{ "id": "kids-drawing-set-145-piece", "sku": "kids-drawing-set-145-piece", "title": "145-Piece Kids Drawing Set in Aluminium Case", "slug": "kids-drawing-set-145-piece", "price": 59.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "arts-and-crafts", "category_label": "Arts & Crafts", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "1 kg", "images": [ "https://toys.irish/dropship-images/arts-and-crafts/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/main-kids-drawing-set-145-piece.jpg", "https://toys.irish/dropship-images/arts-and-crafts/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/kids-drawing-set-145-piece-2.jpg", "https://toys.irish/dropship-images/arts-and-crafts/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/kids-drawing-set-145-piece-3.jpg", "https://toys.irish/dropship-images/arts-and-crafts/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/kids-drawing-set-145-piece-4.jpg", "https://toys.irish/dropship-images/arts-and-crafts/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/kids-drawing-set-145-piece-5.jpg", "https://toys.irish/dropship-images/arts-and-crafts/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/kids-drawing-set-145-piece-6.jpg", "https://toys.irish/dropship-images/arts-and-crafts/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/kids-drawing-set-145-piece-7.jpg" ], "description_short": "Pencils, markers, pastels, paints and brushes all sit in a folding aluminium case, so everything has a home and clean-up takes a minute.", "description": "The problem with art supplies at home\n\nAsk most parents where the colouring pencils are and you get the same answer: some in the kitchen drawer, some in a school bag, a few under the sofa. The markers have lost their lids. The paint set from two birthdays ago has a cracked pan of yellow and nothing else. None of this stops a child wanting to draw. It just adds five minutes of hunting before anything gets made, and five minutes of hunting is usually enough for the urge to pass.\n\nAn all-in-one case solves a boring problem in a boring way, which is why it works. Everything lives in one box. The box opens, the child picks a colour, the box closes. There is no decision about which set to get out and no search for a sharpener. For a lot of households, that single change is what turns drawing from an occasional thing into a regular one.\n\nThis guide covers what to look for in a kit like the 145-piece set on this page, how the different mediums inside it actually behave, who it suits, and how to keep it usable past the first month.\n\nWhat a 145-piece set actually contains\n\nBig piece counts can be misleading, so it helps to read the breakdown. Here the 145 pieces are 28 colouring pencils, 33 markers, 24 oil pastels, 24 watercolour cakes, 24 tubes of acrylic paint at 6 ml each, 4 bristle brushes in round and flat shapes, 3 plastic palettes, 2 HB pencils, 2 erasers and a ball sharpener.\n\nThat is a genuine spread rather than a padded number. Five different colour mediums are represented, plus the tools you need to use them. The acrylics and watercolours are the ones that need brushes and water, and brushes and palettes are both in the box, so there is nothing missing on day one.\n\nThe case is metal, listed as an aluminium box, with folding trays. Closed it is 34 x 9 x 23 cm and the item weighs about 1 kg.\n\nHow each medium behaves\n\nColouring pencils are the workhorse. They are controllable, they do not spill, and they shade well if you teach a light touch and layering rather than pressing hard. Twenty-eight colours is plenty for anything a child will draw.\n\nMarkers give flat, strong colour fast. These have a fine 0.5 mm water-based point, which makes them better for outlining and detail than for filling in a whole page. Fine tips also suit older children doing lettering or neat comic panels.\n\nOil pastels are the messy favourite. They blend with a finger, layer over each other, and give that soft chalky look children associate with \"real\" art. Put a sheet of newspaper down first.\n\nWatercolour cakes need water and patience. The paint goes on transparent, so colours build up in layers and white comes from leaving the paper bare. They teach a different way of thinking about a picture, which is useful.\n\nAcrylics are the opposite. Thick, opaque, and they dry permanent. Six millilitres per tube is small, but acrylic goes a long way when you are painting on paper or card. Rinse the brushes before the paint dries or the bristles set solid.\n\nHaving all five in one place means a child can find out what they like. Some children are pencil children. Some are paint children. You rarely know until they have tried both.\n\nWho this kind of set suits\n\nSchool-age children are the main audience. By then, small parts and a sharpener are not a worry, and the range of mediums gives them something to grow into rather than out of. A seven-year-old will mostly use the pencils and markers. The same child at ten may be doing watercolour washes with the same box.\n\nIt also suits households where art happens in different places. Because the case is metal and closes flat, it survives a backpack. Grandparents' houses, holiday cottages and long car journeys are all easier with one kit that comes along.\n\nAdults who want a casual kit for sketching and colouring will get use from it too. If you are after the best travel art set for occasional hobby work rather than serious painting, an all-in-one case is a sensible buy. Anyone doing committed work in one medium will eventually want dedicated, higher-grade supplies, and that is fine. This is a starting point, not a final destination.\n\nHow to choose between sets like this\n\nA few things separate a good all-in-one kit from a disappointing one.\n\nLook at the case material first. Metal and rigid plastic keep their shape. Card and thin clamshells crack at the hinge within weeks, and once the hinge goes the whole organising idea is lost.\n\nCheck the tray design. Folding trays let a child see everything at once. A single deep compartment means digging, and digging means things get lost.\n\nRead the contents list rather than the headline number. A set with 180 pieces made almost entirely of near-identical markers is worse than a 145-piece set with five real mediums. You want range, not repetition.\n\nThe maker describes this set as non-toxic.\n\nThink about weight. At roughly 1 kg this one is carryable by a child. Much heavier and the case stays on a shelf, which defeats the point.\n\nKeeping it good past the first month\n\nThe honest truth about art sets is that most of them degrade through neglect rather than use. Four small habits prevent nearly all of it.\n\nCap the markers straight away. A water-based fine tip dries out in days if it sits open, and once it is gone it is gone. Make capping part of the same movement as putting the marker back in the tray.\n\nRinse brushes while the paint is wet. Acrylic is the one that punishes you for forgetting. Reshape the bristles with your fingers and dry them lying flat or pointing up, never standing in water.\n\nStore the case flat and closed. On its end, trays can shift and loose pencils migrate. Flat and closed keeps the layout intact.\n\nWipe the case with a slightly damp cloth when paint gets on it, then dry it off. The set is not water resistant, so do not soak anything and do not leave it somewhere damp.\n\nFive minutes of tidying at the end of each session is the whole maintenance plan. Do that and the box still looks organised a year later.\n\nSetting up a drawing spot\n\nOne extra thing that makes a difference: give the set a home and give drawing a place. A tray or a mat on the kitchen table, a stack of paper nearby, a jar for water. When the materials and the surface are both ready, children start without being prompted.\n\nThicker paper is worth the small cost. Printer paper buckles under watercolour and shows marker bleed. A cheap pad of card or watercolour paper alongside the case removes the most common source of frustration, which is a picture going soggy halfway through.\n\nThe short version\n\nThis is a 145-piece kids drawing set in a folding aluminium case, holding colouring pencils, fine-tip markers, oil pastels, watercolour cakes, small acrylic tubes, brushes, palettes, HB pencils, erasers and a sharpener. The maker lists the supplies as non-toxic. The case measures 34 x 9 x 23 cm closed and the item weighs around 1 kg.\n\nIt suits school-age children, travels well, and covers five mediums for the price of one shopping trip. Cap the markers, rinse the brushes, store it flat, and it will still be the first thing your child reaches for next year.", "llm_summary": "The MIAOKE 145-piece kids drawing set is an all-in-one art kit supplied in a folding aluminium case. Contents listed by the manufacturer are 28 colouring pencils, 24 x 6 ml acrylic paints, 33 markers, 24 oil pastel colours, 24 watercolour cakes, 3 plastic palettes, 4 bristle brushes (round and flat), 2 HB pencils, 2 erasers and 1 ball sharpener. Markers have a fine 0.5 mm water-based point, pencils are HB with a soft grip, and the maker describes all supplies as non-toxic. The case is metal, measures 34 x 9 x 23 cm and the item weighs 1 kg. Model MIAOKE-2. Colour, case finish beyond \"aluminium box\", and country of origin are not specified by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Toy Warehouse", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://toys.irish/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/", "canonical_url": "https://toys.irish/kids-drawing-set-145-piece/", "json_url": "https://toys.irish/api/products/kids-drawing-set-145-piece.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-12" }