Lyra Pencils...

[Beau]

They are so awesome! I love them! I decided I wanted the girls to have quality art stuff...not cheap and nasty that breaks easy and doesn't work well.

[~*heket*~]

Are they the recycled news paper ones? I wanna try them. We have my derwent pencils from when I was a kid still, they had a decade off and now they're back to work again :lol

[Sarasvati]

Lyra pencils are gorgeous! Kira still holds them in her fist though :lol. But I love them.

[Zalkira]

No they are Steiner ones (imported from Germany?). I love them. My 3 yro takes so much more care of them then the el cheapo ones and I have got rid of all the crap ones from the house. Lyra are thicker for younger hands then Derwent and have more brillian colour - are softer. They are fabulous. I am going to get teh paint too. Adn have the beeswax Stockmar (?) crayons too. I figure if the kids or me are going to draw we should have awesome colour to do it with.

[GreenGully]

I looooove stockmar crayons. We have a large tine of the blocks and they are fantastic. We take them traveling with a small art diary. The colours are so vibrant and they last forever and they don't snap.

[luckymummy]

Natures child sell these, I might get some :D

[Anaed]

The lyra pencils are gorgeous aren't they, they write so nicely!
Stacey got Lauren one for christmas and I love using it :lol

[~*heket*~]

Oh right! Cool!

[Anaed]

These are the ones that Stacey got

http://spiralgarden.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_2&products_id=222

Contemplating getting some of these

http://spiralgarden.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_2&products_id=3

Lauren already ahs one of these

http://spiralgarden.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_2&products_id=10

[~*heket*~]

Cool! thanx for that :D

I posted a new link to the newspaper ones I was talking about if anyone's interetsed.

[bella]

Thanks for the plug, Anaed. :) We have been using the same Lyra and Stockmar art supplies (six children and I) for several years now. They are soooo worth the investment!