Here’s a quick word from Chalkola themselves: “Here at Chalkola, our philosophy is pretty simple: live a vibrant life. And we think the best way to accomplish that is through pure, joyful, freedom of expression. That's the idea behind our chalk markers: Unlimited bright, rich, vivacious colour. 21 incredible choices at your fingertips. Freedom to choose the perfect surface. Anytime creativity strikes. Ultimate flexibility to wipe and start again. Life changes. So can your design. All the ingredients for an incredible creative experience (we know, our customers told us).”
I was sent a lovely pack of Chalkola’s new 21 Markers which include a beautiful set of 6 metallic markers within the pack. I also received the chunky 15mm Markers which come as a pack of 8 bright neon colours. Both sets looked very exciting and when the kids spotted them that was it, we had to get them open straight away and try them out.
The kids have an early learning centre easel that has a chalkboard on one side and a whiteboard on the other. This was the perfect starter to our Chalkola investigating so I set that up ready to go. I then opened the pens and read the instructions on how to get them started. For the 15mm chalk markers it was advised to shake the pen well before pumping the nib a few times to get the ink flowing. True to form it took about 3 minutes or so per marker to get the ink to fill into the nib completely so that the kids could use them to write and draw. Make sure when shaking the marker that you keep the lid firmly on as the toddler shook it with the lid off and it splattered a bit. Luckily it’s easily cleaned with a wet wipe thankfully.
Once the 15mm markers were ready to go the kids were delighted to draw and write on the chalkboard side of the easel. The colours were so vibrant and definitely neon. Logan was thrilled with the results and wanted to make sure and try out every marker he could get his hands on. Harlow too was just as excited by all the gorgeous colours and proceeded to copy her brother with some scribbles. After this I turned the easel around and let the kids have a go on the whiteboard side. The markers worked just as well and the colours didn’t run or drip like I thought they might. I did find that the bigger markers took a wee while to dry, not long, but that's only if you were using a lot of ink to colour something in. You’re not going to really be touching the ink hopefully so shouldn’t be a problem.
The 15mm markers come with a few benefits which I thought was really good. They have a 3 in 1 nib so you can write thick, medium or thin and they have a massive 28g of ink so won’t be running out any time soon. The fantastic thing about these chalk markers is that not only do they write on chalkboards and whiteboards but they write on most non-porous surfaces like your windows or cars windows and mirrors! It’s brilliant and perfect for business as well as for family use.
The 21 markers (with 6 metallic markers included) have a much smaller nib at 6mm but this is perfect for writing on things like labels, small signs or maybe even toy storage boxes? Harlow has a nice storage unit in her bedroom with little chalkboard plaques on the front and these pens are perfect for writing and decorating them. The 6 metallic markers which are included with this pack look amazing when writing with them. They’re so fancy and some would definitely be great for Christmas time. We have a big mirror in our hall and I can see myself writing Merry Christmas or something on it over the festive period.
Both sets of pens were super easy to wipe off both the chalkboard and whiteboard. One of the blue pens seemed to leave a bit of a ghosting mark on the whiteboard but it looks to have died down now. No other colours did this, only the blue pen but apart from that the kids and I have really enjoyed using these chalkboard markers. Once prepped the ink flows smoothly and easily which allows for some beautiful drawings or scribbles in Harlow’s case. The 15mm markers cost £14.95 per pack and the 21 markers cost £16.90 per pack.
For my lovely readers there’s a brilliant 15% off code you can use to get your own set of chalk pens. Just enter 15OFFSTR at the checkout. Or you can simply enter my giveaway below via the rafflecopter widget to win a Pack of 21 Chalkola Markers.
128 comments on "Review & Giveaway: Chalkola Chalk Markers"
my youngest son loves green!
My son likes red
Lillie loves pink...with purple coming a close second
Red, everything my daughter likes is red lol x
My little girl loves the colour blue. She's a very girly, girl but likes her pretty dresses and skirts to be in blue.
Green :)
My daughters favourite colour is turquoise
Blue.
Today my son has decided that orange is his favourite today lol
blue
purple
lime green! :)
Blue, as bright as possible!
My daughter is 100% obsessed with the colour green everything is green very unusual for a girl
Kay Sherman
Green! Loves colouring trees!
these are a great alternative to chalk. we have a giant chalk board but I'd love these pens instead of the messy chalks. #TriedTested
purple
These look absolutely fabulous. I've never seen chalk markers before. Great giveaway too!
#TriedTested
So much better than the old dusty stuff!
Thanks for sharing your review on #TriedTested this week x
These look fab. I think red would be our choice x
My kids love the colour blue
Pink the girls love.
Pink is her fave at the moment
My daughter's favourite colour is pink.
Blue is our favourite!
Pink to make the girls wink
His favourite colour is red like fire engines.
I have one who loves red the other loves blue
One little one loves red, and the other loves pink!
Red such a happy colour
Purple at the moment, can't say I am too keen on it!
blue, red and purple x
Green :)
One of my grandaughter likes purple and the other two like pink
My boys favourite colours are yellow and blue :)
red and blue
I don't have any children but would love to win this prize for charity, to go to Romania.
Pink is the favourite colour in our house.
Kelly Glen
glenka@hotmail.co.uk
red!
@fionaseaeagle
yellow
Pink is the in thing atm
My 4 year old loves all colours of the rainbow!
Oh wow! shopping lists will never be the same. . we can write on everything now and not just the little blackboard! :-)
Pale blue for my daughter
Pink
red
My daughter likes blue
It is pink x
green
Bright Pink for my great niece
Dark Purple
Purple
Green! Thank you x
Pink!!
both my girls like the colour purple
My son likes red - leanne w
Pink
Both my girls like pink x
Blue
Pink
My daughters is purple and my sons is yellow
my son loves blue x
I asked my son what his favourite colour was and his reply was batman :-s told him that wasn't a colour and showed him some and he said green like ninja turtles
My son's favourite colour is green and if possible we must all have everything that is green
my son loves colours but doesnt really show a clear favourite just yet :)
She's only little but I'd like to think it was orange like her hair!
My sons favourite colour is red
My grandson loves the colour purple
I think youngest grandsons is brown because thats the colour of his bottom a lot lately
anything red!
Purple
Pink
She loves green at the minute
Red!
Blue.
Rachel Craig
I asked my three year old grandson his favourite colour and was told blue, green, red the list went on and on lol
My youngest daughter loves blue just like daddy where as my middle daughter is more into pink. The eldest, well she's a teen so the darker the better lol.
purple and pink (@PeanutHog)
green is a favourite
Blue
Purple
MichelleD
Blue!
Pink
At the moment the favourite colour is purple
my son loves green
She loves purple
My kiddies love purple and blue.
We're going through a green phase at the moment
They are loving purple and green at the moment!
Pink x
Blue
Blue
purple like her mums
Tyler loves Blue x
My little boy loves RED
Yellow ☀️
Purple xx
purple
Purple
My daughter loves pink and purple.
my youngest son loves red, my daughter says her favourite colour is rainbow.
My daughter loves pink and my son loves red
My daughter loves purple!
His favourite colour is army green
I think it's amazing they have preferences so young ! My youngest is 19 months and seems to be drawn to orange items a lot ! He has just discovered drawing /colouring and would love to win for him . Thankyou for the chance ❤️🤞🏼
My daughter loves pink :)
My daughter loves pink and purple
Pink :)
Blue
I would say blue as at the moment everything is 'blue colour' :-) xx
Both my daughters are pink mad.
My little Grandson loves orange
Purple
My little boy loves the colour yellow
My daughter's favourite colour is orange!
my daughter loves pink x
Orange x
Green
At the moment it seems to be purple :)
Cassandra Mayers
My son loves blue, my daughter loves purple :)
Blue
pink
Two girls love purple ��
My daughter loves Yellow
Purple
H changes her mind depending on how she feels - its currently yellow like the sun
My neice loves purple x
Pink x
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