Etch A Sketch Book

Pros: Durable, easy to get started, doesn't require upkeep
Cons: Nearly impossible to master, isn't as action packed as portable video games.

Every American child is bound to have picked up an Etch-A-Sketch at one time in their lives whether they realized what it was called or not. This toy has been a staple of kids toy boxes for nearly 50 years and is now available in several forms including ...

Pros: classic toy, fosters creativity
Cons: would be nice to have it draw in color

I love this classic toy. I feel that any toy that lasts over 20 years must be a winner and this toy by Ohio Art is no exception. I don't think there are very many homes with children which either don't have or have had this toy in their collection at one...

Pros: helps develop motor skills and a sense of causality, uses both logic and creativity
Cons: can't erase partial pictures, can't save pictures, can get frustrating

A year or so ago I sat at a Boston PDA Users Group (BOSPDAUG) meeting watching someone surgically implant an accelerometer (tilt sensor) into a Palm. Tilt Sensors can detect motion and create a corresponding reaction in the computer reading the data...

Pros: Tons of fun for everything. Inexpensive, easy to use
Cons: Don't get bumped or your masterpiece disappears.

Etch A Sketch is one of those toys that has stood the test of time. It’s right up there with the hula hoop. I remember being very young and getting one of these for Christmas. It was so much fun… and when I learned to make steps, I thought that was ...

Pros: creativity is enhanced by it, holds almost no limits to user
Cons: cannot be dropped

Etch-A-Sketch is a toy that is built to cater to the creativity of children. It is a rectangular, red toy, that allows the user to draw pictures on it. The trick to it, is that you do not use pens or pencils, but rather knobs. These two knobs are ...

Pros: Name recognition
Cons: Hard to see lines - too much effort for results

I remember the Etch A Sketch from my childhood days. I knew what it looked like and what you did with it. Based on that memory, when my son was four years old, I thought this was the toy to have.

For the Holiday Season of 1999 we...

Pros: Great Entertainment For Kids Of All Ages
Cons: None

Some nice person donated one of these to the clinic. We put it in the children’s play area and it was immediately a big hit.

The children always go and sit in a chair and immediately start to draw with this. The nice thing about it is that...

Pros: Neat (as in not messy), an old classic, encourages creative thinking
Cons: Hard for young children to really draw anything

After seeing an Etch-A-Sketch at a friend's house, my son begged for one for Christmas. This old classic doesn't seem to have changed much since I was a kid.

The Etch-A-Sketch consists of a greyish glass screen set in a red plastic frame,...

Pros: Inexpensive toy, encourages creativity, safe for all ages.
Cons: as my son said "you mean it doesn't take batteries"

I've had this sitting in my saved products for months waiting until I could think of something useful to say about the Etch-A-Sketch, so I guess it's time.

This is another one of those toys that I had as a child and I loved it. I remember...

Pros: perennial favorite toy! Hours of fun
Cons: don't break it open with a hammer or you'll have quite a mess!

Some products you just HAVE to write an epinion about and this is one of them! A perennial favorite and a part of my life since I got in trouble drawing a dirty picture on mine when I was about 9 years old, the Etch-A-Sketch can't help but bring back...

Pros: Let's children explore their creativity
Cons: Sadly, the drawings can't be saved

These things haven't changed, from what I can tell, in at least 27 years or so. I got one when I was four and wagged it around until I was at least 14-years-old. That's saying quite a bit for a toy that cost my parents about $5 or so. Talk about a return...

Pros: interesting to fool around with
Cons: hard to do actual art on

Not too long ago I found myself sitting in the car for a few minutes with nothing but my wife's keys to amuse myself with. This was no problem, her keys a a huge mass with an extraordinary number of key chains linked together - good for everything but...

Pros: No parts to lose. Travels well
Cons: Doesn't hold a child's interest. Too difficult to use.

I'm not impressed with Etch-A-Sketch at all. I think it is too difficult to use. This toy has been around for so long that I wish they would have updated it by now.

So many other toys similar to this are much better. They have color for...

Pros: Lets children be creative
Cons: it's not easy to get the crayon off the screen of this toy

The Etch A Sketch has been around for ages and ages. I'm not really sure how long exactly, all I know is that I played with it a long long time ago when I was a kid.

This toy is a square box, it comes in many different sizes and colors. It...

Pros: time consuming
Cons: frustrating

The creators of this toy must have known the abuse the Etch-A-Sketch would have to endure at my house. One of these, between 3 boys is not always a good idea. Not that we could draw much with it, but being in possession of this toy held some...