertime (even when it’s not summer) with these super cute popsicle puzzle erasers! They are fun to play with and fun to use.
GRL PWR Pocket Pal Journals
These sweet mini journals are the perfect place for your child to doodle, draw, and write little musings wherever she goes. The positive encouragement is a wonderful reminder for little girls, too.
My personal favorites by Ooly:
Some of my other favorites are scented highlighters, colorful pens, calligraphy markers, metallic markers.I use all of these in my travel journals and planners
Scented Highlighters and Fountain Pen 
Scented Highlighters and Fountain Pen 
Calligraphy Duo 
Metallic Markers 
Metallic Markers 
Colorful Fountain Pens
Some other fun Ooly supplies:
Ooly has some of the best art supplies for kids (and adults!) that I have found. Their wide range of products and the quality of their products has us going back time and time again to replenish our art supplies stash! Their products are full of inspiring, bright, and vibrant items that help you create any project you can imagine. They are fun to use and a wonderful alternative to traditional gifts. With Ooly, your kids can spark their imagination, be creative, and enjoy time cultivating important skill like fine motor skills, writing, cognitive, and emotional development.
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