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Toontastic

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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

Plug in your amp and bust out those all-too-tight acid-wash jeans, it's Toontastic v1.71: Rock Stars! With this release, you and your kids can start your own garage band featuring Fiona Starr, Dyna Mite, M.C. Hi-Tops, and many more. Perform well enough at the Star Amphitheater and you might score an interview with Magnus O’Doyle on the “Way Past Your Bedtime Show”!

All 34 Playsets are available now (once you update) for individual purchase or you can buy our brand-new ALL ACCESS PASS – unlocking every current AND future playset for a one-time price of $9.99. That’s over 60% off!

PS: Sorry about the hiccup with v1.7 - that's all fixed now. The crew here at Launchpad Toys Galactic Headquarters would like to send a mega big (infinity +1) thank you to you and your kids. Your creativity and stories ROCK OUR SOCKS OFF every single day (seriously, we watch a lot of cartoons).

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Last changed:

Mar 17, 2012

Category:

Education

Developer:

Launchpad Toys

Version:

1.71

Average Rating:

4.00 (178)

Size:

130.0 MB

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