Fisher-Price Digital Arts & Crafts Studio

Average Customer Rating:	3.5
Release Date:	2007-08-10
Brand:	Fisher Price
Model:	L1152
Weight:	3.5 pounds
Dimensions:	11 inches x 4 inches x 20.2 inches [Width x Length x Height]

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Product description

The Digital Arts & Crafts Studio makes it easy and safe for kids to create arts and crafts with their home PC and printer. Plug into the USB port and turn it on. Parental controls allow the child to work comfortably at the tablet using the stylus and creativity tools. Password protection helps control access and limits the amount of prints per session. Includes 3 CDs. Children can save their art and print it. 19.6"L x 8.5"W x 3.8"H.

Packed with fun-filled activities and tools, the Fisher-Price Digital Arts & Crafts Studio turns your home PC into a kid-friendly, creative station. Designed for boys and girls four to nine years old, this play studio is an easy-to-use and safe digital activity program for you child.

A Whole New Level of Fun
Taking arts and crafts to new level, this digital studio provides endless fun and possibilities. With 85 built-in projects, including connect-the-dot games, coloring pages, jumping frogs, flying airplanes, greeting cards, and party hats, Crafts Studio will keep your child entertained in creative play for hours. The program also includes a stylus that can be used as a pencil tool, a crayon, a stamper, and more.

Transforms your home computer into a digital arts & crafts studio for kids.

USB cable connection and one-time CD-ROM installation makes set-up a cinch.

Because kids love making their own decisions, the Digital Arts & Crafts Studio offers 256 colors, 75 scene starters, and 300 stampers, giving your child the tools to design, create, print, and assemble his or her own art projects. You can easily import your own digital pictures as well, allowing your child to create personalized backgrounds, stampers, and coloring pages with them. And when their projects are complete, children can save and print them out to share with friends and to make paper crafts.

Easy to Use
Plugging easily into your USB port, the Digital Arts & Crafts Studio takes the place of a keyboard and mouse, and is ready to use again and again after a quick, one-time CD software installation. The durable and child-safe plastic tablet and stylus allow kids to work and play comfortably on their own, while password-protected controls block access to desktop and hard drive files -- so you don't have to worry about your kids getting into your personal files. You can even limit the number of papers printed per session.

The Fisher-Price Digital Arts & Crafts Studio requires Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, or Vista; a 750 MHz processor; a USB 1.1 port; and 256 MB of RAM. An internet connection for software updates and a color printer are recommended. Additional software with more arts and crafts projects, fun themes, and familiar characters can be purchased separately.

What's in the Box
Digital Arts & Crafts Studio base, CD-ROM software and USB cable.

Features

Digital arts and crafts studio plugs into PC computers for hours of fun

85 built-in activities, 256 colors, 75 scene starters, and 300 stampers for creating art projects

Child- and computer-safe; password-protected controls block access to desktop and hard drive files

Includes CD-ROM software and USB cable

Recommended for ages 4 to 9 years old

Customer reviews

« Great product! »

My 7 year old loves to draw! To see his pictures on the computer screen is so much fun for him!!!!!! He can even create his own book! I highly recommend this product!!

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2009-01-05

« not sure why this toy has gotten such bad reviews...but my son loves it. »

My son saw a picture of this in a toy catalog before Christmas and he immediately started asking for it for Christmas. We bought it for him as a Santa gift and HE LOVES IT. We didn't have any trouble installing it or getting it to work. We actually have installed it and used it on my husband's desktop computer and on my lap top. My son is 3 1/2 years old and he has no trouble using the tools. My son is pretty computer savvy (his dad is a network engineer...AKA computer nerd). As soon we got the device hooked up to the computer, my son got right on and started exploring. He can play on it for long periods of time, independently. We don't have it hooked up to a printer, right now, but my son is happy to just explore with the art tools and to make pictures on the computer. I would totally recommend this for any child who loves computer activities. We haven't experienced any difficulties with the device.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2009-01-04

« To many problems! »

We had a little problem installing this. My computer exceeds the requirements and we have XP on there. It finally did install but many of the features do not work. Like the fill (paint) for example.
We also put this on my daughters computer for her kids and got the same problem. Tech support said they were having a lot of complaints about the same things we were having problems with and they didn't know a "fix".
It is not very kid friendly at all. I bought this for a 7 yr old and the cool school for the 4 yr old. They both love the cool school so I will take this back and exchange it for another cool school instead.

Rating: (1 out of 5) @ 2008-12-31

« wish it would work on my computer »

I bought 2 of these on sale, one for my son and one for my niece. I had nothing but problems with the one for my son and spent 3 days on the phone with tech support who were fantastic by the way. But could not get this product to work on my computer without freezing even after re-downloading to my computer.

My nieces on the other hand has worked beautifully from day one and she and her parents love it!

Rating: (3 out of 5) @ 2008-12-31

« Hours of fun »

I am not really sure why there are so many bad reviews but I installed this just fine. I had a glitch at first but realized it was my error. I didn't read the instructions completely before trying to start the system but once I did, it was fine. My daughter hopped on and started creating and painting and drawing! She loves it and I do too. It came with the Dinosaurs and Barbie Fairytopia software and it is preloaded with a ton of activities. Well worth the money!