**This Giveaway Is Over, Thanks To All Who Entered!
We’ve been enjoying some snow here, and while we haven’t seen any snow days, we have only two *gulp* days left before the kids are off school for two *gulp* weeks. I’ve been asking for ideas on winter time activities, all kids can get bored indoors, but mine being special needs kids means they aren’t really into playing in general. They need tons of direction, and tons of patience.
We were excited to try out the Vtech KidiArt Studio , because it looked fun and easy to use, but we had no idea what a total BLAST we’d have with this toy!
You can use it at either the TV or the computer, and you basically just snap photos with the digital camera and let your imagination do the rest. My kids loved to take funny face pictures, or pictures of inanimate objects like a shoe or a crayon, and then dress them up and create a "movie" with Mr Shoe.
This toy is a bit more into that "investment" range, but we loved how it was not only the fun digital art studio–but also a great desk to have around for when the kids just wanted to sit at it and color, eat or even read. I’ve found it to be the perfect height for my two older boys, and I know it’s sturdiness will outlast their craziness.
Win it! VTech is generously giving away a Vtech KidiArt Studio to one lucky reader!
To enter: Go here and watch the (really short) video about the KidiArt Studio and then leave a comment here telling me which feature you think your kids will enjoy the most.
**You can get an extra entry by tweeting and/or by posting about this contest (total of three entries per person). Please leave a comment for each additional entry.
**Contest ends Monday December 22nd at Noon. The winner won’t get the toy before Christmas, but at least ya’ll will know it’s on it’s way! Good luck!
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December 18th, 2008 at 8:58 am
After watching the video, it’s very hard to choose just one feature that my kids would enjoy, because I “know” they would enjoy all of the features. But, since you asked that we choose “a” feature, I know my daughter would love the digital camera and the ability to add to the pictures that she takes. As for my son, I know he would love the coloring/drawing features. As for mom (me) I would love the idea of being able to watch my children play and interact with one another with an item that is “not” geared toward just boys or just girls. Thank you for the opportunity to win what seems like a “fun-filled” toy.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I think my son would love being able to take pictures and then play with them right away like adding hats or making puzzles. Plus, I’m a graphic designer, so he could work right along side mommy.
thanks!
December 19th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I love knowing that my son would be looking at the TV, not for mindless shows, but to see what he creates. My wife and I take a million pictures of him so I think he’d like to be able to take pictures too.
Thank you for a great prize opportunity.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:15 am
My girls would love a digital camera to take photos with, but I know for sure their favorite feature would be the ability to draw or color on the screen. They love to do that on the computer already and would love this!! Thanks so much!
December 19th, 2008 at 9:17 am
My niece would love to draw on the screen. She would think this is so neat. Thanks for the giveaway!
December 19th, 2008 at 9:18 am
This seems like endless fun and I would be very curious to see what sort of movie my son could create with his wild imagination! I also love that we can send e-cards to Grandma- thanks so much for this great prize!
December 19th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Everything about it looks like it would be fun for my kid. I think she would get a blast out of drawing on the screen since she loves drawing.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:44 am
The movie feature is great…my kids would flip over it.
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
December 19th, 2008 at 10:07 am
My daughter is a budding artist and would enjoy this very much.
I like that it features a real digital camera.
December 19th, 2008 at 10:12 am
i love that it hooks up to the computer so the “masterpieces” can be sent to friends an family:) what a great prize! thanks!
hey, i thought only us texans said “ya’ll”
December 19th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I think this art studio would really develop the childs creative capabilities. Drawing and making movies what can be better than that!
December 19th, 2008 at 10:59 am
My daughter would love the camera!! She has been asking for a camera forever and this combines it with her love to color and draw too…perfect! Thank you for the chance to win.
December 19th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I think my nieces would love to be able to take pictures then play around with them. Very neat!
December 19th, 2008 at 11:40 am
My kids would love the movie making capabilities!! I love the e-card option.
December 19th, 2008 at 11:41 am
My tweet.
http://twitter.com/betsy4life/status/1067487472
December 19th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Posted on FB!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1192434365&ref=profile&pub=2915120374
December 19th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Wow I’ve seen this before but never really took to much of an interest in it. Now that I watched that video I have a whole new perspective on this toy! My step daughter is so creative and loves to take photos, draw and would probably video tape everything if we’d let her! She’d definitely enjoy this!! I think the best part is the fact that she can send everyone e-cards of her work. She always tells us all these things she wants to send out to everyone. This would be a fun and easy way to send them!!
Thank you for this awesome giveaway!!
December 19th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
My daughter loves to take pictures, but since most of them end up being photos with the heads cut off of pictures of the carpet, I think she would most enjoy the ability to color directly onto the photos on the screen. She LOVES to color! And since she’s starting to understand the concept of email (and she’s only 3), I know she would love to be able to send her art to her aunt and our extended family with eCards.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
My boys love to draw and do art. The feature that they would love the most is seeing their creations on a screen. Thanks for the giveaway.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I like that it has a real digital camera and it also has art lessons! This is one great toy! I would love it for my son that loves art.
Thanks!
December 19th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I blogged about it~ http://mylifesahoot.blogspot.com/2008/12/another-list-of-bloggy-giveaways.html
December 19th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Tweeted~ http://twitter.com/simplyandreah/status/1067610546
December 19th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
My girls would love to take pictures and then add their art to them. I can see them taking a lot of pictures of the cat and then making her into a princess! They would also like to make a movie of their dance routines and then show them to grandma or grandpa.
December 19th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
My grand son is very artsy craftsy. I think he’d love to take pictures of people , then creating hair, eyes, etc on the pictures. He loves to create different looks so this is right up his alley.
December 19th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I think my kids would love to see make their own movies! But anything that has to do with drawing is good to them!
December 19th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
My little guy would love this!! I think is favorite thing would be taking pics and sending e-cards to his papa and nana!! This would be such a great christmas gift!! Thank you!
December 19th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
My boys would definitely love the fact that they can take pictures and then add/draw silly stuff on them and instantly see the end result. What a fun toy.
December 19th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
My son would love all the creative capabilities, Great for the winter months.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I totally want this for my 7 1/2 year old son who is very creative and artistic! My favorite feature is the one that allows the kids to add text and props like hats and glasses to the pics that they take!! How fun would that be!!!!
December 19th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Hi! I blogged about this contest on my contests for moms blog!!!
http://saveyourmoneymama.blogspot.com/2008/12/omgwhere-have-i-been.html
December 19th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I think this magnificent toy would make a child more self- confident! Being able to use your creativity by drawing, make movies and artwork. My kids would love sending the ecards.
Please enter me in your delightful giveaway drawing contest. I really appreciate it!
Thanks, Cindi
December 19th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
my niece would like the camera feature. really cool giveaway! thanks!
December 19th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Roo loves to take pictures with my digital camera so she would go nuts for one she was supposed to play with… and of course just the art table would be great, too!
December 19th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I watched the video and I love the fact that you can share their artwork. You can e-mail cards to loved ones and we have a lot of family that lives out of state. Thanks!
December 20th, 2008 at 3:06 am
My kids are probably peeved from having to clean the stuff off my walls so their favorite feature would be the ability to draw or color on the screen.
December 20th, 2008 at 6:57 am
My daughter would love the camera feature, especially since she will then be able to see it up on the big tv screen!
hematopoiesis at hotmail dot com
December 20th, 2008 at 7:46 am
My son would love to take pictures.
=) melanie
http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
melanieadey at hotmail dot com
December 20th, 2008 at 8:09 am
My son would love the camera feature.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:17 am
My daughter would go crazy for the stop motion animation feature!
December 20th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I would absolutely love to win this for my grandkids!! We enjoy creating together and I think they would love the feature that allows them to view their pictures on the big screen TV!!!
December 20th, 2008 at 10:18 am
It’s great they can use it on the tv.
December 20th, 2008 at 11:30 am
My kids would love the digital camera .Thanks for the chance to win !
December 20th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I like how it could grow my son’s imagination and get him to think outside the box. Thanks for the chance.
December 20th, 2008 at 11:46 am
This thing does about everything a child could want. I would say to be able to take pictures and add their own stuff to it. Like hair and hats. I also like that you can draw on it and it shows up on your tv. How cool is that? Thanks for the chance.
December 20th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
My daughter would love making ecards for her grandmas and maybe even for me!
December 20th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I think my daughter will enjoy making movies the most…this is really neat!
December 20th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
What a great giveaway! We love the fact that you can just take a picture with the camera, it appears on the screen and then can be customized with hats, hair,…just fantastic!
Thanks for the chance to win this!
December 20th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I blogged about it: http://alatteinthemorning.blogspot.com/2008/12/vtech-kidi-art-studio-giveaway.html
December 20th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
I love that the art work can be printed
December 20th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
May daughter would love to draw on the screen.
December 20th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
My son would LOVE seeing his stuff on TV!
December 20th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
My grandson loves this
Merry Christmas
December 20th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
My son’s grandparents will love to get the pictures he makes through email.
December 20th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
My daughter would absolutely love this because she is so creative and loves to color, but her favorite feature would have to be being able to take pictures from the digital camera and create her own pictures and “dress them up” so to speak. She would love to add her own special touches and make them her own as well as color and create other pictures. Thanks so much for such a wonderful giveaway!
furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net
December 20th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
My daughter would love being able to see her work on the tv and being able to take pictures and do her own “editing” with them. This actually looks like something Mommy would want to play wit, lol.
thanks for the entry
tonyamcrain [at] aol [dot] com
December 20th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
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December 20th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Most definitely, my little guy would love drawing on pictures and the various backgrounds.
December 20th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
And blogged about it here!
December 21st, 2008 at 1:16 am
my 2 year old is really into art thanks for this giveaway
December 21st, 2008 at 5:40 am
Oh wow!! What a great toy. There are so many creative things that your child coud do with this. I think that they would love to see their pictures on TV
December 21st, 2008 at 5:43 am
Tweet
http://twitter.com/jenboots
December 21st, 2008 at 8:21 am
My girls would love how they can draw on the screen. I like the digital camera feature. I think my husband would love playing with them with this one.
December 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am
My daughter would love that it hooks up to the internet so that she could send them immediately to her grandparents. Also, that she could see her work on tv.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:06 am
My girls would love the e-card feature. they like to send them to their friends.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:58 am
Andrew would love being able to take pictures and “mess them up” as he puts it - I think it would be a great creative outlet for a kiddo who is just not into crayons and paste, etc… (Keeping my fingers crossed….)
December 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
My daughter would LOVE to use the camera feature to make her brother look like a frog! From her lips, not mine! Thanks for the chance to win!
Teresa690[at]gmail[dot]com
December 21st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I think my son would love seeing his creations on the big screen tv.
December 21st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Posted to Twitter: http://twitter.com/giveawaysblog/status/1070903902
December 21st, 2008 at 2:03 pm
My son’s new obsession is using our camera! But we are always telling him no, or be careful. My son would LOVE to not only have his own camera, but to be able to edit the pictures right away would make his life complete haha! We send a lot of email cards to family, so he would love to make silly pictures to send all day long!
December 21st, 2008 at 2:03 pm
i tweeted about this!
December 21st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I’m a movie junkie, and it’s rubbed off on my kids. Being able to make your own movies would be fabulous. It’s cool that VTech is making this doable for kids. Yay!
December 21st, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Tweet-a-tweet-tweet!
http://twitter.com/nape9393/status/1071315228
December 21st, 2008 at 6:53 pm
My son would love being able to add extras (like hats, etc) onto the photos. Although I know he’d love the puzzle and coloring features too. This looks like a great way to let my little one get creative. Thanks for the chance to enter!
December 21st, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I also tweeted about it (username is MommaStaciA).
December 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
we would love this we have wanted to get into the vsmile family just never had the money thanks for a great giveaway
December 21st, 2008 at 7:32 pm
My daughter would love it! She would have lots of fun turning our family pictures into works of art.
December 21st, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Actually I think my little guy would like the part where he can draw and color the picture on screen the best. Looks like a lot of fun!
December 21st, 2008 at 8:22 pm
My 5 year old is always standing over my shoulder watching me edit our photos. He’d love to be able to do it as well, and being able to send an e=card to people would ROCK!!! The grandparents would flip over it!
December 21st, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I twittered about it… ccswch
December 21st, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I have been eyeing this toy ALL season. Its the only toy i have not bought that i really want. I am not sure if i want for my daughter or for me. HAHA! I did watch the video. I think charlotte would just love that it involves a camera. She is forever running off w/ mine. She plays on nickjr.com w/ the dressing the characters, so be able to dress up mommy would be fun for her. Here is to winning!!!
trisha
momdot.com
December 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/MomDot/status/1071514926
trisha
December 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
my grandaughter would love the camera an the fact that she can see her work on a screen an make things herself,way cool,thanks
December 21st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
this is great! my nephew would love this! he loves taking pictures!
December 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
My son would love being able to make his own movies. Thank you for the great opportunity.
December 21st, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Tweeted about it: http://twitter.com/TheAngelForever/status/1071546481
December 21st, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Definitely the camera! My daughter is obsessed with taking pictures!
December 21st, 2008 at 10:36 pm
We have budding photographers and cinematographers (under six years!) who would spend hours manipulating the photos and movies they capture.. They would be captivated by the effects at their disposal, and going through the entire creative process with them would be a thrill for me as well. It’s too risky to entrust the kids to use the high-end equipment for even 10 minutes.. only to have them forget about their photos a mere moment later. With a creative studio, they would oversee all their work and build a sense of pride at what they accomplish. Thanks for th entry and happy holidays all!
December 21st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
hands down the camera and the playing with the pictures. IMMEDIATELY when I have taken a picture the kids are, Let me see! if you ever want to take a couple posed shots you must make sure you say to stay where you are! ha!
I feel like I should say I don’t personally have kids but I watch my 7 nieces and nephews ranging in ages 8 months to 11 years, so I know they would love this!
December 21st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
http://twitter.com/kagey10/status/1071697912
tweet tweet!
December 21st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Honestly, I think I would get a kick out of this, lol. But as for my daughter….she loves looking at herself, no joke, she would love taking pictures of herself than “editing” them! What a neat toy!
December 21st, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Enter me
December 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm
My daughter would love the taking digital pictures and seeing them on the screen.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Being able to manipulate the photos to make funny pictures would be top on my nieces favorite feature. Second would be being able to create puzzles of us.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Being able to edit her own pictures would thrill my grand daughter. What a neat giveaway. Thanks!
traceys[at]suddenlink[dot]net
December 21st, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I tweeted the contest - username @tlpounds
http://twitter.com/tlpounds/status/1071761072
traceys[at]suddenlink[dot]net
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:19 am
My kids would love the puzzle making feature.
December 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 am
I think my daughters would love being creative with the pictures they take. Would be a nice gift for them. Thanks.
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 am
I love that this amazing art studio inspires kids to be as magically creative as they wish, and they can even send their creations to gramma and/ or watch them with friends! : )))
Thanks so much for this fabulous give~away! : )))
leahita[at]gmail[dot]com
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 am
I TWITTERED about this fabulous give~away…….user name: leahita.
http://twitter.com/leahita/status/1071998159
leahita[at]gmail[dot]com
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:49 am
The movie making capabilities are fantastic. Aidan loves movies and going to the theatre. At age 5, I hope and know this will foster his creativity.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:31 am
What a great little invention. Well, my kids love taking pics and seeing them online or tv. So, that would probably be their favorite feature and they would get a kick out of adding clothing and funny things to themselves.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 am
I just posted this on Twitter :
http://twitter.com/ribbonrockstar
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:40 am
I think my daughter would enjoy being able to play with photos of her brother and make him look silly.
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:03 am
My son will love the movie making aspect of the Kidiart Studio.
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 am
The ecards is my favorite thing. I think the grands would love it the most.
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
My daughter would love being able to add art to any digital picture she takes!
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 pm
My granddaughter Megan is the perfect age to really really enjoy this. She’s becoming really creative with her new digital camera and this prize would meld right into that interest. allowing her to creatively edit her photos.
dlcwin AT gmail DOT com
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I’ve already heard how much my child wants this thing…