Thirty six colors, one brush, one case that snaps shut and travels.

The Lil' Watercolor Paint Pods set gives a young artist a full spectrum to work from without the tray of half dried cakes every household ends up with. Each of the 36 pods sits in its own well, the lid doubles as the mixing surface, and the wooden brush stores inside, so the whole kit closes flat and goes in a bag.

The colors are washable, which is the difference between saying yes to painting on a Tuesday evening and saying not tonight. Kids blend straight in the lid, discover that blue and yellow really do make green, and you wipe the table down afterwards.

OOLY makes this for ages 3 and up. It is the set that gets packed for road trips, grandparents' houses and the first week of school, and it is small enough that it actually comes back home again.