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By Dooce for Alpha Mom

The Buddha Board is the perfect art surface for kids who don’t appreciate the fact that Mama spent a lot of money on that rug in the living room so that the couch would look like it matched the curtains, not so that they could practice tracing its patterns with an orange crayon. The laptop folds up to form a portable easel, and using a sturdy bamboo paintbrush dipped in nothing but water your child can create magical designs. Once the water evaporates the design disappears leaving a seemingly new surface, a clean slate. No mess.

The Buddha Board is amazingly clean. My daughter painted a few boards with the brush, but she eventually just dipped her fingers in the trough and created her masterpieces that way. She was able to fingerpaint without damaging her clothes or the color of her skin, without requiring a steam bath afterward. That’s all I ever wanted for Christmas. (via Alpha Mom Hot Spot)

Updated Sep 3, 2007