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Carissa's App Picks for Kids

High-quality apps you can feel good about using with your child.

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View videos of Carissa's Top Five Picks for Apps in various categories.

Featured App

Reviewed on 7/31/23

With all of the hype about the recent Barbie movie, why not try out a Barbie coloring app?  In the free version of this app, users can color a limited number of Barbie illustrations (including a Barbie with an artificial leg and vitiligo). There's a wide variety of colors, tints and shades as...

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Reviewed on 2/18/20

Travel the Australian outback with a cute little wombat, searching for food and a safe place to sleep.  This is a story told in 5 chapters of beautiful watercolor paintings. The path blossoms before you as you move the wombat forward, discovering new places to explore, new animals to meet and...

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Reviewed on 2/17/20

If you've ever dreamed of creating collage art with elements from classic artworks in a museum, then this is the app for you! Create new original works using backgrounds, faces, torsos, facial features, objects and accessories taken from famous pieces of art throughout history and combining them...

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Reviewed on 2/3/20

Want to go on a virtual vacation to a warm island spot?  Try Sago Mini Vacation!  Players can explore a vacation home, water slides, a bubbling volcano, ride on a whale and more! There's no wrong way to play with this app, so kids can enjoy the thrill of discovering the little hidden surprises...

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Age group: Baby/toddler, Preschool
Reviewed on 1/6/20

Hey Clay now has a single app that includes their entire collection of clay making tutorials.  It's free to download and you get one sample tutorial from each category (birds, dinosaurs, monsters, aliens, etc.) and if you'd like to see all of the instructions you can pay to unlock each category...

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Reviewed on 12/18/19

A tiny little app, based on the classic Mexican children's song, "Un Elefante" and the children's board book "Elefantitos" that was written about it.  Users can choose "read it myself" "read to me" or (my favorite!) "sing to me." Incredibly, the app has the option to switch between 8 different...

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Age group: Baby/toddler, Preschool

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