Wikki Stix are cool, fun, made in the USA and cheap.
We have only come into contact with them physically at one place. Ted’s Montana Grill.
Wikki Stix are available to restaurants, and other businesses from their website. Restaurants usually have crayons and paper things for children. Do you know how argumentative that can be in a restaurant? “She has blue and yellow, I only have red and green. Make her give me the blue crayon.” Pout. “No, I don’t want your green crayon.” “Mama I don’t want to color.” “Mama play tictactoe with me” Wikki Stix is the wonderful alternative that I wish MORE places would utilize.
Yes I love to color. But no I don’t like the arguing it brings forth, with different places having a good coloring sheet and nice crayon colors, others pathetic waxy crayons that barely color but have a good sheet to color, but most are that or a combo of that and a bad sheet, or a sheet and crayons and no where to write on it at all (really, the exist!)
Also, tictactoe is no fun when everyone knows how to play it, KWIM? Mama and Daddy like to talk in a restaurant as we “wait for the food” to come to the table. That’s a long enough wait for the children to need something to occupy their hands and minds and keep them from desiring to “run their mouths”. So Wikki Stix are really perfect. They are a creative thing that children love and Mama and Daddy won’t mind helping with during that time and later, in most cases. Interactive for the whole family there in the restaurant, and the children can do stuff all by themselves with Wikki Stix as well, not bothering Mama or Daddy if the parents wish.
Wikki Stix are the answer to that boredom of waiting –the youngsters who must keep still and quiet to some degree of difficulty in restaurants. And they are just so good for the whole family, so good for 3 and up in particular, yes all the way up to Grandpa.
They come in that plastic bag (pack) with eight 6-inch Wikki Stix and a design sheet.
Ted’s in fact has a numbered dot-to-dot on the back of the design sheet, of it’s mascot.
Wikki Stix are available online for sale as well, and in some retailer’s establishments.
Here are some things we did with Wikki Stix on Wednesday in our home. (Just using the Ted’s packs)
Asa creating something … trying to copy Russell
Russell’s own creation
Victoria’s copied creation
Wikki Stix are re-usable, and let a child’s imagination run wild. For that matter, adults too! 🙂
On the Wikki Stix site they have their catalog of products for sale. One item is marketed for Adults as a stress reducer. Believe me, this is worth while for everyone to get some Wikkistix and see what they can do with them. They are great, and cheap, as toys go.
It’s just yarn and wax in nice bright colors. But it’s a unique patented wax and it’s not messy. It’s all so truly re-usable multiple times.
I downloaded some number-dot-to-dot pages to print out from the Wikki Stix site, and there are some other things at the craft section as well.
Here are what the children did with some of these:
Russell did this Bunny Number-Dot-to-Dot with Wikki Stix
Victoria did this Butterfly Number-Dot-to-Dot with Wikki Stix
This is Russell’s “Ted’s Montana Grill” Number-Dot-to-Dot with Wikki Stix
This is Victoria’s “Ted’s Montana Grill” Number-Dot-to-Dot with Wikki Stix
The Wikkistix in use above are a few weeks old. They’ve been used three or more times as well. (I keep them up on a shelf and take them down for special play)
One of these days we’ll get more Wikki Stix. The website has many products, and one that is sold under the Educational section are called workboards . These are white boards, a nice shape, perfect for Wikki Stix play in the car, home, or out and about. Not only that, as white boards they are writeon/wipeoff boards. 🙂
Other things on the site are different colors of Wikki Stix and different lengths, special occasion things for holidays, and kits and more.
Perfect product for a homeschooling family, or anyone else for that matter. Good for a classroom too. (we don’t do classrooms in our homeschool, and for children in classrooms/schools, I’d be happy to know they at least had Wikki Stix in school …)