Faber-Castell Beeswax Crayons in Durable Storage Case, 24 Vibrant Colors

Good triangular grip for biggners

These are good quality and good colours and the carry case is great too. I bought 3 packs for around £8 each, though I see the price is almost double now, and some places are selling them for over £100..do people pay these prices?? I was happy paying £8 for them, but feel £14.00 upwards is a bit pricey .... 5out5 for quality, but I believe they are too highly priced on Amazon now.

Took over a month to arrive. Came broken.

We're waldorf-ish homeschoolers and have used a few brands of beeswax crayons over the years (and even some homemade!) These perform just as well as the really pricey ones (Stockmar seems to be at the high end) BUT we like them better, because they are triangular and won't roll (no losing crayons to the under-the-table-crayon-eating-troll (AKA puppy) AND they are a nice size for little hands or big hands. Inexpensive enough that we can have two of every color.My only complaint is the plastic box. Really? It's a hard case, with cheap, flimsy molded plastic inside where you can snap in the crayons. First, who keeps their crayons in a case? That lasted all of two days. Darn kids kept fighting over who carried the suitcase of crayons around the house. Second, we really don't need more plastic on the planet. Just send them in a recycled paper box or something. We tossed ours in a basket by day three.

I read once that one of the major appeals of Waldorf education is that all the materials used are luxury items. This is our first foray into beeswax art supplies but won't be our last. They are as luxurious as they are made out to be.Another reviewer said it perfectly that while you can see the difference between Crayola and these, what you can't do is feel how smoothly and beautifully these transfer to paper. Soft pressure produces much richer colors than hard pressure with a Crayola crayon. And the feel of gliding the crayon across the paper is so smooth and lovely it's hard to explain.My five year old hasn't stopped coloring with these since they've arrived and I am loving seeing her artwork in such bright, beautiful colors.

Update: After over a month of abuse, the only crayon that broke was snapped in half because my daughter literally jumped on top of it at a weird angle. She has eaten a large chunk off the tip of dark blue and yellow (a budding Van Gogh? For toddlers, it seems, happiness truly can be found in the consumption of a good, bright beeswax yellow). I wouldn't recommend feeding these to your kids for snacks, but considering the speed of their hand-to-mouth action, I'm glad I can rest assured that these are truly non-toxic and generally very difficult to bite into (giving you extra time to wrestle the crayon from your toddler's death grip and calm those tortured screams as you explain in vain that crayons are for art and not for eating). The paper has amazingly also stood up to being slid up and down, scraped against teeth, thrown on the floor, torn at, rubbed against toys and furniture - you name it. I'm really impressed.These crayons are vibrant and smooth and easy to draw with. I bought them to teach my 13 month old how to scribble, and she instantly took to them and loves making wild lines all over her sketch pad now. They easily washed off our enamel tabletop and tiled bathroom walls, but I have yet to experience any marks on the drywall or on wood. Will update if (hopefully not) I ever have to try and remove anything like that, but Mr Clean's Magic Eraser usually works wonders with those kinds of marks so I am not too worried. I have long been a fan of Faber-Castell, having used them myself for art and their pencils, erasers and pastel highlighters in school when I lived in Germany.Other reasons for five stars:The plastic case is a unique and well-thought out addition that holds up really well to grabby little hands that would have torn or eaten straight through cardboard.The large size makes them easy for my one year old to hold in her fist, and the triangular shape is supposed to eventually help her learn to hold the crayons between three fingers.They are extremely durable and have held up well to being bit into, thrown, stood on and slammed repeatedly into a pad of paper for what I can only assume was supposed to be a stippling effect.They are some of the cheapest beeswax crayons on Amazon, but come with 12 great colours.Like all kids crayons, they are non-toxic.I would definitely recommend these and will purchase again once these have worn down to nubs.