IwakoJapanese Daruma Eraser Set (38319)

I enjoy and collect Japanese products like these, and recently my children have found some of the cultural items to be interesting. So I have been surprising them now and again with little rewards like these. These erasers are quite small, probably slightly less than 2 inches tall, so probably should be reserved for older children and away from pets as a precaution. Otherwise, they're very brightly colored, sharp details, and pretty neat. And the bottoms are flat and they stand without wobbling or rolling over. I think something I would have appreciated more is duplicate red, rather than the pink and other pastel colors.

I haven't tried these as erasers, I just set them out for display. I love them, they make me happy when I look at them. They do pop apart easily if you were interested in the puzzle aspect.

These little guys came out great and just as pictured. My students loved receiving these.

I bought these in Japan and gave them to my students before. I wanted more so I looked for it on Amazon. I found it and bought it but the price was way higher than actual price in Japan. Still, love it. It’s an eraser but too cute to use it.

These pirates Erasers are not like my other ones they feel different

PlusMulti-coloredMinusNoneInterestingI wonder if you could include a little note on the significance of Daruma dolls!

These arrived early always a bonus and are completely adorable. They can be taken apart like a lil puzzle and are sure to please ppl fond of Darumas, or anyone partial to Zen (since the dolls are modeled after that particular sect of Buddisms founder) and japanese culture. To be complelely honest they dont work that well as erasers. But who cares they're to cute to use anyway. The red one has currently found a home in the pot next to my juniper bonsai tree. And a few others with friends who loved them just as much as I did.

The kids went nuts over these when I showed them. They're not being used as erasers though, they now inhabit several desks in the house - I sometimes find them on my keyboard when I get home from work. :)