"Washable" doesn't seem to mean much at Crayola these days. One-star reviews are pouring in to Amazon about the Crayola Colored Bubbles Wand Set leaving sometimes-indelible stains on children's clothing, concrete driveways, and walls. So unless you think your child's wardrobe or your home itself is in need of some random splotches of color...



...or unless you like the idea of your kids running around playing De Blob in real life...



...our recommendation is that you stay far away (and preferably upwind) from this truly puzzling product.

A few choice quotes from the rising tide of Amazon reviews offers a glimpse of the runaway rage you too can feel if you would only give this product a chance.

From C. Ayers (who uploaded the shoe photo above to Amazon.com to share with prospective customers): "This is probably the worst Crayola product I have ever purchased. The bubbles are little more than Crayola paint with a tiny bit of soap in it. The bubbles don't even float, they drop like rocks. This messy stuff ended up all over the backyard, my dog (who loves to chase any form of bubble and eat it) and of course, my daughter. If you've ever dyed your hair you will understand this: When I rinsed my daughter off after she played with this, it looked like I had just got done dying her hair green."

Jocelyn R. Mahoney: "These bubbles WILL make your kids look like smurfs, or your lawn look like Easter expolded, or your deck look like giant ink pens leaked everywhere. The bubbles, yes they LOOK cool because they are VERY brightly colored. But we know what that means because those drippy wet colored bubbles POP and that color splatters everything within a 2 foot radius. NOW think of hundreds of colored bubbles floating EVERYWHERE. They hit your house, your deck, your EASTER DRESS... then you have crazy candy loaded children running into the house and touching your furniture and carpet with their wet green and orange stained hands and feet and legs and HAIR. Oh, yes, it comes off easily with soap, I'll give it that. But who wants to spend a sunny day washing their dining chairs and carpet and kids' legs, and hair and deck and side of the house?"

Ashley: "If I could give zero stars that would be better. As others have stated, these bubbles DO NOT WASH OUT! They are thick and messy and have completely ruined my driveway and clothes. Also it rubbed off on to my light colored couch from my children's clothes and and my poor dog has blue spots all over him as well. WORST BUY EVER!"

New Mom: "My 4 year old had splotches of green in her hair, on her eyelid, her arm, and her shirt. Luckily it did come out of her shirt in the wash, but our back patio table is stained green. And it doesn't wipe off the skin super easily either. This is a terrible product, and what mother feels like dealing with this type of mess every time their kid wants to blow bubbles? ... The hardest part is going to be trying to get my kids to forget about them! But I'm sure they will."

AZ123: "My porch and sidewalk are covered in blue spots that will not come out."

Robert Hess: "I agree - this is not just the worst Crayola product, but the worst product that I have ever seen or heard of, period. No sooner had my son opened the bottle, did some of the super-blue soap drip onto our cement driveway. As I had feared just by looking at it, the stains didn't come off either with water or scrubbing. I'll repeat what others - 82 others! - have said before - it's NOT WASHABLE!!!!"

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what voluntary recalls are designed for -- salvaging tarnished customer relationships, avoiding embarrassing lawsuits, and putting an end to a monsoon season of bad PR.