Art, Craft & Creativity Apps
We’ve seen a huge increase in amazing apps that are full of fun arts and crafts ideas for children. Kids love to make things up and unleash their creative side. Try using the ideas in these apps as the inspiration for even better ideas.
Animals Flip and Mix- ABC cognitive game for kids
Animal Flip and Mix may cause a few giggles as kids have fun creating silly words and characters. This amusing game does offer some educational benefits.
Disney Princess: Story Theater
Disney Princess: Story Theater is a magical story app that allows children to put their imaginations to work by creating fun stories. By choosing props, backdrops, and adding their own voices to scenes from the Disney Princess classics, they can create unique stories to enjoy over and over again.
Cuddly as a Bunny – Picture Me
Users of all ages are bound to enjoy this app as they use their photos to customize this special book.
Bogga Easter
For Easter or any time of year, Bogga Easter is easy, mess-free egg decorating for young kids. The app includes hidden surprises and is set at a great price.
New and Noteworthy Kids Apps – March 2013
Straight from the App Store – here are March’s New & Noteworthy kids apps. The App Store isn’t always right in it’s recommendations, but it’s always a good place to start when looking for a new app. Some apps may be rated age 9+. Enjoy! [tabtext]Fun & Games[/tabtext] [tabtext]Books[/tabtext] [tabtext]Education[/tabtext] [tabtext]Art, Music, Creativity[/tabtext] Fun & …
At-A-Glance: Art & Creativity Apps
There are many fun, creative apps out there that will engage and encourage children to use their imagination in various ways. Listed below are several unique apps that include everything from drawing and painting, to poetry and pottery that will inspire and delight children of all ages as they create their own masterpieces to share.
Felt Board
A great app that allows children to use their imaginations in a free play environment with a wide variety of felt dolls and accessories to create fun illustrations for sharing.
Sprout Sandy Stories
This creative app allows children to use their imaginations as they create their own sandy picture just like Nina on the Goodnight Show.
Build A Ship With Kate and Harry
A perfect app for little ones that provides a safe and easy to use interface allowing children to use their imaginations to create the perfect ship for sailing.
Brush and Smudge
Brush and Smudge is a simple to use painting app for the little artist in your home and includes a wide variety of colors and pictures to paint.
Sendy: Steam-Paint Kids Art
Sendy: Steam-Paint Kids offers a futuristic blank canvas for little ones to explore their creativity and expand their imaginations through drawing, painting, and story-telling.
Cookie Next Door-Rainy Days
Cookie Next Door-Rainy Days is a delightful and innovative app that allows children to use their wild imaginations to create their very own story and watch as it comes to life on the big screen.
KidsCraft
KidsCraft is a bright and cheery collection of entertaining, educational craft ideas. The projects could keep most children occupied for hours.
Creativium – Paper Theater
This uniquely creative and cheerfully illustrated app encourages children to use their imagination as they create a multitude of magical scenes in a virtual paper theater.
Bimarc's Home
It’s time to explore Bimarc’s Home! This app is designed to encourage skill building in preschool age learners in a fun, interactive environment not that different than his or her very own house.
Sophie’s Drawings
Sophie’s Drawings is a guided drawing app for kids ages 3-7.
Dr. Panda’s Daycare
Dr. Panda’s Daycare is a great app for role playing and creative play, and just having fun.
Crabby Writer
Come play in the sand! Have fun writing in the sand to spell three and four letter words or build sandcastles – no need to worry about sunburn.
House that Jack built
House that Jack Built is still the traditional nursery rhyme that many of us remember, but it can now be experienced in a new way. This e-book includes multilingual options and multiple activities.
Doodle Yoodle
Doodle Yoodle Builder draws on your child’s creativity. This digital sticker book provides endless possibilities for a wide range of users.
Hide n See
Hide n See is a FREE universal app with endless possibilities.
Pearly
Pearly provides many opportunities for creative entertainment. While some additional refinements are needed it is a good app at a reasonable price.
Baby Learns Colors
Baby Learns Colors is an entertaining way for kids to learn colors whether in their native language or a foreign one. The ability to create your own records is available.
Dr. Panda's Restaurant – Cooking Game For Kids
Deliciously fun, Dr Panda’s Restaurant will delight preschool aged kids while they cook food for their animal friends – plus learn some other useful kitchen chores.
Rhinomite
Rhinomite is an educational app where kids can fly like a super hero; not just any super hero, but a fashionable one, while learning a number of educational concepts in an entertaining and safe environment.
Ellie's Wings
Ellie’s Wings is a remarkable universal app that allows kids to be creative in a safe and entertaining environment; at a great price.
Timmy Tickle
Timmy Tickle is a lot of fun packed into a simple and easy to use app; most importantly, it is absolutely delightful!
Bogga Alphabet
Young children will have fun coloring and playing with letters. What a great way to learn the alphabet!
Princess Fairy Tale Maker
Explore your creativity in the newest app from award-winning developer Duck Duck Moose. Featuring 32 storyboards and coloring pages, interactive stickers, and numerous coloring features, Princess Fairy Tale Maker is likely to become a favorite!
Kids Mosaic HD
I fell in love with this app for many reasons, one big reason, and it’s a selfish one, is no more of those little magnet pieces left laying around!
Monster Physics
Monster Physics is another awesome app by Dan Russell-Pinson, download it now! It is the perfect combination of learning and entertainment.
Coloring Smart – Fun and Education for Kids
Fabulous app for entertaining while educating young children on colors, shapes, numbers and simple addition/subtraction.
Big Nate: Comix by U! HD
Big Nates: Comix by U is awesome, creative play with the potential of being educational, all at a reasonable price.
Play Zone
Play Zone provides diverse educational entertainment for young boys and girls.
You're the Storyteller: The Surprise
Endless educational possibilities and reasonably priced; a parent’s dream come true!
FaceIt
Looking for a universal app that will not only entertain the kids, but get them to use their imagination? FaceIt is the app for that; simple and easy to use for kids of all ages.
iLuv Drawing People
With a multitude of features, iLuv Drawing People will appeal to artists of all ages.
Creative Book Builder
This is an app that provides kids & adults with powerful tools for serious book creation, and does it very nicely. The productivity is well worth the $3.99 cost.
Draw and Tell HD – by Duck Duck Moose
Draw and Tell HD by Duck Duck Moose is a simple and easy to use drawing and storytelling app. It’s loaded with features and reasonably priced.