Twenty jumbo sticks in nine colors, which is enough chalk to lose an entire afternoon to. These are the fat ones, thick enough for a five year old to hold in a fist and wide enough to lay down a solid band of color in one pass, so a driveway hopscotch grid or a whole pavement mural happens at the speed a child expects rather than the speed a thin classroom stick allows.

Continuum Games packs them in a plastic bucket with a resealable lid and a carrying handle, which is the part that matters after the first day: the set goes back in, the lid goes on, the chalk stays dry, and it can be carried to the park or the grandparents by the child who wants to use it. Nine colors give real range for drawing rather than the three or four a cheap set stops at.

Sold as indoor and outdoor art chalk. Continuum Games marks the bucket ages 5 and up.