Hi there! I'm out to find a GREAT deal on digital cameras for my two 4 year olds. They both said they want cameras for X-mas. What do you suggest (price/quality/where to get). I'm looking for everything.

THANKS for your help!
Deb

I just saw one pretty cheap at Kbtoys.com I think it was 19.99.

Chicco Smile, It's a Real Camera! at KBtoys.com

here is one for $9.99 there are others.

A word of advice. The cheaper the camera, the worse it is.

18 mos agon, I have bought and returned several cameras for my now 5 1/2 yr old. We bought one of the $20 cameras which didn't end up having a view screen on the back so we returned it. (Couldn't tell there was no screen until package was opened). The next one, maybe $5-10 more, had a sticker on it that said "HOLD CAMERA STILL UNTIL PICTURE IS WRITTEN" which makes no sense because how can you tell a child to hold THAT still? Return.

I did get the Fisher Price camera - its easy to use, works fine. Good learning experience. TAKES HORRID pictures. THere is a flash but the pictures are all grainy, out of focus and dark. I printed some to see what they looked like and they went right in the trash.

If I knew then what I know now, I'd get a $80 or $100 REAL camera for her, even at 4 or 5. I use a Canon Rebel DSLR and she does so great with that.

I would not buy a digi camera that is marketed to kids unless you don't care about the quality of the photos.

Just my humble opinion.

LIsa

My kids got the fp kid tough digital cameras from grandpa last christmas. They love them, but they take horrid pictures, I've never bothered printing any out. For your child's age I would just buy a regular digital camera, not the kid marketed ones!

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That's good info ladies! I never knew that about the "kid" cameras.

I got my two 6 year olds $30.00 cameras at CVS over the summer (not sure if they have them anymore). The view screen looks awful, but once uploaded, they look great - I believe the view screen is that way so that it is not easily broken. It really depends on what kind of pictures your 4 year olds will be taking, do they just want a camera or are you going to print their pictures?

We got my then 3 year old daughter the Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera last Christmas. We found it on sale for $37 at Target. She's 4 1/2 now and still often pulls out the camera and takes pics, or she'll play games on it. It's actually a neat little camera w/all the fun stuff you can do on it. I do recommend this camera for kids. It's very durable. The pic quality isn't great but fine from a kid's eye. We've never printed any out but didn't intend to anyways. My 7 year old plays w/it every now and then too... it's more "fun" than his real digital camera (hand-me-down).

Here's the camera but I'd keep your out for a sale:
Amazon.com: Vtech - Kidizoom Digital Camera - Blue: Toys & Games

Ditto... We got one of these for our 4 yo son last year. Holds up to dropping, throwing, general kid "abuse".. games are fun and my 7yo and 2yo like to play with it too. Takes pretty decent pictures and video too.

We did the whole kid camera thing with the same results as everyone else, bad pictures. We got on ebay, bought him an actual camera and he loves it. I never intended on printing his pictures either, but really he gets some great ones! We went do disney and I'm super glad he had a camera because he took some shots I'd never dream of and they're in our photobooks. You can get some cheap real cameras on ebay... that's my reccomendation!

Thank you for this info, ladies. This sharing is one of the reasons I joined (and stayed) here. You help us save on money, headaches and tears. Thank you.

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