Cra-Z-Art Scented Spinning Art Machine

I bought 6 of these for a walk-a-thon my wife was putting on for my sons school. I'm writing this review (my first) because the other reviews helped me make my decision to buy this one. It could not have been more perfect! All 6 were running non-stop for 2 hours (minus the downtime to change paper and clean occasionally) and they all performed flawlessly! I didn't have to change any batteries in any of them during the two hours which surprised me because the kids were loading the paint on the paper pretty thick. After a while the paint pools in the bottom and after a quick wash and dry they were back in business. It comes with three little bottles of paint and some paper. Buy lots more paint!Honestly the only negative thing I could say is that it takes an octagon shaped paper. I read in another post that it takes 5x7 cards and I tried that. It works as well, but you have to give it a slight turn in the holders to lock it in. Otherwise it comes loose and rubs against the sides and it stops. I had a local print shop cut me 500 for about $35 (including paper!) Well worth it since they would work perfectly when the event happened.****HUGE TIP!!! **** If you are buying this to do in a school or event, buy a bunch of the cheapest paper plates you can find. When the kids are done, put their art on the paper plate and put another one over it creating a little dome! Then put a staple or tape on each side then write the name of the child on the top. It completely eliminates the problem of dealing with all the wet art and they can take it with them right away and not worry about making a mess! I can not tell you what we would have done if we didn't do this. We did hundreds and would have been overwhelmed on where to put them all to dry.

I love this and so does the neighborhood framily. Purchased to use at my daughters birthday party. It has been a big hit since we opened it. The product had been used several weeks prior to the party and during the course of the party. Children from 3 to 8 used it during the party as well as the 20 - 30 year olds. At 40+years myself, this has been fun to use. My daughter at 4 loves it, and I have no problem allowing her to play with it when ever I'm able to supervise. We have not had any splatter or paint mishaps and it is simple to clean. I purchased large bottles of tempera pain and some large squeeze bottles for additional colors. The little bottles are re-fillable, but I have not done so myself since I purchased large bottles. The paper is an odd shape, however I cut extra paper from old scrapbook pads of patterns I wont use. Further, I purchased this product because another individual posted you can use 5x7 paper which was my primary reason to buy. I purchased heavy card stock for the party and cut to 5x7. It works great, however the splash guard does not work with the 5x7 paper. This was not a big deal for me as I simply placed it in a card board box that I coved with wrapping paper to match the party décor (attached pictures reflect the build up of paint on the inside of the box without the splash guard after hours of use). It's low velocity so paint does not fly everywhere and in the box worked perfect. Since this purchase I've had the neighbor kids over for spin art and they enjoyed it so much the parents have purchased a spin machine for their kids as well. This one is battery operated so I feel like my daughter can focus more on her artwork than pumping to keep the machine in motion. The machine is plastic, light weight and the splash guard is a clear plastic ring that sits on top. Again we have never had any paint splash outside of the unit. Super easy to use and so happy I got it. This has been one of the best purchases in a long time and a lot cheaper than majority of her toys.

Though the product is marketed at 6+ (6~12 age group) I used it as a tool to make some art work! This is a good product for its value, can be used for kids at home, school or parties. New Batteries will last for at least 100+ spin art pictures. Though I believe a 30% more power to the little engine would have helped.But, it came with paper that was too thin 100grs and only 8 sheets of the octagon shape, the small squares I could not fit or adjust to the spin plate, I just threw both out, and used 140grs tinted heavy photocopy paper.Upgrade needed on this product to fit A5 size paper or large paper party plates for kids, it could be slightly larger! And the need for a spin stopping system as it takes to long to slow down. I would have like a speeed regulator. That said, .....Enjoy!