Craft Time!

I ordered the Crayola Light Up Tracing Pad from Amazon and can't wait for it to arrive. After about twenty years, the fluorescent light in my lightbox died and rather than find a new one (which I will eventually) I ordered this one because it runs on batteries and is portable, plus quilters gave it good reviews on Amazon. I also thought it was purple, but nope...pink. It comes not only with female fashion sheets, but horse fashion sheets too, so that "(h)orse lovers can embellish their horses with wings, flowing manes, saddles, and bridles" :-D

It's funny, you know, Lego is the go to villain for gendered toys, but I'm not sure if anyone has really noticed how bad Crayola is for it as well. The blue lightbox comes with superheroes and rock stars. Any trip to Amazon, Staples or Michaels reveals any number of Disney branded products for girls and boys, and even non-branded products, like the airbrush or marker maker sets, come in pink as well as blue. The blue airbrush has stencils like sharks, while the pink one has butterflies. Bleh, make it green or yellow and include all the stencils!

Speaking of gender neutral toys though, I finally found the Crayola Draw N Do Desk on eBay. Not only was it super cheap, it was in great condition, like new, with all the pieces and even the instructions. My favourite part was a poster that the first owner had filled out about all her favourite things :-) Anyway, I was really after the drawing gears, and it was exactly as I remembered it. The only difference was that the box was just in English, and not French. It arrived before I went on vacation and it was just thrilling to get in the mail :-D

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