New personalized products for kids
The "Silly Face Swaps" app allows children to add photos of themselves to make personalized coloring pages. Each page has characters that have a cut-out where children can place photos of their faces, turning themselves into astronauts, rock stars, wizards and more. App includes 11 animated coloring pages, 64 digital Crayola crayons, 24 colored pencils, 10 markers, paint bucket fill tool and eraser. For iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Artwork can be e-mailed, uploaded to Facebook or printed directly from the iOS device to any AirPrint-enabled printer. $1.99 from the App Store. Credit: Handout
From books to apps, here's a round-up of new personalized products for kids.
The Silly Face Swaps app allows children to add photos of themselves to make personalized coloring pages. Each page has characters that have a cutout where children can place photos of their faces, turning themselves into astronauts, rock stars, wizards and more. The app includes 11 animated coloring pages, 64 digital Crayola crayons, 24 colored pencils, 10 markers, paint bucket fill tool and eraser. For iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Artwork can be emailed, uploaded to Facebook or printed directly from the iOS device to any AirPrint-enabled printer. $1.99 from the App Store.
Twigtale.com lets people create personalized storybooks for kids ages birth to 5, using their own photos and names. Choose from 15 titles, including "Mommy Loves Me," "Crib to Bed" and "Book of Firsts." Upload images and names to the template, and TwigTale prints and ships the final softcover product. $20 plus shipping and handling.
Your child is named as a character in "I See Me" personalized books. Titles include "My Very Own Fairy Tale" and "My Very Own Name." See the titles at iseeme.com. (There also are two Christmas titles and one Hanukkah title.) Prices range from $24.95 to $39.95, plus shipping and handling.
