Description
Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a Creative Learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons through imaginative play.
★★★ iTunes - App Store Hall of Fame ★★★
★★★ NY Times - Top 10 iPad Apps of 2011 ★★★
★★★ Parents' Choice - 2011 Silver Honor Award ★★★
★★★ Children's Technology Review - 2011 Editor's Choice ★★★
Making cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show - simply press the record button, move your characters onscreen, and tell your stories through play! Once you’re done, Toontastic will play back your animation and voice as a cartoon for you to share with friends and family around the world.
Toontastic teaches key storytelling principles that help to promote Creativity at a young age. Its drawing tools bring kids’ wildest ideas to life alongside virtual playsets chock full of pirates, princesses, far away galaxies, and many other characters and settings to spark the imagination. Cartoons can be shared online via ToonTube, Toontastic’s Global Storytelling Network, to help children connect to friends and family and learn about other cultures, customs, and lifestyles through stories created by their peers around the world.
“Kids and parents will agree: Toontastic is fantastic. The app offers a creative and engaging educational experience that builds a critical new bridge between informal and formal learning.”
-Michael Levine, Executive Director: Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
Creating a Cartoon with Toontastic is as Easy as…
1. Select a scene on the Story Arc: A Setup, Conflict, Challenge, Climax, or Resolution.
2. Draw your own Setting and Characters, or custom color a Character from our collection of pirates, princesses, swashbucklers, and more.
3. Press the Start Animation button and move your characters around onscreen, telling your story through play. Toontastic will record and play back your animations and your voice as an animated cartoon.
4. Choose the music for your scene by adjusting the scene’s Emotional Energy level and plotting out the perfect Story Arc.
5. Title your cartoon and upload it to ToonTube for friends and family to see all around the world!
Launchpad Toys is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.
Recommended Ages: 4-7, 8-10
Categories: Early Learning, Art, Creative Play
Video: http://youtu.be/qBY9JEh0cLI
What's New in Version 1.60
Make history YOUR story!
In honor of President’s Day and Black History Month here in the US, we’ve created three new playsets honoring landmark milestones in human rights: “The Dream”, “The Vote”, and “The Signing”. With these playsets, kids can retell the stories of these seminal moments using characters like George Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., and Susan B. Anthony in settings like Independence Hall and the Lincoln Memorial. Hip Hooray for History!
Thanks to popular demand, we’ve extended our “Birthday Bonus” one more month: for just $9.99 you can unlock EVERY CURRENT AND FUTURE PLAYSET in our Toy Store – over $34 savings! (pssst, teachers: it works for classrooms too!)
This version also includes a number of major performance and stability improvements.
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
update
I personally love updates, as they usually make apps better. That being said, the latest update will not complete, so the program is now useless.
Loving it!
My grandchildren (3-9) love this app. Even the 3 year old loves to make his character talk and move around on the screen. Only drawback is that they can't show their 'movies' to the world. Am unable to sign-in/register and now update doesn't download. Still love it ړײ
It's fun
It's fun and I don't get why you keep updating it and back to the fun part it's great for kids tons of fun
- Free
- Category: Education
- Updated: Jan 31, 2012
- Version: 1.60
- Size: 121 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Launchpad Toys
- © 2012 Launchpad Toys
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
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