Ever had that annoying moment with the kids where they just won’t behave in the car? Are they too young for more complex handheld games or maybe you prefer them to be more creative? Well now rather than having pens and paper all over the place and lots of tell tale marks on the sofa, you can slip them a DS with Crayola Treasure Adventures and relax for an hour or so.

Crayola is essentially an electronic colouring in book. Using the stylus as the crayon, you are able to select from over 100 pictures and plenty of different shades of crayon.

Rather than have all of the colours and pictures available from the start, there are only a handful, to get the rest you will need to play the adventure mode. Here you will be joined by your Crayola pals on a search for some colour crystals that have been stolen by some mysterious characters. You are required to travel around a few locations like the jungle, dessert and tropical islands, trying to find clues and also help people along the way. Each area is split into a range of puzzles, these include a jigsaw where you use the stylus to move the pieces around to fit, these will gradually get harder with more pieces as you play through the game, also included is dot to dot where you use the stylus to connect the corresponding numbers to make a picture, and finally speed colouring where there is a picture with blank areas and you need to rub the areas as fast as possible to colour them in.

The puzzles in the adventure mode are short but fun with plenty of engaging story being told along the way. Once you have played through the adventure you will have unlocked all of the 120 crayola colours which means that you will then be able to use this game to its fullest. Bearing in mind the age group this title is aimed at the screen layout is very simple, so even the youngest of people should be able to use this title without any real problems, with the ability to change colour and also erase areas with ease.

This is a great title for the younger age group and they will not be disappointed. I will however mention that though the kids may not pick it up, there is no way to save the pictures once coloured, once you have turned off the DS, all colouring will be lost, this is a slight shame as it would be nice to see the progress over time and also be able to save the picture to continue at another time.