You’re going to love this new app for storytelling and creative play! Play Town, My Story Maker is an interactive, free app that lets children bring their imagination to life by narrating and creating personalized stories! The app is recommended for kids ages 3-9, and is very simple to figure out. But it’s also loads of fun for older kids. My niece Maddie, age 12, seems to enjoy this app more than anyone else in my house. And I must confess that I’ve had a bit of fun myself creating stories with Play Town. I am thrilled to have been asked to participate in a sponsored ambassador program for PlayTown, and have a chance to learn about this great game.
There are countless apps available these days, but still I sometimes find myself wondering why these apps aren’t more interactive. So many times we have downloaded new apps, and after just a few minutes the kids are bored with them. We do a lot of reading, so it’s a lot of fun to switch things up a bit and create our own stories using the Play Town app.
To get started, I simply downloaded the FREE Play Town, My Story Maker app to my iPad Mini. The free app is also available for Android devices. From there, it was easy for us to follow along and create our stories. Three playsets are included with the free app, each providing themed sets of characters, stages, props, and music. Pirates’s Treasure Hunt, Princess Party, and Travel Around the World are the included sets. Additionally, you can purchase more playsets for $1.99 such as: What Do You Want to Be, Jungle Kingdom, and Monster Under My Bed.
As soon as you open the app, Toybo, a cute little robot assists you in setting the scene and creating your story. First, you’ll choose your characters. It’s easy to add and remove characters from the scene. You can change what your character is wearing, add accessories, and even choose the expression on your characters face. It’s amazing how many little details you can choose.
With your own voice, you can record a story as you move characters around the scene. When you’re done recording your story, you can select music and watch and share what you’ve just made. I really love the sharing aspect of this app.
Play Town, My Story Maker app for kids is like having a mini theater in your hands. The stories and possibilities are endless. I loved hearing the kids put on their best Jack Sparrow impersonations while recording a Pirate’s Treasure Hunt story. This app so much fun! But don’t take my word for it. The Play Town app is FREE, so download it and find out for yourself! Download the Play Town for Kids app from the App Store and on Google Play. Let the adventures begin!
The PlayTown: My Story Maker app allows kids to create, personalize and narrate stories while bringing their imagination to life! Children have rich imaginations, and it’s the responsibility of a parent to help nurture, encourage and reinforce their children’s’ creative expression. An active imagination can help develop certain life skills such as communication and problem solving.
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Disclosure: About a Mom is participating in a sponsored blog ambassador program from PlayTown. As a part of this program we have received paid compensation for placement of digital advertisements and specific postings related to PlayTown.
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This looks like something that my superkiddo would enjoy. Thanks for sharing
eeck my daughter would love this, she loves little cartoon games on my phone or ipad especially if its zoo animals, ESPECIALLY monkeys 🙂
This looks so fun, and like something that would really stretch their imaginations! I love that sort of educational tool.
This app sounds like a wonderful interactive learning tool. I love that it gives you the option to record a story in your own voice. Great imaginative play for children. My little guy is only 15 months, but I bet he would enjoy watching.
This is great info, I would have loved this when my son was younger!
thanks,
Mitch
This sounds so cute, my nephews are always wanting to play on my iPad… this will be a fun little treat for them. Thanks 😉
That looks so cool! Definitely a way to get creative. I will have to show my niece!
I’m sure my son would love this! Thanks for sharing!
Very cute. Looks like something my kids would have loved when they were younger.
We love to find apps like this. Thanks for sharing about it so we can check it out. I love how it encourages kids to get creative.
This app is super cute! Love the creative aspect.
That sounds like a great app! My kids would love this! The animation on the app is great.
My daughter would absolutely love this!
What a smart and fun app! I know a few kids that will love this!
That looks so cute. I’ll have to get this for my daughter.
What a fun app! I bet my niece and nephew would love it!
wThis looks like a ton of fun, what kint wouldn’t want this @
wThis looks like a ton of fun, what kint wouldn’t want this @
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This looks so cute. I am going to share this with some of my friends who have kids this age!
Very cool for the small frys! And way better than video games!
Looks like a fun app! My kids are always checking out new apps! THANKS!
My daughter is all into apps on the tablet. this looks fun!
this sure sounds like a great APP.. I know my princess would love to play with it, need to check it out. Thanks for a great review.
I wish they had all these fun apps when my kids were younger. They were just outside of the “app” age – lol. I’ll share with my cousins who have younger children.
Thanks!
Oh thanks for sharing, I’ll have to show this to my 4 year old!
I’m huge into imagination and pretend so I love something that brings it forth in a game.
This sounds like a wonderful app! With all of the new electronic toys out there, I think imagination tools have been forgotten. This is great to spark a child’s imagination!
this looks like such a fun app, my niece would love it! I will have to share this with her.
we have a LOT of long doctor appointments coming up, it’s always nice to have some fun new apps to explore while waiting. thank you!!
My kids would really enjoy an interactive story, especially one they helped create. These seems like a great app!
I’m going to download this now for my girls and surprise them with it in the morning.
what a cute app!
My kids love playing games on our i devices. I’ll have to see how they like this game.
Sounds like an app that my two youngest would enjoy!