I always thought that crayons were pretty safe for little people to use (as far as not making a mess of themselves). Matthew is my little one that likes to get into things. On Saturday I walked into the kitchen to find him with a beautiful bright crayon face. You can't see it as well in the pictures, but he looked pretty fancy. You're probably thinking "At least he didn't get it on the walls". I would ask that you not look too closely at my walls should you ever come over because more often than not you will find more of Matthew's art work. Oh well, there's always paint and he's pretty hard to stay mad at.