Abstract: A novel paint-by-numbers kit containing a panel board with a non-porous paper mounted thereon. The paper contains thereon a plurality of different unpainted picture areas and a plurality of different water-insoluble portions together constituting an unpainted picture to be painted by a user. Also contained in the kit is a plurality of different water-based paints for coloring the unpainted picture areas. The paints form a layer of transparent color on the non-porous paper of the panel board. Each unpainted picture area is associated with a water-soluble indicia number for indicating to the user which of the different paints to apply to each unpainted picture area. Each different paint is separately identified by a selector number which corresponds to an appropriate indicia number. In using the paint-by-numbers kit, the user wets a paint brush which is supplied with the kit and rubs the wetted paint brush on the paints.

Abstract: An audio-visual, child-participating, educational entertainment center, which provides a child with an educational entertainment device in which the child can actively participate, at his own pace, in an audio-visual feature. The educational entertainment center comprises a screen upon which visual images are projected, an animated audio-visual feature, a kit containing different types of appliques, the appliques being capable of integration with the audio-visual animated feature, and a switch to stop and restart the audio-visual feature at will, thus permitting the child to apply the applique means at his own pace.