Parents have been encouraged to nurture creativity in their children for years. It’s no secret that we should provide kids with positive play time activities that encourage creative thinking. From drawing and painting, to playing music and building with legos, there a numerous options for parents to explore — especially when considering the wide array of creative apps available for smartphones and tablets.
Below you’ll find some of our top picks for the best creativity apps for kids. From creating stories, to making music and animations, the following apps offer some interesting and new takes on traditional creative pastimes. Look over the selections below and be sure to read the full review on any app if you’d like to learn more about.
Our Favorite Creativity Apps for Kids
Disney Story
Story is an app created by Disney that helps kids bring together images, videos and and text to tell a story. Think of it as linear photo album, where users can insert pieces of text to compliment the visual story. Users can create new “stories” into which they insert individual pages or “moments.” Story can connect with Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, allowing users to easily showcase their creations.
Musyc
Musyc is a music app where users design and compose songs using an assortment of shapes, lines, and other tools as instruments. Each shape has a unique purpose and sound, with rectangles acting as percussion and triangles and circles helping to create the melody. Kids can apply effects, change tempos, or increase and decrease octaves. No prior musical composition experience is required, making this app a great starting point for kids interested in creating music.
GifMill
GifMill is a super simple way for kids to take an existing series of photos and transform them into short animations. Animations are saved in GIF file format, allowing the animation to play repeatedly on a loop. Photos can be either added from the device, are taken through the app. taking new photographs via the built-in camera. Once done, kids’ creations can be shared via email, text message, or social networking websites.
Animoto
Animoto is a simple and easy-to-use application for helping children create videos using an assortment of images, video clips, and music. Media can be chose or uploaded by users, and creating a free profile allows users to choose from various themes provided by Animoto, Once finished, users have the option to share their creations through Facebook or Youtube.
