Our inspiration is our children. As parents, we are always on the lookout for quality, locally made, funky toys, while still getting a good value for your money.

Pamela (Mother of Zoe) comes from an Interactive Design/Graphic design background. After working in the industry for over 14 years, she began her own interactive design business. Now, she focuses most of her time on the website. In her spare time, she is designing, making, buying, and selling toys!

Stacy (Mother of Nico) has an education and retail background. Stacy worked in the retail toy business for three years, and as a teacher for the past ten years. In her spare time, she is buying, selling, and boxing up toys!

About three years ago, Pam had the idea to make soft dolls. Stacy wanted to do something new. Thus came the idea for Zoe Babies and Nico & Zoe. Now, we are working hard to bring the best toys to you!

Crayon Rocks are easy to hold, encourage a proper pencil grip and develop fine motor skills. These soy crayons create beautifully textured drawings. Made of soy wax, so they go on smoothly, like pastels or paint. Kids love them too!

You get 16 Crayon Rocks stored in a 4″ square box, protected by a sliding clear cover. Made in: La Crescenta, CA – USA

I recently got the chance to review the crayon rocks and two things I noticed right away were, one, they were easy for my toddler to hold (with supervision of course) and two she actually took care of them. See when we go out on walks she collects rocks and we bring them home and check them out. She puts them in a little box and takes care of them. That is what she has done with her crayon rocks. She is keeping them safe. Funny thing is she now tries to color with regular rocks. I love these crayons and plan on having some available to my daughter throughout her creative years! I recommend them to everyone.

The wonderful people at Nico & Zoe have offered a set of Crayon Rocks for one of The Dirty Shirt readers. See rules below to enter today…

Giveaway

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This giveaway will run through midnight on July 15, with winner being announced the morning of July 16. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.