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We've entered a new dimension: the third! Today we're introducing an all new Toontastic 3D - from Google!
Built from the ground up, Toontastic now runs on more than just iPads. Take Toontastic 3D for a spin on your Android and iOS phones and tablets as well as select touchscreen Chromebooks! Importantly, it is still free has no in-app purchases.
Learn more, along with links to the app stores on our site here:
https://toontastic.withgoogle.com/
Existing users, this is a new app and will install alongside Toontastic "Classic" and won't affect the cartoons you've made there.
Launchpad Toys
We’re proud to announce that our little toy company is joining a great big team of tinkerers to empower gajillions of playful storytellers around the world. Launchpad Toys is joining Google to create even more amazing creativity tools for kids. Today, we've made our digital toys and tools free to creative kids everywhere. Tomorrow... well, we can't wait to share :)
launchpadtoys.com We're creating award-winning digital toys and tools that empower kids to create, learn & share their ideas through play.
Apple selected TeleStory as one of iTunes "Best of 2014" iPhone Apps! http://appstore.com/bestof2014
There are a lot of high fives here at Launchpad Toys Galactic HQ over this honor – but we're even more interested in seeing what you all create with TeleStory. Take it for a spin today to write, direct and star in your own TV Shows! http://appstore.com/telestory
Joan Ganz Cooney Center - Flipping the Script – Getting Kids Off the Couch and Creating TV with...
THE story behind our new app TeleStory - from our friends at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
joanganzcooneycenter.org What if we could reimagine the iPad as an augmented reality camera for kids to act out their own stories – a costume box for the 21st century?
We're very very proud today to introduce our newest app, TeleStory, for kids to create and broadcast their own TV shows!
App-y campers: These kids test new apps (and get paid for it)
Great story on Today Show this morning about app testing at the Children's Creativity Museum: http://on.today.com/1tfTylx
today.com Making something easier can be hardest thing you ever do. Just ask Hari Srinivasan: The 10-year-old has been moving a camera tripod...
Digital Storytelling and the Common Core: Using Toontastic to Teach ELA
Using Toontastic in the classroom? Head over to the Graphite blog to see how Launchpad Leader Monica Burns of ClassTechTips.com uses Toontastic to meet ELA standards!
graphite.org There are lots of ways to energize your Common Core lessons. One of my favorite tools for doing this in the English language arts classroom is Toontastic. This fantastic storytelling app gives students the power to create their very own cartoons. With Toontastic, ...
Happy Birthday Toontastic, you're 50% Off!
A Valentine from LPT
Happy Valentine's Day from our team at Launchpad Toys! Update Toontastic today for a FREE Valentine's themed Toy Camera Card.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays Friends! We made you a "Card-Toon" on Toontastic :)
Watch Happy Holidays! made on Toontastic for the iPad.
Toontastic Jr. Kung Fu Panda
Very excited to introduce our second app created with our teammates at DreamWorks: Toontastic Jr. Kung Fu Panda. Don't just watch movies with your kids this holiday, CREATE YOUR OWN!
itunes.apple.com Get Toontastic Jr. Kung Fu Panda on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
We're running a great "Buy One, GIVE One" deal this weekend called Toons for Teachers. Purchase the All Access Pass before Nov. 3rd and we'll donate one copy of Toontastic: All Access to your favorite teacher!
http://launchpadtoys.com/blog/2013/10/toons-for-teachers/
Toontastic: FREE
Happy Halloween! "SPOOKTASTIC" is now live in the App Store complete with terrifying new characters, settings, and mind-blowing new features like ProtoToys. Create and share Ghost Stories with family and friends!
itunes.apple.com Get Toontastic: FREE on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
What I Love About MINECRAFT
More like... "What DON'T we love about this cartoon?" Watch it and many more adorable "How Toons" on Toon Academy: Minecraft: http://toontube.launchpadtoys.com/contests/toon-academy-minecraft
Watch What I Love About MINECRAFT made on Toontastic for the iPad.
Toontastic Jr. Pirates
Tell swashbuckling tales with your favorite lads and lassies with Toontastic Jr. Pirates - free for iPad/iPhone!
itunes.apple.com Get Toontastic Jr. Pirates on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
Toontastic Jr. Pirates
Squaaaawk. 75% off, 75% off!
itunes.apple.com Get Toontastic Jr. Pirates on the App Store - 75% off today only! See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
Toontastic Jr. Shrek
Toontastic Jr. Shrek is FREE today! Make your own Shrektacular Movies with your kids :) Ages 3+.
itunes.apple.com Get Toontastic Jr. Shrek on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
Back 2 Storytelling | Launchpad Toys
We're giving one lucky class everything they need for a cartoon-filled school year with Toontastic: All Access! Head over to our blog to enter :)
launchpadtoys.com This school year, we're inspiring Creativity at Play by outfitting one lucky classroom with everything they need for a fabulous year of cartoon book reports,
Newest toy in the office: LEGO Creator Helicopter
Toontastic 2.1.0 Special FX - Promo Trailer
Toontastic: Special FX is LIVE! DIY Hollywood Blockbusters... no Stunt Doubles required :)
http://bit.ly/1eMHXlB
Newest toy in the office: Playmobile Top Agents 2. A motorcycle with pretty sweet fold out wings!
Just in time for Back to School, it's "Great Apps for the Classroom" - a free webinar with Common Sense Media, BrainPOP, Motion Math, and Spinlight Studio. Watch it now on !
http://bit.ly/146IgIA
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Looking for educational apps for the fall? Come to our free "Great Apps for the Classroom" webinar and hear about some awesome apps from BrainPOP, Motion Math, and Spinlight Studio and learn how you can integrate them in your classroom!
http://bit.ly/16XoDOc
This awesome project has not just one, but three of our favorite things: Kids' Artwork, Space, and The New Media Consortium! Head over to their page to vote for your favorite... or favorites :)
Vote for the artwork(s) that you think most creatively expresses a vision of the future of human space flight by giving the image a "Like."
Forget going to the movies! Grab your family and make YOUR OWN Hollywood Blockbuster this weekend with this Toytivity for our newest app, Toontastic Jr. Shrek!
http://bit.ly/14OwRZs
Want to win a copy of Toontastic: All Access? Head over to the Common Sense Media blog to enter!
Our friends at Launchpad Toys are giving four Toontastic All Access passes (valued at $19.99 each) to our community! Common Sense editors gave Toontastic the highest possible rating and couldn't possibly love it more. Check it out and enter to win!
http://bit.ly/11Llpz4
After many months of hard work, the team here at Launchpad Toys Galactic Headquarters is celebrating a momentous day for Toon-Nation: Toontastic 2.0 is LIVE in the App Store.
With just the tap of a finger, your characters now come to life with laser blasts, magic spells, and many more playful animations to spark your kids' imaginations. You can even add photos to characters to tell YOUR story!
We're very proud of these and many other great new features as well as our shiny new Retina graphics. We hope you all enjoy the update and can't wait to see what your kids create!
http://bit.ly/XuIJu8
Andy Russell and Thushan Amarasiriwardena
WeLoveBold named Launchpad Toys' co-founders Andy and Thushan Social Innovation Rockstars - check it out!
welovebold.com Andy Russell and Thushan Amarasiriwardena’s start-up company Launchpad Toys is giving kids an outlet for creative expression by harnessing the...
"Alfonso" (:30)
The award for Best PSA goes to... Common Sense Media! Learn more about the campaign here: http://bit.ly/17rv6Gc
youtube.com Visit us at http://www.commonsensemedia.org/been-there Ever been surprised by what movies or shows your kids are watching? We'll help you find the right ones...
Check out today for Playful Resources for the classroom from Launchpad Toys!
http://bit.ly/Zj7nD6
Digital Fun for Creative Kids
Looking for creativity-inspiring, digitally fantastic summer activities? Check out Common Sense Media's guide to "Digital Fun for Creative Kids"!
commonsensemedia.org Creativity is more than arts and music -- making, tinkering, and experimenting are all ways kids can be creative. Whether they want to write code for a video game or make an origami crane, kids can explore their creative side with some of our favorite apps, games, and websites.
Joan Ganz Cooney Center - #LaunchpadEDU: An App is Not Enough
Learn why we believe an app is not enough and what we're doing about it - via the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.
joanganzcooneycenter.org As children’s media producers, it’s our responsibility to start this conversation with educators, to find teachers using our products in innovative ways and broadcast their work to users worldwide. An app is not enough; we need to curate resources and best practices that enable teachers to inspire s...
Live TODAY – It’s ! Playful Resources by Teachers, for Teachers. Head over for everything you need to implement Toontastic effectively in the classroom: professional development materials, lesson plans, printables, and more.
http://bit.ly/ZdLck0