Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Dress-up app for boys and girls is a little buggy.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 6+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
Dress Me Up
What's It About?
The start screen asks kids to "choose a person" (a boy or girl), and then choose either a default face or use the camera to take a picture of their own face. Kids tap to select skin color, hair, clothing, and hats. Kids can save their creation to the app or the device's photo album. Users can also post to Facebook. Users can turn on or off the music from the menu screen.
Is It Any Good?
DRESS ME UP may not have the best-looking artwork in the world, but as a simple dress-up game, it provides a simple activity for little kids to have a fun, creative time. The app feels geared toward very young kids, but some of the features don't mesh with that audience. The menu is text only, making it less accessible, and the Facebook connect option seems out of place here. Overall, the app is a little clunky and some kids might want more control over clothing options or colors (the color selector tool wasn't working on this version of the app). Dress Me Up does get some bonus points, though, not just for having boy characters to dress up, but for staying away from gender stereotypes when it comes to the costume choices.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Put together a box of clothes, shoes, and accessories for your kids to play dress-up at home. Include boy stuff, too, and everyone can get in on the fun.
Help your little ones take responsibility for getting dressed. Have them help as you pick out their clothes. Ask them what clothing they need to get ready for the day.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Subjects : Hobbies : fashion
- Skills : Health & Fitness : body awareness , Thinking & Reasoning : decision-making , part-whole relationships , Creativity : making new creations , Self-Direction : self-reflection
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : May 31, 2011
- Genre : Kids' Games
- Publisher : Captive Games
- Version : 2.4
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later; Android 2.1 and up
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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