Toontastic

Find it on the iTunes AppStore for $1.99

Lights, Camera, Play!

Creating cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show - simply press the record button and tell your stories through play! Once you’re done, share your cartoons with friends & family around the world.

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Accolades

"Terrific! Toontastic is a fun learning environment that fosters creativity and expressive language" - Dr. Lauren Franke, Psychologist and Speech Pathologist

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Designed in partnership with Stanford’s Graduate School of Education and Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum, Toontastic inspires the artist and writer in every child while teaching key storytelling principles that help to promote Creativity at a young age.

Toontastic’s drawing tools bring kids’ wildest ideas to life alongside virtual playsets chock full of pirates, princesses, far away galaxies, and many other characters and settings to spark the imagination.

Cartoons can be shared online via ToonTube, Toontastic’s Global Storytelling Network, to help children connect to friends and family and learn about other cultures, customs, and lifestyles through stories created by their peers around the world.

Let's make a Cartoon!

Story Arc

A cartoon is an animated story made up of different types of scenes: a Setup, a Conflict, a Challenge, a Climax & a Resolution. Together, these scenes form the Story Arc. Toontastic guides kids through the Story Arc, introducing key concepts and helping them to define the turning points in their stories. The first step in creating a cartoon is to select which scene you’d like to edit.

Choose a setting

Where does your scene take place? You can choose from a variety of adventurous settings (Pirate Ships, Magic Castles, Undersea, etc.) or let your imagination run wild by drawing your own backgrounds!

 
 

Pick your characters

Who will be in your scene? Once you’ve chosen the setting, you can pick from a cast of characters (from Pirates to Princesses and our favorite, a Monkey) in the Toy Box, custom color them if you wish, and draw your own characters using the paintbrush.

Animate!

3-2-1 Action! To animate your scene, simply press the "Start Animation" button, move your characters around onscreen, and tell your story! The microphone will record your voice along with all of your characters’ actions onscreen. Characters (and their limbs) can be moved, scaled, and rotated with simple multitouch gestures and multiple characters can be animated simultaneously for collaborative play!

Music

The final step in creating a scene is to determine the background music. In Toontastic, music is defined by the scene’s Emotional Energy. Is your scene Passionate, Angry, Sad? Shape your Story Arc by adjusting the energy level of your scene up and down and then choose the appropriate emotion and corresponding song.

Once you’ve finished all the scenes in your story, you can title your cartoon, add your name as the director, and play your cartoon for everyone to see.

If you wish, you can also share your cartoon online on ToonTube, our Global Storytelling Network for Kids, to earn badges for Top 'Toons.

New Playsets are available in the Toy Store - chock full of Sporty All-Stars, Adorable Pets, and Terrifying Monsters!

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Parent & Teacher Guide

Toontastic is designed for Collaborative Play between kids, parents, and teachers alike. We hope our guide will be helpful to all you oldsters looking to join in on the ‘Tooning!

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If you have any questions or experience any problems with Toontastic, please email us at support@launchpadtoys.com.

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