As his older sister has a similar camera, we decided to buy this for our boy for Christmas. He’s only three years old, but loves it. It is so easy to use that in next to no time he was taking pictures and enjoying the several games that come in built. With help, he now knows how to edit and ‘enhance’ the photos using the included software and the camera appears to be robust. This version has better light capturing and flash than the previous model, so I have no hesitation in recommending it as being suitable for an inquisitive child of similar age or older. I’m sure they’ll get as much pleasure out of it as our son has.

I bought this for our 4 year old and she loves it! It takes great photos, even with just the 2.0 megapixels. The SD card slot is handy to have, but we’ve never needed it as you can get loads of photos and videos on the internal memory. The games on it are good too, although the screen is a little small, but the little ones don’t seem to mind. Controls are simple and easy to find your way around, our daughter had it mastered in under a couple of hours. By far the best bit though is how tough it is. Our 1 year old got hold of it and threw it down the stairs, not only was it fine, but he’d pressed record first, so we got a great action video out of it!

This camera is superb fun for adults, never mind the kids! The features of the kidizoom ‘plus’ include being able to distort faces, add hair, make kaleidoscope images etc with the camera as well as on the computer, so it makes taking them really fun, with instant results. It only has 2 megapixels, so it’s mever going to take fantastic shots that look great when large, but we have printed off many good photos, and my 4 and half year old can navigate around most of the functions easily. Of course, it’s so much fun, everyone wants a shot, but we just let other kids play with it too- it really does look pretty robust and lets them have free rein without worrying about dropping it, and most kids over about 2 would at least be able to take some sort of picture- buttons are easy. One downside it has a tiny zoom- don’t know why they bothered at all!

Bought this for my 3yo this Christmas. He loved taking photos using my camera and my mobile or indeed any camera he could get his hands on so it seemed obvious to buy him his own. Initially put off by the price of this but having considered the cheap digital camera option decided he’s only three, let him have some fun.

Am delighted with it, read lots of reviews so wasn’t worried about the quality of images just want him to be confident to click away at what he wants. If any turn out to be printable that’s great, if not he’s had fun using it. It also features some games and lots of different effects that he is still discovering and enjoying and that is all that matters. He has other toys for educational needs etc but this teaches him sociability i.e he is not shy to ask someone to pose and smile, it also helps with coordination, composition etc etc and it really is great that he can drop it and so far it is still in one piece.

He’s not the official family photographer yet but in time I suspect he will be! Then he can move onto a more ‘grown-up’ camera.

My six year old daughter received this for her birthday. She picked up how to use it very easily and has had great fun taking photos of her family & friends. She’s used it to make videos and fun elements like face stretching are excellent. It’s been dropped several times with no adverse affects!

Very pleased with this camera. Ours is the newer model Kidizoom plus. Both my children (age 6 and 3) are loving it. It works fine with rechargeable batteries (we are using 4 x Energizer rechargeable 2450mA ones). We haven’t needed to look at the instructions – it is very easy to use. Some tips to prolong battery life: turn off the sound; turn off effects whilst reviewing photos; insert an SD card and save all photos to there – then just insert the SD card into a slot on your PC if it has one. That way you don’t waste battery transferring photos. Icons and controls are similar enough to a “grown up” camera to make it a great way of learning the basics of digital photography.

I purchased this as a christmas present for my 6 year old and 3 year old. I was a bit reluctant to spend this much money on the item but Amozon was the cheapest and all the shops had sold out and christmas was approaching fast.

Anyway the camera is very strong and just the right size for little hands, my 6 year old can play all the games and look back at the pictures with ease but the 3 year old hasn’t mastered that but is happy to take the pictures.

I was very surprised to see the kids had taken just over 1000 pictures with no need for an extra memory card.

We have not linked it to the tv or put the pictures on the computer yet but so far very impressed..

Pictures are good quality and we have giggled lots when looking back at the pictures they have taken.

This is a great toy – provides lots of fun at the basic level with potential for growth and learning at the next stage: downloading to a computer. My grandson, 3.5 years, loved this at Christmas and was able to see real ‘snaps’ on his own camera. Even my grand-daughter who is only 1.5 years has the hang of it. Is is durable? Well, with those two fighting over it, I would definitely say yes! I have no hesitation in recommending this product.

My 3 year old had this for her birthday and I will say after shopping around I found this one to be the best price on the market. Its a good little camera and she loves taking pictures on it, although she’s no expert yet? She loves the fact that she can be just like Mum and Dad taking pictures and loading them on the computer to print out. Then when she gets bored of taking pictures (as 3 year olds do) she can play on the games instead ( stopped lots of arguments over her big sister’s DS!!) So smiles all round. Highly recommended.

This is a great product to teach your kids about digital photography. Although easy to use, it introduces kids to the art of real digital photography. It is so tough, too. My grandson dropped this from the top of the stairs to the bottom, I felt sure this would be the end of it. But when I picked it up there wasn’t even a scratch on it. Show me any normal digital camera that would survive that. Brilliant. Recommend it 100%.