Good with reservations The placemat itself is very good but, the back is designed for child use with a dry erase marker. Today, when the grandkids opened their placemats, the first thing they wanted to do was play tic tac toe and hangman. Much to our dismay, the dry erase marker didn't come off with dry wiping or water. I had to scrub with the scratchy side of a kitchen sponge in order to get the marker off. It was a standard dry erase marker used frequently in elementary classrooms, nothing extreme or different. I'm going to look for a lesser quality dry erase marker but buyer beware and know that you'll have to do some scrubbing to get the marks off.