Scrapcoloring (http://scrapcoloring.com)

common sense media says

Free high-tech art site offers robust creativity tools.


parents & educators say
  • 40% say it's educational

What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this suprisingly creative coloring site provides endless colors, patterns, and textures for elementary school-age kids and up to create online works of art. This is a cut above the typical print-and-color coloring book sites that feature the same old cartoon characters with little complex patterning or individual creative license. Here, kids can choose from numerous picture, styles, and outlines to color in digitally, or they can upload photos or their own drawings to color online (and print out if they wish). Use Firefox as your browser for best results.

Educational value: Art education: Patterns, colors and turning images into your own artwork. Techno education: Uploading photos and drawings and turning them into coloring pages (may require parental assistance for younger users).
Positive messages: This site brings coloring pages to a whole new creative level for everyone from elementary school kids to adults.
Violence: Not applicable.
Sex: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: There's a tab called Friends of Scrapcoloring that lists other sites and organizations that link to this site, but it's unobtrusive and family-friendly.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.
Privacy & safety: No need to register to use the features.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids
  • How online art can be just as creative as paper art. Try creating your own birthday invitations on this site, or upload a photo of your pet and see how color and design can change the look of a "regular" photo.
  • Parents, read about the pros and cons of digital creativity at Common Sense Media's Creating with Digital Media and share what you learn with your child.
  • Talk about how your family can save money by creating your own birthday cards, signs and party decorations with sites like this. Another money saving and tree saving idea you can share with your child: Don't print out every image you color, just your favorites.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 
SCRAPCOLORING provides kids with colorful, customizable patterns and the ability to upload their own drawings and photos to create amazing works of color and patterns. Created by an elementary school teacher and a software engineer who wanted to give kids an alternative to the "fast food-type coloring experience," it definitely achieves that goal. This site provides a much broader art experience than the usual "print a coloring page and color it" version of coloring for kids online. Creative, easy to use and fun.

Online interaction: Site creators encourage users to send them their drawings and give feedback on site features.


This review was written by Dana Villamagna
 
 

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What parents & educators say

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Based on 5 parent & educator reviews:
  • 40% say it's educational

Most useful reviews by all members

BubbleBath
parent of 3 and 7 year old
 
Its really educational and could teach childern their colors shapes and plenty more

Richard Laymon
parent of 10 year old
 
Nice site for young kids
It's a nice activity site suitable for young kids.

abuela
parent of 7 year old
 
Direct children to yahoo, facebook, etc. to use email, etc.

allpex
parent of 8 year old
 
deck modular

SerenityGrace
kid, 12 years old
 
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Really fun! Hours of fun for me

Lesliecritter
parent of 6 and 7 year old
 

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