Perhaps every parent, when buying products intended for children, wants them to be a) high-quality, b) safe.
Today we invite you to talk about colored pencils.
Of course, there are many criteria by which you can choose the best pencils from those presented on the market. We have selected the simplest ones so that you can handle the check yourself, without any special expertise.
Compliance with European safety standards
If the packaging contains the CE marking, this means that the pencils will definitely not contain components such as heavy metal impurities, etc.
It is quite possible that they make the colours brighter, but such a product cannot be called safe.
Quality wood
To check the quality of the wood, sharpen the pencils and inhale the smell they emit – if it smells like wood, then everything is fine. If the “aroma” is chemical, then perhaps you should be wary.
Water-soluble pencil lead
Water-soluble leads are better than wax ones, since organic solvents are often added to the latter – it is undesirable for them to enter the baby’s body when he wants to chew on a pencil.
To check what material the lead is made of, wet it and draw it across the paper: a water-soluble lead will leave a bright stripe, while a waxy one will leave a duller one.
Earlier we talked about what to do ifyour child is lazy .
