Playskool Showcam - Digital camera - compact with projector

For the price, this has got to be one of the best Xmas presents. I bought it for my 2 1/2 year old, granddaughter, she was able to do basic functions like taking the pictures and projecting the pictures. If she set it down, her 10 year old sister would pick it up and play with it. Then mom, then grandmother. It was certainly her favorite present, especially as she learned all the the ways to change the picture. If I could ask for any improvement, it would be a little brighter projector, although we have no white walls to project against and the room is fairly light.

The Playskool Showcam 2-in-1 Digital Camera/projector is awesome! My 3 year old grand daughter loves to take pictures with my I Phone. This gift was perfect for her. She takes pictures of everyone and everything and flash them on the wall. Its great for displaying her creativeness.

I bought this camera for my 5 year old granddaughter for Christmas and can't wait to give it to her! She is a camera fanatic and loves to take pictures with my camera (hundreds every time she gets her hands on it) so this will be such a treat for her. I have played with it already for hours and it is such much fun and has so many features you cannot list them all! Advice: Buy this for your grandchildren and they will not use your phone or camera!

Camera is very easy to use, kids love that they can add funny items to the pictures and then project them on the wall in a 1 or 2 foot size to show off to everyone. Hours and hours of fun.

My daughter loves the ease of use from the Show Cam. She is able to add special affects to her photos, by herself. She can easliy transition from taking pictures to putting on a slideshow with the flip of a switch. This camera is very durable, she has dropped it a couple of times and it didn't break. The pictures are not very high resolution quality, but you must keep in mind that this was created for the purpose of being a toddler toy. I would deffinatly recommend this if you kids are interested in taking their own pictures, as my daughter brought hers with to the zoo.

I'm a photographer and my daughter always wants to use my Camera. She wants to be like her Mom. But because my camera it's too expensive to let her play with it, she can't use it. So now with the Playskool ShowCam she is having the time of her life. It looks just like a real camera, so she feels is like mine. She quickly learned how to use the buttons and loves how she can project her photos in the walls around the house. So, now everything is being photographed!

First of all, what kid doesn't love to get a new toy? Especially one that is unexpected and for no other reason than just because. My 4 year old son could not wait for me to get it out of the box. Which, did not take any longer than one would expect. Lucky that I keep batteries, AA, on hand at all times. Once, we got the camera ready, we read the directions together and got started. It only took me showing him a couple of times how to use all the neat buttons and controls. Then he was off to take pictures and play slide shows for me. He spent 4 hours the first day with his camera and has brought it to his Grandparents house and on a camping trip with his cousins. The only drawback to the camera is the use of batteries. In a few hours, the batteries die. After going through multiple packages of batteries in the first couple of days, we invested in rechargeable batteries. They still die, not quite as fast, but at least we can recharge them and then he is back to taking pictures in no time.

This is a great camera for a preschooler or early elementary child that loves to take pictures of everything. My 5 year old loves to take pictures of the whole family including the dog. What makes this camera different is that it includes stamps that you can include in your pictures, like adding funny hair, sunglasses, or astronaunt helmet. There also different animals like a skunk, frog, elephant, or dog. There are a few short picture stories that you do as well, where there is a series of four pictures that tell and story and you can add the faces onto the charaters. My son's favorite was the super hero story. You are also able to take normal pictures with this camera that do not have stamps, or stories. Another thing that makes this camera different is that there is a projector. This is the part that looks like the lens. It states in the directions that you should be about 24 inches from the wall or what you are projecting onto, but my son loves to lay it on his bed and project his pictures onto the ceiling. You are able to focus the projector so that the pictures are still clear. If the area is not dark it is difficult to see the pictures. The camera does not include the cable that you need to connect it to the computer. It takes a small USB cable. We have quite a few of these so was not a big deal. The camera uses 4 AA batteries. The camera has good battery life. I would definately recommend this product to anyone who is interested, but beware you may have your picture taken when you least expect it.

Hi I bought this camera for my 3 1/2 year old. The camera is fairly simple to operate however the picture and projectiona are so dark. It was disappointing knowing that the technology that is out there, it coudl be so much better. She uses an old camer of mine and seems to like that one better because she can see the pictures beter.

I bought this for my daughter as a Christmas gift. It has great reviews and I figured it couldn't go wrong. As soon as we got the batteries in we realized it was junk. There is a huge, black grid that makes the pictures dark and shows up on the show function as well as the pictures themselves. I've been combing through reviews and finding that this is very common and that many people just deal with it because they like all the features. There are other options! We took ours back and bought the Kidizoom! My daughter is loving it and it has lots of cool features, too. It can even record video. I can't believe they approved this camera for sale. It's got good thought behind it but that grid is ridiculous!