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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #890 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Fisher-Price
• Model: L1152
• Released on: 2007-08-10
• Dimensions: 20.20" h x 11.00" w x 4.00" l, 3.50 pounds

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

Amazon.com Product Description
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.

From the Manufacturer
Transform your home computer into an awesome Digital Arts & Crafts Studio for kids! Hundreds of creative activities and kid-friendly tools make it fun and easy for kids to play and create on your computer, all by themselves! They can turn the stylus into a pencil tool for drawing, a paint brush, crayon, stamper and more, to design, create, print, and assemble all kinds of fun art activities and cool craft projects. Jumping frogs, flying airplanes, paper people, greeting cards, invitations, party hats, digital coloring pages, dot-to-dot activity pages...and more! Convenient USB cable connection and one-time CD-ROM software installation make it quick and easy to set up. Password-protected controls block access to desktop and hard drive files to keep your computer secure and let you limit the number of prints. All craft programs and features are easily accessed right on the base by simply touching them with the stylus. Easy on with the touch of a button. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS * Operating System: Microsoft Windows - Microsoft XP and Microsoft 2000 Processor: 750MHz* Memory: 256MB RAM * Hard Drive space: 200MB available * Video Graphics Resolution: 1024x768 Video RAM: 64MB * USB port 1.1 * Color printer and internet connection for software updates recommended

Customer Reviews

Favorite Xmas Gift!
We got this for our granddaughter last xmas. Seven months later it is still working perfectly and gets nearly daily use. My only complaint would be the expense of keeping printer ink to print all her masterpieces!

It does not work with HP
I BOUGHT THIS TOY FOR MY FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SHE COULD NEVER USE IT BECAUSE HP DOES NOT READ THE USB CONECTION FOR THIS GAME. I TRIED IT IN 2 OTHER COMPUTERS AND DIDNT WORK BECAUSE OF THE 64 BITS VIDEO YOU NEED.

Terrible, terrible, terrible!
I am astonished by how awful this product functions. While we did not have install problems at all, we did experience major disappointment while using it. Why? The stylus and the screen aren't matched well. You draw on the "paper" (the white board on the unit) as my son calls it and nothing stays in place on the screen. So when you get one area all set the way you want it, but switch to a different spot, your first area MOVES! And then your second paintblob or line moves when you make your third. So your picture never stays the way you wanted. I don't see how anyone can enjoy using this product. It is too bad because it is such a fun idea. I can't imagine completing any of the projects featured on the box or in the video demo since everything MOVES! I waited a long time to buy this product for my son. Now it's going back to the store as soon as possible! And yes, I have it set for the recommended resolution. I really don't think this is user error. I think it is design error. UGH! I wish I knew about a reasonable alternative.